Welcome to Starkeeper. This is a collection of astronomy resources.
Learn About Astronomy
(wiki) Astronomy
Space Telescopes
Chandra X-Ray Observatory - http://chandra.nasa.gov/
The Chandra X-ray Observatory Center - http://chandra.harvard.edu/
NASA Hubble Space Telescope - http://hubble.nasa.gov/
Hubble Site - http://hubblesite.org/
Spitzer Space Telescope - http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/
Telescopes
Subaru Telescope - http://www.naoj.org/
The Very Large Telescope Project - http://www.eso.org/projects/vlt/
Canada France Hawaii Telescope - http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/
Radio Astronomy
(wiki) Radio astronomy
(wiki) Very Large Array
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) - http://www.nrao.edu/
NRAO Very Large Array - http://www.vla.nrao.edu/
Caltech Astronomy - http://www.astro.caltech.edu/
COSMOS - http://cosmos.astro.caltech.edu/
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - http://www.iap.fr/
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille - http://www.oamp.fr/lam/
Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie - http://www.mpia.de/
Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik - http://www.mpe.mpg.de/
Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte - http://www.na.astro.it/
Space Telescope Science Institute - http://www.stsci.edu/
United States Naval Observatory - http://www.usno.navy.mil/
Zentrum fur Astronomie der Universitat Heidelberg - http://www.zah.uni-hd.de/
Stardust
(wiki) Stardust (spacecraft)
Stardust - NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission - http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/
Starkeeper News
2008-04-01 - (pw) - The search for astroengineers
2008-03-27 - (sd) - Organic molecule, amino acid-like, found in constellation Sagittarius
2008-03-26 - (nasa) - A perspective on life on Enceladus: A world of possibilities
2008-03-21 - (nasa) - A stellar explosion you could see on Earth!
Constellations
Andromeda
Antlia
Apus
Aquarius
Aquila
Ara
Aries
Auriga
Bootes
Caelum
Camelopardalis
Cancer
Canes Venatici
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Capricornus
Carina
Cassiopeia
Centaurus
Cepheus
Cetus
Chamaeleon
Circinus
Columba
Coma Berenices
Corona Australis
Corona Borealis
Corvus
Crater
Crux
Cygnus
Delphinus
Dorado
Draco
Equuleus
Eridanus
Fornax
Gemini
Grus
Hercules
Horologium
Hydra
Hydrus
Indus
Lacerta
Leo
Leo Minor
Lepus
Libra
Lupus
Lynx
Lyra
Mensa
Microscopium
Monoceros
Musca
Norma
Octans
Ophiuchus
Orion
Pavo
Pegasus
Perseus
Phoenix
Pictor
Pisces
Piscis Austrinus
Puppis
Pyxis
Reticulum
Sagitta
Sagittarius
Scorpius
Sculptor
Scutum
Serpens
Sextans
Taurus
Telescopium
Triangulum
Triangulum Australe
Tucana
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Vela
Virgo
Volans
Vulpecula
Interstellar Travel
(wiki) Interstellar travel
Also see The Great Ark
celestial coordinate system
declination
right ascension
sextant
celestial navigation
polaris
parallax
cepheus
cepheid variables
apparent magnitude
orion - 77 visible stars
betelgeuse - red supergiant 14x as massive as the sun
rigel
canus major - sirius - summer solstice
pyramids aligned with orion's belt - osiris, god of rebirth. south shaft points toward orion
draco
thuban - the pole star during the time of the egyptians
polaris - ursa minor
precession - earth's wobble
26,000 years to make one complete circle
vega will soon be the north polar star
circumpolar stars
taurus 98 visible stars - aldebaran
zodiac constellation lies near the ecliptic
arabic astronomers preserved the ancient texts
ophiuchus - barnard's star - between scorpius and sagitarrius
ptolemy
crux - the southern cross - smallest constellation
international astronomical union
88 constellations
big dipper - ursa major's brightest stars
ursa major - 71 visible stars
cygnus - the swan - 79 visible stars - deneb forms the swan's tail - white supergiant star
cygnus x-1 black hole - 1st black hole ever detected
centaurus
alpha centauri - closest star after sun - 4.2 light years
beta centauri
omega centauri - 16,000 light years