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BAA Comet Section Home Page - Hardly a month seems to pass before a new comet is discovered. Waiting until pictures appear in magazines sometimes means images are not available until the comet has disappeared from view. One way to avoid this is to regularly check the BAA Comet Section Home Page. Here is the latest news, orbital elements and position tables for most observable comets. Big Bear Solar Observatory - The Big Bear Solar Observatory is owned by Caltech. The observatory's web pages feature daily images of the Sun taken through hydrogen-alpha and other filters, together with research notes and other useful information. Bradford Robotic Telescope - is a totally autonomous 46cm telescope located high on the moors in West Yorkshire, England. The telescope decides when the conditions are good enough to make observations of the sky by itself. An astronomer does not need to be present and waste time waiting for clear weather. Any one on the Intemet can register and ask the telescope to look at anything in the northern sky. Observations are automatically prioritised and scheduled and completed by the telescope as time allows. Other data (weather information and reports) are obtained and updated on this site automatically everyday. Dark-Sky Association - For information on removing light pollution from our skies check out this site. Gemini Observatory - a Web site which allows you to keep up with the current status of the North and South Observatories. This site also includes a virtual tour of the observatory. Hale-Bopp History of Astronomy - If you want some wintertime reading there is plenty to browse at the History of Astronomy website. Hubble Space Telescope Greatest hits - One of the wonders of the modern world is the Hubble Space Telescope, some on the best images are available at HST's Greatest hits 1990-1995. Jerry Lodriguss Amateur Astronomy Pictures - Jerry Lodriguss produces some of the most impressive amateur astronomy pictures on the Intemet. Working with only a 130mm f/6 refractor, his images are incredible. There are colour pictures of many of the most beautiful objects in the sky including comets, M31, the Horsehead Nebula and MI0I. Michigan's Abrams Planetarium PLANET - (Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork), this group is trying to detect exoplanets by gravitational microlensing techniques. Practical Guide to Astronomy - A practical guide to astronomy is a site containing almost everything you might ask about astronomy, including details of volcanic activity on Mars, the threat from a colliding asteroid, timetravel and black holes. Regulus - Regulus, "the astronomy newsletter for amateurs of all levels", is a very readable online magazine with details ofwhat to see, eclipse date tables, observations, photographs and sketches. Royal Observatory Greenwich - general website for the ROG San Juan Capistrano Research Institute Sky and telescope Online Website of the well known magazine. Solar Eclipse '99 - Uk national agencies gathered in London on 7 July at a meeting called by PPARC to discuss plans for activities around the eclipse. Totality will be visible from Cornwall, Devon and Alderney, and local authorities from these regions attended the meeting, together with LEA science advisers and national organisations such as the Royal Society, COPUS, Institute of Physics and the BBC. A scientifc consortium has formed to promote UK solar physics and MIST research, using the eclipse; further information can be obtained from the Web site. Solar Eclipse UK Coordinating Group - This group is an informal inter-agency forum including PPARC, CLRC, Sheffield Hallam UNiversity, the Institute of Physics, the Royal Astronomical Society and others, aiming to help the nation enjoy the eclispe safely, and to promote and coordinate related scientific research. Space Telescope Information - How to get the latest pictures from the Hubble Space telescope, and more. Stardust Project - Scientists at the University of Kent at Canterbury have been working with the American space sgency NASA on a spacecraft which may uncover the origins of the Solar System and even life itself. It's seven year mission started on 7 February 1999 and will take it to comet Wild-2, where it will collect dust from the comet's tail. The mission is called appropriately enough, Stardust. An alternative site is http://wwwspace.ukc.ac.uk. "Welcome to the planets" - Nasa's "Welcome to the planets" site contains a well laid out tour of the Solar System imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope and space probes. In addition to planet images there are details of how the data is returned and methods of stabilising spacecraft. The site is presented in an encyclopaedia style and is very readable.

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