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Awesome Astronomy

Astronomy-related awesome list.

A curated list of assets available on the Internet related to the astronomy. As you know, that's a large field of science, so any contribution is warmly welcome!

Contents

1. Translations
2. NASA
3. ESA
4. Other Governments' Agences
5. Comets
6. Asteroids
7. Sun
8. The Moon
9. Experiments
10. Observatories
11. Exoplanet projects
12. Astrophotography
13. Society
14. Citizen science
15. Sources for scientific papers
16. Databases
17. Tools
18. Social media & groups
19. Awesome links
20. Conferences
21. Code of Conduct

Translations

• English
• Polish

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NASA

• NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day.
• DEVELOP - A NASA Applied Sciences Program.
• NASA Supercomputing - NASA supercomputers.
• NASApeople - NASA' career.
• NASA Earth - NASA about the Earth and lives.
• NASA Climate - NASA about the climate.
• HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - A space telescope.
• NASCOM - The NASA (Ground) Communications System.

ESA

• ESA - The European Space Agency.
• Gaia - Mission to chart a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way.
• ESA Science - Science at the European Space Agency ESA.
• ESA Operations - Realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency.
• ESAC - The ESA's centre for space science.

Other Governments' Agences

• CNSA - China National Space Administration.
• POLSA - Polish Space Agency.
• CSA - Canadian Space Agency.
• UKSA - UK Space Agency.
• DLR - The German Aerospace Center.
• ISRO - The Indian Space Research Organisation.
• ISA - The Israel Space Agency.
• ASI - The Italian Space Agency.
• JAXA - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

Comets

• ICQ - Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly (ICQ).
• MPC - Designation of minor bodies in the solar system.

Asteroids

• TOTAS - Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey.
• ATLAS - Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
• Pan-STARRS - The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System.

Sun

• SOHO - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
• LASCO - The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph.
• SWAN - The SWAN Instrument.
• SDAC.virtualsolar.org
• Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research - correlated - Study the structure and dynamics of the solar magnetic field.
• star.mpae.gwdg.de - Max Planck Institute for solar system research, solar and stellar coronae group.
• mps.mpg.de - Max Planck Institute for solar system research.
• SDAC - Solar Data Analysis Center.

The Moon

• Moon Society - Space advocacy organization.

Experiments

• LIGO - Large-scale physics experiment and observatory.
• ET - Einstein Telescope (ET) also know as Einstein Observatory.

Observatories

• VO - Virtual observatory.

Exoplanet projects

• Exoplanet Exploration Program - NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program.
• SRON - SRON's Exoplanets programme.
• NASAExoplanetArchive - A service of NASA Exoplanet Science Institute.
• List of exoplanet search projects - List of exoplanet search projects by Wikipedia.

Astrophotography

• Astrophotography/ Amateur Astronomy Enthusiasts - Facebook' group.
• Astrophotography tips - Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques (skyandtelescope.org).
• Astrophotography how-to - Catching the Light. Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss.

Society

Astronomy-related societies, organisations etc on the world.

Europe

Poland

• SRC - The Space Research Centre.
• TOS - Solar Observers Society (pol. Towarzystwo Obserwatorów Słońca).
• PTA - The Polish Astronomical Society (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne).
• PTF - The Polish Physical Society (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne).
• PTMA - Polish Society of Amateur Astronomers (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Miłośników Astronomii).
• Urania – Postępy Astronomii - Polish astronomical magazine.
• PKiM - Polish Fireball Network.

International

• IAU - International Astronomical Union.
• MPC - Minor Planet Center.
• CBAT - The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams.
• ATel - The Astronomer's Telegram.
• JPL - This site provides information related to the orbits, physical charateristics, and discovery circumstances.
• ESO - The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Mars Society - An American worldwide volunteer-driven space-advocacy.
• Astronomy - A monthly American magazine about astronomy.
• S&T - Sky & Telescope is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy.
• CERN - The European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest particle physics lab.

Citizen science

Citizen science (via Wikipedia) is scientific research conducted, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.

Sungrazer

• Sungrazer - A NASA-funded Citizen Science Project.

Zooniverse

• Zooniverse - A citizen science web portal owned and operated by the Citizen Science Alliance.
• Zooniverse repo on GitHub - Zooniverse' repositories on the GitHub.

Selected Space & Physics projects:

• Galaxy Zoo - Zooniverse project.
• Variable Star Zoo - Zooniverse project.
• SuperWASP Variable Stars - Zooniverse project.
• Planet Hunters TESS - Zooniverse project.
• Muon Hunters 2.0 - Zooniverse project.
• Hubble Asteroid Hunter - Zooniverse project.
• Galaxy Zoo Mobile - Zooniverse project.
• Solar Stormwatch II - Zooniverse project.
• Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 - Zooniverse project.
• Gravity Spy - Zooniverse project.
• Radio Meteor Zoo - Zooniverse project.
• Comet Hunters - Zooniverse project.
• Pulsar Hunters - Zooniverse project.
• Supernova Hunters - Zooniverse project.
• Disk Detective - Zooniverse project.
• Planet Hunters - Zooniverse project TESS.
• Higgs Hunters - Zooniverse project.
• Galaxy Zoo: Bar Lengths - Zooniverse project.
• Milky Way Project - Zooniverse project.
• Radio Galaxy Zoo - Zooniverse project.
• Astronomy Rewind - Zooniverse project.
• Radio Meteor Zoo - Zooniverse project.

Sources for scientific papers

• arXiv - A free distribution service and an open-access archive.
• ADS - Astrophysics Data System.
• ResearchGate - A European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers.

Databases

• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

Tools

• FITS - Flexible Image Transport System.
• Fitswork - A windows image processing program.
• LaTeX - A document preparation system.
• Python - An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language.
• R - Programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.

Social media & groups

Astro groups on Facebook, Yahoo or groups.io etc.

Twitter

• TheMarsSociety - Twitter handle.
• ATLAS Project - Twitter handle.
• NASA_DEVELOP - Twitter handle.
• ASAS-SN - Twitter handle.
• NASA Supercomputing - Twitter handle.
• NASA People - Twitter handle.
• NASA Goddard Images - Twitter handle.
• NASA HQ PHOTO - Twitter handle.
• NASA Marshall - Twitter handle.
• ATel - Twitter handle.
• NASA Tournament Lab - Twitter handle.
• ESA EarthObservation - Twitter handle.
• ESA Exhibitions - Twitter handle.
• Astronomy Magazine - Twitter handle.
• Sky & Telescope - Twitter handle.
• NASA Earth - Twitter handle.
• NASA Ice - Twitter handle.
• NASA Climate - Twitter handle.
• CERN - Twitter handle.
• Scientific American - Twitter handle.
• NASA JPL - Twitter handle.
• NASA's Kennedy Space Center - Twitter handle.
• LIGO - Twitter handle.
• NASA Glenn Research - Twitter handle.
• ESA Science - Twitter handle.
• ESA Operations - Twitter handle.
• NASA Solar System - Twitter handle.
• NASA Astronauts - Twitter handle.
• Pan-STARRS1 NEOwatch - Twitter handle.

Facebook

• Comets and Asteroids - Facebook link.
• The Moon Appreciation Society - Facebook link.

Groups

• Comets and Asteroids Group - Facebook link.

Awesome links

Other awesome links!

• SpaceX - A private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company.
• Starlink - Satellite constellation being constructed by SpaceX.
• BRITE-PL - Heweliusz is the second Polish scientific satellite.
• BRITE-Constellation - A network of five nanosatellites.
• PlanetaryResources - Repo on GitHub.
• consensys.space - Open Source Space.
• University Rover Challenge - Robotics competition for university level students.
• KRAKsat - Satellite has docked to International Space Station with Cygnus spaceship.
• Scorpio - Scorpio rovers family.
• Space is More - Research team focused on space architecture and engineering.
• Messier marathon - An attempt, usually organized by amateur astronomers.
• SEDS USA - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space is an international student organization.
• The Virgo experiment - Large interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves.
• SpaceWeather - News and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
• SWPC - Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Conferences

• Waset.org - astronomy - An indexed listing of upcoming meetings, seminars and other.

Contributing

Warmly welcome! Kindly go through Contribution Guidelines first.

Code of Conduct

See Code of Conduct.

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