Do you think that your involvement with astronomy has to end with the conclusion of your astronomy classes? Not at all!!!! The opportunities for for you to continue your involvement in astronomy are as close as the Outreach programs at Penn State, and as close as the World Wide Web. Want to know more? Read on.
PENN STATE ASTRONOMY OUTREACH
The Penn State Astronomy Department has a wonderful page on Outreach activities in which YOU can participate: Current Outreach Activities.
The Penn State Astronomy Club sponsors numerous Open Houses open to the public: Astronomy Club's Home Page.
ASTRONOMY ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB
These sites contain images of a vast array of astronomical objects. It is somewhat hard to put the sites into categories. The best bet is to look at all of them. More sites will be added as received, so keep looking here every so often.
General Sites
Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A new picture every day, with explanation by a professional astronomer.
Electronic Universe Project -- Latest images from the Hubble Deep Survey, discovery of extrasolar planets, galaxies of nebulae and galaxies, and more.
JPL -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Contains a large number of spectacular images from NASA missions.
Astronomical pictures and animations--An online 2 gigabytes astronomical server
Astronomy -- Lots of links.
Resources for Finding Neat Stuff at Night -- links to many sites on constellations, solar system, earth, moon, and galaxies
Specific Observatory/Telescope Archives
Hubble Space Telescope -- The Hubble Space Telescope public picture site.
Anglo-Australian Observatory Images -- Astronomy Down Under
WIYN Images -- Images taken with the WIYN telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona.
The Moon
Phases of the Moon -- A monthly lunar calendar.
A View of the Moon -- see the Moon on any day you choose.
Solar System
Welcome to the planets -- Planetary images from NASA.
The Nine Planets -- Nice multimedia tour of the solar system.
Space Weather -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
Extrasolar Planets
Other Planetary Systems? -- information about extra solar planets, including many links to other extrasolar planet pages
Exoplanets -- Links to space and groundbased missions which are in search of extrasolar planets
Deep Sky Images
Galaxy Pictures -- From the University of Alabama
The Messier Catalog -- pictures and info on about 100 of the best nebulae/galaxies/star clusters in the sky
Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies -- view galaxies at many different wavelengths
Multiwavelength Milky Way -- view the Milky Way at many different wavelengths
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