See also: Out of date links from the old LAS website
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Astronomy Multimedia
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Astronomy Magazine (Kalmbach Publishing Co.)
- Astronomy Now Magazine
- Aviation & Space Technology Week
- BAA: British Astronomical Association
- Cassini-Huygens Saturn Mission
- Catching the Light: Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss
- Coelum: Astronomical Italian Magazine. Astrophotos from around the world.
- Falling From Space
- Link Description
- YouTube video of Endeavour's external tank falling back to earth
- History of the Shuttle-Mir Link-up programme
- ISS: The International Space Station
- Jason Ware's Galaxy Photo Page
- NASA website
- NASA+ (livecasts and streams)
- Link Description
- Live television covering ISS and STS missions, space programmes, etc.
- New Scientist Magazine
- NSO: The Night Sky Observer (formerly Dublin Night Sky Observer)
- Sky and Telescope
- SOHO: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- SPA: The Society for Popular Astronomy
- Space.com Science & Astronomy Page
- The Galileo Mission to Jupiter
- The Journal of the British Astronomical Association
- The Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (Spitzer)
- The Space Shuttle Program
- The Space Telescope Science Institute (HST Information & New images)
- The Voyager Deep Space Probes
- THEMIS Image of the Day (Mars Odyssey)
Astrophotography
- Astronomical Cameras: A Guide to Astrophotography
- Link Description
- An article from the CCTV Camera Pros website containing useful information and links about astrophotography, from its history to its modern incarnation via CCDs and DSLRs
Computers
- ForcastFox (Firefox Extension)
- Link Description
- A great extension for Mozilla Firefox which gives you a local weather forecast. Website is US centric but extension works fine for Liverpool and surrounding areas.
- NSO: The Night Sky Observer (formerly Dublin Night Sky Observer)
- RSSI: Russian Space Science Internet
Cool
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Amazing Space (Hubble Space Telescope)
- Cassini-Huygens Saturn Mission
- Falling From Space
- Link Description
- YouTube video of Endeavour's external tank falling back to earth
- Heroes of Space and Flight Freecell
- Link Description
- A great little Freecell game with a theme of aviators, astronauts and space related people. It runs in a browser, no intrusive ads or malware, just a fun game and it helps you to remember some of the many, many names involved in getting humanity to space!
- ISS: The International Space Station
- Mars Global Surveyor
- NASA Space Calender
- NASA website
- NASA+ (livecasts and streams)
- Link Description
- Live television covering ISS and STS missions, space programmes, etc.
- The Galileo Mission to Jupiter
- The Space Shuttle Program
- THEMIS Image of the Day (Mars Odyssey)
Educational Establishments and Groups
- AAE: The Association for Astronomy Education
- Amazing Space (Hubble Space Telescope)
- Bradford Robotic Telescope
- Cardiff University: School of Physics and Astronomy
- CUAS: Cambridge University Astronomical Society
- Dundee Satellite Receiving Station
- Link Description
- Requires free registration for satellite images
- Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
- IDA: International Dark-Sky Association
- Imperial College, University of London Department of Physics
- Liverpool John Moores University: Astrophysics Research Institute
- LPI: The Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Messier Objects database at SEDS
- Palomar Observatory, Mount Hopkins, Arizona
- Pic du Midi Observatory, France
- SOFIA Airborne Observatory
- The Aurora Page – Aurora Information & Sightings.
- The Knowledge Observatory
- Link Description
- A 'Pay it Forward' inspired Social Enterprise which, through unique events income, supports an innovative Astronomy and life-skills programme for young NEETs.
- THEMIS Image of the Day (Mars Odyssey)
- UKSEDS: UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- University of Birmingham Astrophysics and Space Research Group
- University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy
- University of Edinburgh School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Glasgow Astronomy and Astrophysics Group
- University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Oxford: Astrophysics
- West Cheshire College
- Link Description
- Very good pages with local live data
Essential Links
- BBC Weather for Liverpool
- Go Stargazing
- Link Description
- Searchable aggregated list of public astronomy events around the UK, lists of dark sky sites, tips and guides
- Heavens Above (for Liverpool, UK)
- Link Description
- The Heavens Above website, with Liverpool, UK as the location. This site provides satellite predictions, including Iridium and the International Space Station.
- SWPC: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
LAS Members' Websites
- Brendan Martin
- Link Description
- Solar
- Colin Murray
- Colm Jackson
- Dave Owen
- Dave Thomson
- Link Description
- Wiki of the telescopes and observatories we have made including links to other sites etc
- LASSA: Liverpool Astronomical Society Sidewalk Astronomers
- Rob Johnson
- Link Description
- Astroimaging & night-time weather
- Test link
- Link Description
- test
- Val & Andrew White
Observatories and Telescopes
- AAA: Airdrie Astronomical Association & Airdrie Observatory
- Amazing Space (Hubble Space Telescope)
- Australian Astronomical (formerly Anglo-Australian) Observatory (AAO Australia)
- BBSO: Big Bear Solar Observatory
- Bradford Robotic Telescope
- ESA Earthnet Online (ERS Satellites)
- ESO: European Southern Observatory (formerly European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere)
- ISO: The Infra-red Space Observatory
- KAO: Kuiper Airborne Observatory
- Lunar Prospector Mission
- MKO: Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii
- MWO: Mount Wilson Observatory
- NASA: Deep Space 2
- NEAR Asteroid Orbiter
- Palomar Observatory, Mount Hopkins, Arizona
- Pic du Midi Observatory, France
- SOFIA Airborne Observatory
- SOHO: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- Telescope Reviews
- Link Description
- The site contains reviews of Meade, Orion and Celestron telescopes plus a number of articles about telescopes and astronomy especially aimed at beginners to the hobby.
- The Cluster Project
- The Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
- The Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (Spitzer)
- The Space Telescope Science Institute (HST Information & New images)
- The Voyager Deep Space Probes
- WHT: The William Herschel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands
- XMM-Newton: The X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission
- XTE – The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Old links which are still interesting or useful
- Clementine Lunar Mapping Probe
- History of the Shuttle-Mir Link-up programme
- ISO: The Infra-red Space Observatory
- KAO: Kuiper Airborne Observatory
- Lunar Prospector Mission
- Magellan Venus Radar Mapping Probe
- Mars Global Surveyor
- Mars Surveyor '98
- Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander
- NASA: Deep Space 1
- NASA: Deep Space 2
- NASA's Origins programme
- Pluto Kuiper Express Mission
- The Galileo Mission to Jupiter
- The Space Shuttle Program
- Ulysses (NASA-ESA) Sun Probe
- Viking Mars Landers
- XTE – The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Other Astro Links
- Arp's Catalog Of Peculiar Galaxies
- Heavens Above (for Liverpool, UK)
- Link Description
- The Heavens Above website, with Liverpool, UK as the location. This site provides satellite predictions, including Iridium and the International Space Station.
- LiveWatch astronomy cams and resources
- Link Description
- A collection of links to astronomy resources, sent to us by Courtney Phillips and her students at After School Care Programs in Colorado, US
- Messier Objects database at SEDS
- NSO: The Night Sky Observer (formerly Dublin Night Sky Observer)
- SkyWatch
- Space.com Science & Astronomy Page
- Squaring up that cheap laser collimator, by Craig Stark
- Telescope Reviews
- Link Description
- The site contains reviews of Meade, Orion and Celestron telescopes plus a number of articles about telescopes and astronomy especially aimed at beginners to the hobby.
- The Aurora Page – Aurora Information & Sightings.
- the-universe.ie
- Link Description
- A site by the creator of the South Kerry Astronomy Group, covering many topic in astronomy such as the Solar System, Black Holes, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, our mysterious Moon etc. yet manages to go that extra mile, covering the history of Astronomy and a
Other non-UK Astronomy/Science Societies and Groups
- AAVSO: The American Association of Variable Star Observers
- Arp's Catalog Of Peculiar Galaxies
- ESA: European Space Agency
- ESO: European Southern Observatory (formerly European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere)
- IAU: International Astronomical Union
- IDA: International Dark-Sky Association
- IMO: The International Meteor Organization (Germany)
- IOTA: International Occultation Timing Association
- LPI: The Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Messier Objects database at SEDS
- RSSI: Russian Space Science Internet
- SkyWatch
- SWPC: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- The Aurora Page – Aurora Information & Sightings.
- The Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission
- The Prairie Astronomy Club
- The Space Telescope Science Institute (HST Information & New images)
- the-universe.ie
- Link Description
- A site by the creator of the South Kerry Astronomy Group, covering many topic in astronomy such as the Solar System, Black Holes, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, our mysterious Moon etc. yet manages to go that extra mile, covering the history of Astronomy and a
- VAS: Vlasim Astronomical Society
- Link Description
- The Liverpool Astronomical Society is twinned with The Vlasim Astronomical Society, who are in the Czech Republic.
- WAAC: The Wollongong Amateur Astronomy Club (New South Wales, Australia)
Other UK Astronomy/Science Societies and Groups
- AAA: Airdrie Astronomical Association & Airdrie Observatory
- AAE: The Association for Astronomy Education
- AAS: Aberdeen Astronomical Society
- AAS: Abingdon Astronomical Society, Oxfordshire
- AAS: Andover Astronomical Society
- AAS: Ayrshire Astronomical Society
- AAS: Ayrshire Astronomical Society
- ADAS: Altrincham and District Astronomical Society
- AFA: Association of Falkirk Astronomers
- ASE: Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
- ASTRA (old site) : Association in Scotland To Research into Astronautics
- Link Description
- Nb. this website does not appear to have been updated in many years. ASTRA Glasgow are apparently still active but do not currently have a website. For ASTRA Airdrie please refer to AAA: Airdrie Astronomical Association & Airdrie Observatory
- Astronomy Section of Northamptonshire Natural History Society
- BAA: British Astronomical Association
- BADAS: Blackpool & District Astronomical Society
- BAS: Beckington Astronomical Society
- BAS: Bedford Astronomical Society
- BAS: Birmingham Astronomical Society
- BAS: Bolton Astronomical Society
- BAS: Bridgend Astronomical Society, South Wales
- BAS: Bristol Astronomical Society
- BHAS: Brighton and Hove Astronomical Society
- BIS: The British Interplanetary Society
- BLAS / BAS: Blackburn Leisure Astronomy Society / Brough Astronomy Society
- CAA / CYA : Cambridge Astronomical Association / Cambridge Young Astronomers
- CaDAS: Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society
- Cardiff University: School of Physics and Astronomy
- CAS: Cardiff Astronomical Society
- CAS: Chester Astronomical Society
- CAS: Chesterfield Astronomical Society
- CAS: Cockermouth Astronomical Society
- CAS: Cotswold Astronomical Society
- CAS: Croydon Astronomical Society
- CAWAS: Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomical Society
- CPAC: Castle Point Astronomy Club, South-East Essex
- CUAS: Cambridge University Astronomical Society
- DDAS: Derby and District Astronomical Society
- ERA: East Riding Astronomers
- ESAS: East Sussex Astronomical Society
- FAS: Federation of Astronomical Societies
- FSLAS: Furness and South Lakeland Astronomical Society
- GAS: Guildford Astronomical Society
- Guernsey Astronomy Society (Astronomy Section of La Société Guernesiaise)
- Gwynedd Astronomical Society / Cymdeithas Seryddol Gwynedd
- HAG: Hampshire Astronomical Group
- HAS: Harrogate Astronomical Society
- HAS: Havering Astronomical Society
- HAS: Highlands Astronomical Society
- HERAS: Hull and East Riding Astronomical Society
- HoEAS: Heart of England Astronomical Society
- Imperial College, University of London Department of Physics
- IoMAS: The Isle of Man Astronomical Society
- LAS: Leeds Astronomical Society
- LAS: Leicester Astronomical Society
- LDAS: Letchworth and District Astronomical Society
- LGFC: Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre
- Link Description
- Set in the heart of beautiful Ennerdale, England's remotest, quietest and least inhabited valley, Low Gillerthwaite rests at the feet of Pillar, Steeple and Red Pike. Access is by a forestry track which flanks Ennerdale Water leaving the nearest public ro
- Liverpool John Moores University: Astrophysics Research Institute
- MAS: Macclesfield Astronomical Society
- MAS: Manchester Astronomical Society
- Mid Cheshire Astronomical Group
- Mid Cheshire Astronomical Group (Facebook)
- Midlands Spaceflight Society
- MKAS: Mid-Kent Astronomical Society
- MSAS: Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society
- NAS: Norwich Astronomical Society
- NDAS: North Devon Astronomical Society
- Newbury Astronomical Society
- NWGAS: North West Group of Astronomical Societies
- OASI: Orwell Astronomical Society, Ipswich
- OUSAS: Oxford University Space and Astronomical Society
- PADAS: Preston and District Astronomical Society
- PAS: Plymouth Astronomical Society
- RAS: Reading Astronomical Society
- RAS: Renfrewshire Astronomical Society
- RAS: The Royal Astronomical Society
- SAG: Scottish Astronomers' Group
- SAGAS: Southern Area Group of Astronomical Societies
- SAS: Salford Astronomical Society
- SAS: Shropshire Astronomical Society
- SAS: Southampton Astronomical Society
- SAS: Southport Astronomical Society
- SAS:Sheffield Astronomical Society
- SCASTRO: South Cheshire Astronomical Society
- SDAS: South Downs Astronomical Society
- SEKAS: South East Kent Astronomical Society
- Solent Amateur Astronomers Society
- SPA: The Society for Popular Astronomy
- SSAS: South Shields Astronomical Society
- SSS: Southport Scientific Society
- Link Description
- Founded in 1890, with a membership ranging from laypeople to professionals. Our lectures and presentations cover a wide range of topics with a bias toward the scientific and technical.
- Stratford upon Avon Astronomical Society
- Swansea Astronomical Society
- Link Description
- The website of Swansea Astronomical Society.
- TA: The Astronomer
- TAS: Tavistock Astronomical Society
- The Astronomy Centre (Todmorden, Lancs.)
- The Journal of the British Astronomical Association
- The University of Birmingham Astronomical Society
- The Webb Deep-Sky Society
- TIVAS: Tiverton and Mid Devon Astronomy Society
- UKSEDS: UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- University of Birmingham Astrophysics and Space Research Group
- University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy
- University of Edinburgh School of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Glasgow Astronomy and Astrophysics Group
- University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy
- University of Oxford: Astrophysics
- University of St Andrews Astronomical Society
- Walsall Astronomical Society
- WAS: Wadhurst and District Astronomical Society
- WAS: Wessex Astronomical Society
- WAS: Wiltshire Astronomical Society
- WAS: Worthing Astronomical Society
- WAS: Wycombe Astronomical Society
- WOLAS: West of London Astronomical Society
- Wolverhampton Astronomical Society
- WYAS: West Yorkshire Astronomical Society
- York Astronomical Society
Science and Astronomy News Sites
- Astronomy Now Magazine
- BBC News: Science & Environment
- ESA Earthnet Online (ERS Satellites)
- ESA: European Space Agency
- ESO: European Southern Observatory (formerly European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere)
- IAU: International Astronomical Union
- Jonathan's Space Report
- NASA Space Calender
- NASA website
- New Scientist Magazine
- Sky and Telescope
- Space.com Science & Astronomy Page
Spacecraft
- 2001 Mars Odyssey
- Amazing Space (Hubble Space Telescope)
- Cassini-Huygens Saturn Mission
- Clementine Lunar Mapping Probe
- ESA Earthnet Online (ERS Satellites)
- ESA: European Space Agency
- Eumetsat (Meteosat)
- History of the Shuttle-Mir Link-up programme
- ISO: The Infra-red Space Observatory
- ISS: The International Space Station
- Lunar Prospector Mission
- Magellan Venus Radar Mapping Probe
- Mars Surveyor '98
- Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander
- NASA website
- NASA: Deep Space 1
- NASA: Deep Space 2
- NEAR Asteroid Orbiter
- NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration
- Pluto Kuiper Express Mission
- SOHO: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- SPOT Satellite Imagery
- The Cluster Project
- The Galileo Mission to Jupiter
- The Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (Spitzer)
- The Space Shuttle Program
- The Space Telescope Science Institute (HST Information & New images)
- The Voyager Deep Space Probes
- THEMIS Image of the Day (Mars Odyssey)
- Ulysses (NASA-ESA) Sun Probe
- Viking Mars Landers
- XMM-Newton: The X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission
- XTE – The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
Weather Satellites & Forecasts
- BBC Weather for Liverpool
- Dundee Satellite Receiving Station
- Link Description
- Requires free registration for satellite images
- ESA Earthnet Online (ERS Satellites)
- Eumetsat (Meteosat)
- ForcastFox (Firefox Extension)
- Link Description
- A great extension for Mozilla Firefox which gives you a local weather forecast. Website is US centric but extension works fine for Liverpool and surrounding areas.
- Metcheck
- Link Description
- Provides detailed weather information for the UK
- NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Adminstration
- SPOT Satellite Imagery
- SWPC: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
- The Met Office
- The Weather Outlook Website
- West Cheshire College
- Link Description
- Very good pages with local live data