The Canny Link Directory

SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)

Amateur SETI: Project BAMBI (Bob And Mike's Big Investment) - describes the design and construction of a 4 GHz amateur radio telescope dedicated to SETI.

Columbus Optical SETI Observatory - contains extensive documentation on the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (OSETI) and the activities of the observatory.

Cosmic Search Magazine - read the first four issues of this magazine that was only in publication for 13 issues, 1979-80. The editorial board included Arthur C. Clarke, Philip Morrison and Carl Sagan.

Harvard University SETI Group - learn about their project, BETA, the Billion-channel Extraterrestrial Assay.

Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - essay by the venerable Carl Sagan, from Cosmic Search.

SETI Australia Centre

SETI League - grass-roots, non-profit, member-supported organization devoted to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

SETI and Distributed Computing - essay by Garrett Moritz.

SETI@home - experiment to harness the spare power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

SETIQuest - a quarterly magazine devoted to SETI, bioastronomy, and the scientific search for evidence of extraterrestrial evolution of life in the Universe.

University of California, Berkeley Search For Extraterrestrial Civilizations - SERENDIP (Search for Extraterrestrial Radio Emissions from Nearby Developed Intelligent Populations), is dedicated to providing an answer to the age-old question "Are we alone?"  


Scientific Constants

Astro-Physical Calculator - features pre-programmed physical constants and astronomical data.

Constants and Equations for Space-Related Calculations

Fundamental Physical Constants

Fundamental Physical Constants from the National Institute of Standards and Technology - values of the constants, related information, and searchable bibliography on the constants.

Physical Constants and Astronomical Data  


Software

Image Reduction and Analysis Facility - a general purpose software system from the National Optical Astronomy Observatories for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data

PROGRAPE-1 - programmable special purpose computer for many-body simulations.

PlanetWatch shareware - A multimedia atlas and simulation of our solar system for Windows 3.1 or better.

Program to Load Astronomy and Cosmography Data - program was created to load a programmable HP 48.  


Stellar Cartography

Celestial Atlas (1826) - by Franz Niklaus König.

Constellations and their Stars, The - statistics, history, mythology for all 88 constellations and the named stars in them; also contains info on Messier objects; some star charts included.

Japanese Star Charts and Moon Stations

Out of This World - exhibition of rare historical celestial atlases.

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Web Directories

Astro Place - astronomy educational and informational links.

AstroWeb

Astronomy Book and Software reviews - index of selected astronomy book and software reviews from journals and magazines

Astronomy Net

Astronomy Sites

Planetarium Web Sites - from Loch Ness Productions.

Constellation-X - an X-ray observatory that will study supermassive black holes and the life cycles of matter throughout the Universe.

History of X-Ray Astronomy

Where Do X-ray Sources Get Their Names?

X-Ray Astronomy

Yohkoh Public Outreach Project - the Yohkoh satellite is an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Site features data including movies and a wealth of information about the Sun.