~ Gartree School - Science Links... ~

~ Mr Parsons' Space Surf links ~

This page is unlinked and under re-construction. Sorry.

News of what to look out for in the night sky each month:

• Sky & Telescope Sights page

• Jodrell Bank Events page

• Sky at Night Newsletter

• Solar Terrestrial Dispatch for alerts of Solar Flares and related phenomena.

   
  

  Gartree School Surfer's Competition To Win a Tektite • Print off this page by the end of June • Write your name on it • Answer this question • What is meant by the term Tektite? • Entries to Mr Parsons. • First correct answers wins you a genuine tektite!

   
  The Sun, Moon, our Comets and Planets

• BBC On-line Solar System Click on the sun, the planets or the minor objects to explore them for yourself.

• Sky & Telescope. For the latest astronomical news and an excellent free weekly bulletin.
  Well worth a visit!

  The Sun. Sites to check regularly are:

• Current Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Image

• SOHO Solar Observatory. Great movies of flares.

• UK AuroraWatch with news of the Northern Lights.

  Other useful Solar System websites are:

• Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures created from ray-traced images of the Moon.
  You can view the phase of the Moon for any date and time [1800-2199 A.D].

   
  Meteors

  Meteor showers are somewhat unpredictable, so it is a good idea to look out for meteors before and after the predicted peaks. You might catch an unexpected display.
  

• Comets & Meteor Showers by Gary Kronk.
  Excellent Meteor resource. Comet information too.

   
  Eclipses

• Eclipse Home Page with details of coming eclipses and their visibility.

• Eclipses. For lots of Eclipse information and links. Nicely wacky.

• Fred Espenak's Website

   
  "Other SpaceLinks"

• Final Frontier from the BBC and OU. Lots of good information and links.
  
• Jodrell Bank Observatory – Home of the Lovell Telescope. Lots of useful information and links.
  
• National Schools Observatory – La Palma robotic Telescope – opening any time now.
  
• BBC – The Sky At Night – with Patrick Moore.
  In April this year "The Sky At Night" celebrates 43 unbroken years of broadcasting, making it the longest-running TV programme in the world with the same presenter!

• National Space Centre – Leicester.
  
• Astronomy Picture of the Day. Each day a different image or photograph of the universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
  
• Time Conversion Chart UTC/GMT, EST, EDT &c.

• Heavens-Above – Chris Peat's website runs dynamic web pages which generate visibility predictions for visible satellites and Iridium flares and a wide range of related astronomical information for any location on the Earth. Fantastic site!
  
• History of Astronomy [and Science] website by Wolfgang R. Dick. Useful library of links.
  
• Bad Astronomy An "antidote" site by Phil Plait.