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Rainbows - An easy to understand explanation of how rainbows are formed, including diagrams and Scientific data.
AURORA LIGHTS - An article containing information on the naturally occurring phenomenon of the Aurora lights, found in the northern and southern hemispheres on the planet earth
THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY - The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) aims to plot the positions of a million galaxies out to several billion light years. It contains multi-color images covering more than a quarter of the sky and created 3-dimensional maps containing more than 930,000 galaxies and more than 120,000 quasars.
INFRARED PROCESSING ANALYSIS CENTER - The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) at Caltech is dedicated to science operations, data archives, and community support for astronomy and solar system science missions, with a historical emphasis on infrared-submillimeter astronomy and exoplanet science.
ADVENTURES IN DEEP SPACE - Challenging Observing Projects for Amateur Astronomers of All Ages.
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
SUPERCLUSTERS - Observed Properties by Anthony Fairall describes some of the closest superclusters.
THE VIRGO SUPERCLUSTER - This article about the Virgo supercluster was written by Brent Tully in the Astrophysical Journal in 1982. It contains some maps of the supercluster.
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY - The Hawaiian University site containing research and information on the latest findings in the scientific community and Astronomy news.
GALAXIES IN VRML - Galaxies in VRML by Honeylocust Media Systems allows you to fly around the Virgo Supercluster. (A VRML plug-in is needed).
NEARBY GROUPS OF GALAXIES - Nearby Groups of Galaxies is an article about the Virgo Supercluster written by Gerard de Vaucouleurs in 1975.
THE EXTENDED LOCAL GROUP OF GALAXIES - An article about the Local Group (and the Sculptor and Maffei groups) by Rami Rekola in his Encyclopdia Galactica.
THE LOCAL GROUP OF GALAXIES - A site that contains information and pictures about the galaxies in the Local Group.
GALAXY MAP - Maps of many of the stars, clusters, and nebulae in the Milky Way.
THE SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE - The Spitzer Space Telescope team have produce their own artist's impression of the Milky Way viewed from above.
STAR TREK KARTOGRAPHIE - A Star Trek site that contains maps scanned from 'The Guide to the Galaxy' by N Henbest and H Couper.
ATOMIC ROCKETS - Everything you always wanted to know about Atomic Rockets.
STELLAR DATABASE - Information about many of the stars within 75 light years.
THE ASTRONOMY NEXUS - An Encyclopedia of Suns which describes many of the Sun-like stars within 50 light years.
SOLSTATION - A site that contains lots of detailed information about many of the nearest stars.
