Astronomy, Reference Links & Resources

Astronomy, Science and Reference

ArchaeoAstronomy.com

The secrets of ancient calendars. A very cool website that combines astronomy and Pagan  holidays, providing extremely precise dates and times for each. Some excellent animation, graphics and videos that illustrate the mechanics of the Equinoxes, Solstices and other celestial phenomena. "Archaeoastronomy" is a relatively new field that studies the astronomy and calendars of the prehistoric ancients.

http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/

GreenwichMeanTime.com

"Does anybody really know what time it is?" Now you can find out. Good reference site for astrologers.

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/

MrEclipse.com

The focus of this site is astronomy (the scientific facts) not astrology (the meaningful interpretation of those facts), but it's a great reference site to understand the mechanics behind eclipses.

http://www.mreclipse.com/

NASA's APOD Site

NASA's Astronomy Pic of the Day website, which posts amazing and fascinating pictures of astronomical phenomena daily, from planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies to aurora borealis and weather spectacles.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Obliquity.com

This website gives a lot of information on the real story about "Blue Moons" -- not what you think! And be sure you read my own article on Blue Moon Lunacy.

http://www.obliquity.com/astro/bluemoon.html

SETI@Home

Be part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence! (SETI) SETI@Home is now being run through the BOINC platform (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing), which also connects to various other volunteer computer-grid projects for astronomy and medical research.

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Shadow and Substance  (added February 2008)

If you're looking for detailed animation and fabulous diagrams of things like eclipses, comets, planetary orbits and other astronomical events, check this site out! Some of the best illustrations I've ever seen.

http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/

Time and Date.com  (added April 2007)

Another excellent site to tell you what time it is anywhere in the world! You can create a personalized page with the current times of specific places that you choose. This is a great resource if you have to arrange meetings with people in other time zones. (I found this out the hard way. LOL)

http://www.timeanddate.com/

The World At Night  (added February 2008)

Stunning photographs of night scenes around the world! The World At Night (TWAN) is a project coordinated by Astronomers Without Borders, an organisation created to promote world peace through our common reference of the sky. ("One People, One Sky.") The TWAN website is a showcase of some of the most beautiful pictures and videos of night-time scenes on our planet that you will ever hope to see. Modern astrology is so often reduced to numbers, symbols and charts, but on this site you can see pictures of the very things we record in our astrology charts. Makes you feel like one of the Ancients as they stood inspired and awed by the starry starry night.

http://www.twanight.org/

Sundry Curiosities and Cool Sites

Is This a Medieval Woodcut?

The fascinating history and information behind this well known woodcut graphic, which isn't as old as you think!

http://homepage.mac.com/kvmagruder/flatEarth/

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

Bruce Mau is a Canadian designer extraordinaire! His creativity is unorthodox and inspired. He wrote his "Incomplete Manifesto for Growth" in 1998, which reflects his beliefs, motivation and strategies that he uses in his Toronto design studio. Here are words to inspire, no matter how, where or why you use them.

http://www.brucemaudesign.com/manifesto.html

If you're looking for e-cards that are extremely high quality and different from the usual stuff you tend to find, Jacquie Lawson Cards is definitely worth checking out! The artwork is original, much of the accompanying music is also original, and the result is some of the highest quality animated e-cards I've ever seen. This is a pay-for-service site (to send a card; it's free to view your card), but their membership fee is extremely low. (And no, I don't get a commission; I just want to share a refreshingly high quality e-card site.) Nothing there about astrology, as far as I can see ...alas! Flash Player must be installed in order to view the cards.

http://www.jacquielawson.com/