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Infrared Astronomy - All about infrared astronomy from NASA's infrared astronomy center: Discovery of infrared, what is infrared and infrared astronomy, history, the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries, missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy sites.
Astronomy Magazine - Includes astronomy and space news, sky events, reprinted articles for the magazine, and astronomy and telescope resources.
Astronomie.de - Ein umfangreiches Portal zum Thema Astronomie. Neben aktuellen Informationen aus der professionellen Astronomie werden auch Erkenntnisse aus dem Amateurbereich publiziert. Praktische Tipps und zu fast allen Bereichen der Amateurastronomie sowie ein großes Lexikon runden das Angebot ab.
LLEK Bookmarks Scientific Search Engines - Astronomy - A comprehensive catalog of scientific resources and media worldwide but especially in German and English: Directories of Astronomy Journals; Astronomy-related catalogs of scientific search engines; additional starting points and sites of special interest.
Coeli Astronomy Software - Complete line of PC astronomy software, including Stella 2000 - talking astronomy suite with encyclopedic reference, logbook, orrery, and planetarium with telescope control. Free astronomy software gifts on offer here. [shareware,freeware,commercial - Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP]
Astronomy Jokes and Space Explorers - A collection of K-12 space and astronomy jokes with astronomy factoids, quizzes, quotes, links and pictures interspersed throughout the site describing history of astronomy and space exploration.
Histoire de l'astronomie. Le modèle du Monde. - Cette exposition réalisée par le Département astronomie-astrophysique du Palais de la découverte présente les principales étapes de l'histoire de l'astronomie, depuis Aristote jusqu'à Galilée. Largement illustrée, avec des rappels d'astronomie moderne, l'exposition est particulièrement adaptée à tous ceux que les conceptions cosmologiques anciennes intéressent.
Astronomy with Peter Enzerink - Astronomy information from an Australian perspective. Includes some helpful tips for astronomy software.
Astronomy for Kids - Basic introduction to astronomy for kids K-6 grade.
University of Nottingham - Astronomy Group - Information, contact details, research information and useful astronomy links.

Wikipedia Articles

Babylonian astronomy - Babylonian astronomy refers to the astronomy that developed in Mesopotamia, the "land between the rivers" Tigris and Euphrates, where the ancient kingdoms of Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia and Chaldea were located. Babylonian astronomy was the basis for much of the astronomical traditions that later developed in Greek and Hellenistic astronomy, in classical Indian astronomy, ...
Spherical astronomy - Spherical astronomy or positional astronomy is the branch of astronomy that is used to determine the location of objects on the celestial sphere, as seen at a particular date, time, and location on the Earth. This is one of the oldest branches of astronomy.
High-energy astronomy - High energy astronomy is the study of astronomical objects that release EM radiation of highly energetic wavelengths. It includes X-ray astronomy, gamma-ray astronomy, and extreme UV astronomy, as well as studies of neutrinos and cosmic rays.
Astronomy Now - Astronomy Now is a monthly British magazine on astronomy and is the UK's best selling astronomy magazine, featuring a mix of articles ranging from how to observe the night sky to the latest discoveries in the Solar System and in deep space. The magazine celebrated its twentieth anniversary in 2007, and the first issue of ...
History of astronomy - Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences, dating back to antiquity, with its origins in the religious, mythological, and astrological practices of pre-history: vestiges of these are still found in astrology, a discipline long interwoven with public and governmental astronomy, and not completely disentangled from it until a few centuries ago in the Western World (see astrology and astronomy). Early astronomy involved observing the regular patterns of the motions of visible celestial objects, especially the Sun, Moon, stars and naked eye planets.