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Explorations An Introduction to Astronomy, 3/e
Thomas T. Arny

History of Astronomy

Weblinks


Governmental Agencies

http://www.nasa.gov/
(http://www.nasa.gov/)

NASA homepage
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html
(http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html)

Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
(http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html)

Time Service Department (formerly The Directorate of Time) of the U.S. Naval Observatory, has a real-time UTC clock.
Institutional / Education

http://www.bo.astro.it/
(http://www.bo.astro.it/)

Bologna Astronomical Observatory at the University of Bologna, Italy
http://www.gb.nrao.edu/~rfisher/Ephemerides/times.html
(http://www.gb.nrao.edu/~rfisher/Ephemerides/times.html)

Astronomical Times
http://stardate.utexas.edu/
(http://stardate.utexas.edu/)

The University of Texas McDonald Observatory's Stardate
http://www.astro.indiana.edu/news/startrak.html
(http://www.astro.indiana.edu/news/startrak.html)

StarTrak: monthly viewing tips for the night's sky.
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
(http://www.adlerplanetarium.org)

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
Organizations

http://www.roe.ac.uk/library/
(http://www.roe.ac.uk/library/)

Crawford Astronomy Collection and Historical Archives-Home page of the library and archives of the Royal Observatory Edinburgh
http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html
(http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/museo/b/egalilg.html)

Galileo Galilei's life and work
Other Links of Interest

http://www.badastronomy.com/
(http://www.badastronomy.com/)

All about astronomical misconceptions, faux pas and just downright bad information out there parading around as fact.
http://www.physics.sjsu.edu/tomley/demos.htm
(http://www.physics.sjsu.edu/tomley/demos.htm)

Interactive online physics and astronomy demos.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html)

Nicolaus Copernicus' life and work, as well as information on references for additional information
http://www.lochness.com
(http://www.lochness.com)

Loch Ness Productions: Planetarium Resources
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
(http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html)

Solar System Live
http://imagiware.com/astro/moon.cgi
(http://imagiware.com/astro/moon.cgi)

The Moon Phase Page