School of Physics and Astrophysics
Modern astronomers have a wide variety of windows on the Universe, including most parts of the electromagnetic spectrum (optical, radio, infrared, X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy) as well as more exotic probes such as neutrino astronomy. This section contains links to resources related to astronomy and astrophysics.
WA Astronomy Links
- International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
- The Australian International Gravitational Research Centre
- Perth Observatory
- Astronomy WA
- Gravity Discover Centre
General Interest
- The Great Debate - background information on the 1920 Shapley/Curtis debate
- Freedmann and Kaufmann, Universe (6th ed) textbook web pages
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Earth and Moon viewer
- Heavens-Above, Perth City Center (Bright satellite visibility predictions)
- J-Track 3D (Java model of the earth showing real-time satellite positions)
- Astronomy Notes (Lecture notes from another astronomy course)
- Hubble Deep Field clickable image-map
- Illustration of Beta Decay
Extra-solar planets and SETI
- JPL's Planetquest site
- The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
- The SETI Institute
- The SETI @ Home project - take part in a SETI search using your home computer
Solar System
- NASA's Solar System information pages
- US National Air and Space Musem Solar System information
- Ephemeris Generator
- Multimedia Tour of the Nine Planets
- An overview of the Solar System
- Sahara Meteorite Prospecting
- JPL orbit simulator for hazardous asteroids
- Send an asteroid or comet hurtling toward your favorite planet!
- Tsunami from Asteroid/Comet Impacts
- Environmental Damage from Asteroid and Comet Impacts
Physics
- The Particle Adventure (particles and forces in the Standard Model)
Journals and Papers
- The NASA Astrophysics Data System Home Page
- Astrophysics preprints (astro-ph)
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Surveys and Databases
University information
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