Astronomy links

This list is not comprehensive.  It is mainly the places and pages that are of greatest importance to me
in my home area of Southern California.  For pages with more comprehensive links, see the last section below.

Mount Wilson Observatory
Now approaching its 100th anniversary,
Mount Wilson Observatory is one of
the most important facilities in the history
of science. Edwin Hubble is just one the
world's top astronomers to use instruments
such as the Hooker 100-inch telescope

pictured here. Mount Wilson has been
home to many of the world's largest or
best telescopes and that tradition
continues with the recent dedication of
the CHARA optical interferometer array
and the adaptive optics systems on the
100-inch telescope.

Photo of 100-inch telescope by
Steve Padilla
of Mount Wilson Observatory

Mount Wilson Observatory home page
Historic and cutting edge astronomy. I spend time here when I can.
Mount Wilson Observatory Association
I've been involved with MWOA since its founding in the early 1980s.
I am currently the vice president.
Mount Wilson Observatory 150-foot solar tower telescope
See the daily sunspot drawing, the Sun's image and magnetic fields.
Also many solar astronomy links.
The TowerCam on top of the 150-foot solar tower
Live images of the Mount Wilson Observatory day and night.
Don't miss the Best of the Towercam pages.
CUREA 2000 at Mount Wilson
An annual two-week program for astronomy students.
I was an instructor in the 2000 program.
CUREA 2001 at Mount Wilson
CUREA 2001 is finished.  The web site has a few pictures from this year's program but much more is to come.
The CHARA Array of Georgia State University
The largest optical interferometer in the world.
Telescopes in Education
Remotely controlled telescopes for classrooms world-wide to use.
Los Angeles Astronomical Society
Los Angeles Astronomical Society
I was most involved in LAAS when I served as president
(and just about every other job) in the 1970s.
You can find LAAS at Griffith Observatory, Garvey Ranch
Observatory and their own dark sky observatory north of LA.
Griffith Observatory
Griffith Observatory
With a planetarium, a museum, telescopes and serving as the
home of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, this is the
Mecca of astronomy in Southern California.
I operated the Zeiss 12-inch refractor here for four years.
Links
Links to everything on Earth astronomy-related

astronomylinks.com
Jan van Gastel's Amateur Astronomy links page
Google Amateur Astronomy links
Philip Plait's Bad Astronomy (what's right and what's wrong)

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Updated September 2, 2001