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The Centre is pleased to maintain a good relationship with the ASSA parent body, other Centres and various Professional organisations. In addition, several of our members maintain their own websites. Here you will find links to these friends.

ASSA Centres

ASSA Johannesburg Members

Other  Friends & Organisations

ASSA parent body

Chris Stewart

Hartebeesthoek Radio Observatory

 

Johannesburg Planetarium

ASSA Bloemfontein

Evan Dembskey

Boyden Observatory

South African Astronomical Observatory

ASSA Pretoria

 

South African Museum Planetarium

 

UNISA Astronomy dept.

ASSA Natal Midlands

 

Southern African Large Telescope 

 

The Astronomical Society of Australia

ASSA Harare

 

Double Star Section

Sterrenkundige vereniging Wega van Leuven

ASSA Durban

 

South African
Meteorite Site


Nkwe Ridge Observatory

    The Cradle-Ribeiro Observatory
Explorers
Society of SA
     

Transvaal Associated Computer Clubs

 

 
       
 
    
     
     
 
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Category Index

This section provides a general list of Astronomy, Science and related sites that you may find interesting, grouped according to the following categories:


Clubs & Societies

Link Comment

http://www.geocities.com/assabfn/

ASSA Bloemfontein

http://www.atnf.csiro.au/asa_www/asa.html

Astronomical Society of Australia

http://surf.to/wega

WEGA - Flemmish astronomical society

 

 


General Science

Link Comment

http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_09jan01.html

Space Weather

http://einstein.stanford.edu/gen_int/relativity/qanda.html

Special & General Relativity Questions and Answers

http://aardvark.co.nz/pjet/

Pulse Jet Engine

http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/

“Poetry” space science education - latest information about auroral science, and the study of Earth's magnetic field

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/

Finnish University and Research Network

http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html

Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

http://www.kiddoscience.co.za

Science for All ages.

   

Mathematics

Link Comment

http://mathforum.com/dr.math/

The Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics -a truly encyclopaedic reference

 

 


Observatories, Research Institutions & Planetaria

Link Comment

http://www.laughton.com/paul/rfo/rfo.html

The Dr. Richard Feynman Observatory

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/obs/obslist.html

Amateur Astronomical Observatories

http://www.wits.ac.za/planetarium/

Joburg Planetarium

http://www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/het/het.html

Hobby-Eberly Telescope

http://www.excite.com/education/

universities_and_colleges/fields_of_study/

science_and_nature/astronomy_and_space/observatories

Astronomy & Space: Observatories

http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/index.html

Dryden Research Aircraft Photo Gallery

http://www.salt.ac.za/

Southern African Large Telescope

http://www.hartrao.ac.za/sciware/

Hartebeesthoek Radio Observatory

 

 


Publications & News Sources

Link Comment

http://skyandtelescope.com/

Sky & Telescope Magazine

http://www.astronomy.com/home.asp

Astronomy Magazine

http://www.theastronomer.org/index.html

The Astronomer Group

http://canopus.saao.ac.za/~wpk/map/sitemap.html

Willie's Home Page, Site Map

http://astronomylinks.com/

Astronomy and space links astronomy news

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/sfworlds.htm

StarWorlds - Astronomy and Related Organizations searchable database

http://midas.oma.be/www_root/serverdoc/www/Astronomy.html

ASTRONOMY on Internet

http://www.stsci.edu/astroweb/yp_master.html

AstroWeb Database – HTML version

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/

Solar System Exploration

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/latest.html

Latest HST Pictures

http://www.astronomynow.com/

Astronomy Now

http://spaceflightnow.com/

Spaceflight Now

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Space Weather Bureau – Science news & info about the Sun-Earth environment

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/

BBC News | SCI/TECH

http://explorezone.com/archives/99_09/17_hubble_galaxies.htm

Hubble images show violent core of Milky Way

http://cnn.com/TECH/space/

CNN - Technology:Space

http://www.sat-net.com/spnews/

Space News International

 

 


Solar, Lunar & Planetary

Link Comment

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html

Moon Phases

http://www.hartrao.ac.za/news/010621eclipse/lusaka/lusaka.html

Eclipse 2001 - Louis Barendse

http://home.mweb.co.za/mw/mwgringa/

Chris Stewart’s eclipse website

http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/

SDAC Eclipse Information

http://www.eclipse.com.zm/frameset.htm

Eclipse 2001 Zambia

http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_09jan01.html

Jan. 9, 2001 Lunar Eclipse Gallery

http://www.eclipse.za.net/

Africlipse

http://www.mreclipse.com/TSE99reports/TSE99Espenak.html

Report on the Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 August 11

http://www.mreclipse.com/

MrEclipse.com

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html

Espenak's Eclipse Home Page

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/7137/slolinks.htm

Eclipse & Lunar Occultation Links

http://www.bdl.fr/

Institut de mecanique celeste et de calcul des ephemeredes

http://www.inconstantmoon.com/index.htm

Multimedia tours of the lunar surface

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/alpo/

Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers

http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Earth and Moon Viewer

http://www.marssociety.org/content/marspetition.asp

The Mars Society - The Mars Petition

http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm

International Occultation and Timing Association

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/

Solar System Exploration

 

 


General Astronomy

Link Comment

http://earth.google.com/sky/index.html

Google with NASA/Space Telescope Institute

www.astronomy2009.org.za

Year of Astronomy - 2009

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

http://origins.stsci.edu/news/2000/01/illustrations.html

Planet Hunters on Trail of Worlds Smaller than Saturn

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/index/Telescope.html

Astronomy Picture of the Day – 3D pic

http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9909/16hubble/index.html

Hubble spies giant star clusters near galactic core

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_319000/319865.stm

BBC News |Sci/Tech |Out of this world discovery – Extrasolar planet

 

 


Spacecraft & Satellites

Link Comment

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/

J-Track Satellite Tracking

http://www.heavens-above.com/

Heavens-Above

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html

Where is the International Space Station?

http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/2000may11/

displayngc3314.html

Hubble Heritage Project of Astronomy Pictures

http://near.jhuapl.edu/

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission

http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/

STARDUST

http://www.sandia.gov/media/NewsRel/NR2000/mirrors.htm

Sandia News Release - Space telescopes & satellites

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast06apr_2.htm

Ulysses spacecraft has encounter with Comet Hyakutake

http://chandra.nasa.gov/chandra.html

Chandra X-ray Observatory News

http://oposite.stsci.edu/

Hubble Space Telescope public information

http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/moc_atlas/

Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-299 Release

 

 


Equipment & Software

Link (Suppliers) Comment

http://www.astro-physics.com 

ASTRO-PHYSICS, Inc. State-of-the-art astronomical instruments

http://www.telescopesa.za.org/

Telescope SA - Telescopes, Binoculars and Accessories

http://www.observatory.org/vsengr.htm#return3

Van Slyke Engineering

http://www.sbig.com/

Santa Barbara Instrument Group

http://www.bisque.com/

Software Bisque

http://www.meade.com/

Meade Instruments Corporation

http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.televue.com

Premium ota's, eyepieces, filters

http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.losmandy.com Mounts, dovetail mounting systems
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.lumicon.com Premium filters, hypered 2145 film
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.mountaininstruments.com Premium German & fork mounts
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.starlight-xpress.co.uk CCD imagers
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.apogeeccd.com CCD imagers
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.fli-cam.com finger lakes CCD imagers
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.optecinc.com Temp compensated focussers, filter wheels, photometers
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.thousandoaksoptical.com Premium solar filters, Ha, Hb, OIII filters, eclipse viewers
http://winstars.free.fr/ Freeware star mapping program
   

 

Link (Telescope assistance) Comment
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.mapug.com Meade advanced products user group - for Meade SCT's
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.weasner.com/etx Mike Weasner's ETX knowledge base
http://members.aol.com/~ccdastro Bruce Johnston's LX200 tweaking notes, better polar alignment procedure
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.telescopeservice.com cct diagrams & repairs to LX200 circuit boards
http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/new/www.mapug.com/ragreiner Doc Greiner's info page - mods & upgrades for LX200
   

 

 


Astronomy Education

Link Comment

http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/

Bill Arnett's Nine Planets - Multimedia tour of the Solar System, an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system

http://pw1.netcom.com/~svydog/nine/nine.htm

Nine Planets - Freeware educational program based on Bill Arnett's Nine Planets site

http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm

Fun Stuff for Kids to make

http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/

The Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum | Version 17

http://www.hartrao.ac.za/sciware/

HartRAO Visits

www.saasta.ac.za

South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement (SAASTA)

 

 


Oddities 

Link Comment

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

Celestia, a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions

http://www.africaninspace.com/index.shtml

The first African in space project

 

 


Places to visit 

Link Comment

http://www.astronomische-reisen.de/index.htm

Astronomical travel

http://www.nfi.org.za/Tswaing/Index.htm

http://www.hartrao.ac.za/other/tswaing/tswaing.html 

Pretoria Salt Pan / Tswaing meteor crater

 

 

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