KC AstroLinks

• THE BEST
Galileo – Jupiter explorer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA JPL
Planetary Society – Premier public space explorers

• THE REST
General News, Links, Media…
Solar System Our Sun, Planets, Comets…
Organizations – JPL, TPS, SETI

General

• News• Media• Info• Links•Photos
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News

AstroNews – our monthly newsletter is free!

exoScience – Astronomy, exobiology, astrophysics forum*****

Sky and Telescope News – from the Editors of Sky and Telescope Magazine*****

Media

Sky and Telescope Magazine – 200,000 people worldwide read this monthly, from the novice ready to purchase a first scope, to the enthusiastic amateur looking to enhance observing skills and equipment, to the professional desiring to keep up with this dynamically changing field.*****

SKY Online – Sky Publishing Corp.***

Info

Celestial Calendar – this site sells an Orbital Calendar – a beautiful Time Space map to show you where you are!

Backyard Astronomy – with Paul Mortfield The Backyard Astronomer

The Heavens with Paul Mortfeld– The Backyard Astronomer tells you what you can see up in the heavens this week
Weather Underground Sky – if you live in the USA just enter you ZIP code and a map shows what is visible tonight!****

Links

AstroWeb – Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet

 

Photos

Celestial Wonders – Italian astrophotography site; deep sky and eclipses

Solar System

• Sol• Earth• Jupiter• Mars• Comets & Meteors•
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General

Solar System Simulator – this amazing NASA/JPL/Caltech simulator creates a color image of your favorite planet or satellite from any given location.*****

Earth

Weather Report – Satellite photos of earth are here at Kahl.net
TerraServer – AstroNews featured GlobalSite 6/99 – a massive database of detailed satellite photograph*****
Earth and Moon Viewer – create color images from almost any point of view*****
Yahoo Earth Pictures
Terra Earth Observatory Satellite – several instruments and sensors studying earth science and producing amazing images ****

Mars

Mars Global Surveyor – NSSDC site describes the Surveyor mission.

Mars Global Surveyor – This JPL site has great new images!

Mars Pathfinder Mission – remeber the rover?

JPL Mars Exploration Program – has the latest shots from Mars*****

Mars Image Mosaics – Digital Mars maps using Viking images
Deep Space 2 – Mars Microprobe spacecraft

Jupiter

Galileo Space Probe

The “son of Voyager” is taking a closer look at Jupiter and it’s moons – right now!

Galileo– Official JPL mission site*****

Io– Io, Io, it’s off to Io we go

New Images – JPL

Satellite Science Goals

SSI Education and Public Outreach (SEPO) Website

Comets & Meteors

Great balls of Ice…

SKY Online’s Comet Page

Leonids Live! – NASA Webcasts of the 1998 meteor storm.

Hale Bopp

Forget Halley’s – this was the comet of the century!

Comet Hale-Bopp – at www.halebopp.com

Comet Hale-Bopp Links – JPL

Comet Hale-Bopp – links

JPL

JPL: the “big kahuna” of space scienceinstitutes.
Galileo – JPL runs the show for this major Jupiter explorer****

Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA JPL

Planetary Society

Been a TPS member since the beginning (early 1980’s). They even sent my name to Mars on a disk (care of Pathfinder). These guys are the pioneers of the last frontier. If you want to explore new worlds, JOIN.

Planetary Society

– The premier public space exploration organization

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SETI

SETI@home– search for extraterrestrial life on your computer!*****