Astronomy Picture Places

Some Popular Astronomy Picture Places

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Hubble Space Telescope Pictures
• Hubble Site
• More HST resources are here.
• Adler Planetarium Picture of the Week

General Astronomy Picture Websites

• Astronomy Picture of the Day, archive
• NASA Space Science - Images
• Hubble Space Telescope: Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page
• STScI/HST Pictures, HST Images by Subject
• Hubble Heritage Project Subject Index
• HubbleSite - Gallery
• More HST resources are here.
• Astronomical Picture Gallery @ Ohio State
• Univ. of Alabama:
• UA Astronomical Image Gallery
• Prof. Bob Keel
• Astronomy Cool Pictures Archive
  Geometry Center "Science U"
• RAAP Images Home Page @ UC Santa Barbara Astrophysics
• Anglo-Australian Observatory Colour Photographs
• Mount Stromlo & Siding Spring Obs.:
• MSSSO Pictures
• Also see Stromlo Exploratory for more pictures.
• Astronomical Images Australia ATNF
• Copernic - Astronomie- Histoire & Astronautique in French
• Martins Astronomical Images Sternwarte der Univeritat Bonn.
• Anton Pannekoek Home Page
• Garbo Astronomy image collection
• Astronomical Image Library
• AstroArts Japan
• National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Public Information Office - Image Library
• Starjoy astronomy picture gallery [ Á¦¸ñ¾øÀ½ ] in Korean.
  A very extensive astronomy and space picture collection.
• Imaging & Imagining Space Northwestern University.

Some Link Directories

• See Lycos Directory- Science - Astronomy for pictures on the Lycos website.
• Yahoo! - Science:Astronomy:Pictures
• Pictures Directory @ AstroWeb Virtual Library.
• Space Image Libraries hosted @ Oklahoma State

Specialized Astronomy Picture Websites

• KOHNO Kotaro Home Page: Radio Telescope and Galaxy Galleries
• List of NGC Images on the Internet, from Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
• SEDS Messier Database
• Great Images in NASA library
• KODAK Space Shots Looks mostly at John Glenn's flights of Friendship 7 and STS-95.
• Hayden Planetarium.Org
  Academic site of the Hayden Planetarium in New York. Includes astronomy 3-D visualizations.
• Ames Research Center Public Affairs Space Research & Astrobiology Gallery
• Also see Observatory Tours.
• To Historical Collections and Artifacts in the History section.
• For people in history see the History Section, including the Biographies page.

At Particular Wavelengths

• X-ray Astronomy Home Page- MPI fuer extraterrestrische Physik- Garching- Germany
  Includes a gallery of images from ROSAT, ABRIXAS, XMM-Newton, and Chandra.
• High Energy Astrophysics Picture Of the Week NASA GSFC
• 2 Micron All Sky Survey @ Cal Tech IPAC.
• A 2MASS Sampler
• Unveiling the Infrared Sky NASA News.
• To Astronomy by Wavelength page.

By Astronomy Satellites

• Cool Cosmos Image Gallery
  Infrared astronomy satellite gallery @ IPAC, Cal Tech. Now associated with the Spitzer space infrared telescope.
• Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT)
• Astro 1 UIT Pictures (GSFC)
• More about the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope.
• Skymap in Extreme Ultraviolet
  Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics/ Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer.
• International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) Gallery @ MAST STSci. Inst. Archive.
• More links to the IUE.
• Chandra X-ray Observatory Center (AXAF)
• Chandra Photo Album
• X-ray Astronomy Home Page- MPI fuer extraterrestrische Physik- Garching- Germany
  Includes a photo gallery of x-ray sky images from several satellites.
• Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) Pictures
• See Astronomy Satellite Telesope Missions.
• Hubble Space Telescope links are here.
• See Solar and Space Physics Missions.

Nebulas

• The Web Nebulae
• Planetary Nebula Sampler
• Image Gallery of Planetary Nebulae Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik Tübingen (Germany)
• A Gallery of Planetary Nebulae maintained by C.Y. Zhang, University of Calgary Infrared Astronomy
• Images of Galactic Planetary Nebulae Obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope compiled by Arsen R. Hajian and Yervant Terzian. @ US Naval Observatory.
• Doug Snyder's Planetary Nebulae Web Site
• SEDS Messier Database
• Also see Nebulas on the Stars & the Milky Way Page.

Galaxies

• The Galaxy Catalog
  113 nearby galaxies. Created by Zsolt Frei and James E. Gunn, Princeton University.
• University of Alabama Astronomy
  UA Tuscaloosa.
• UA Astronomical Image Gallery
  Galaxy Cluster Mug Shots, Quasar/AGN Gallery, Overlapping Galaxy Pairs.
• "Bill Keel's Gif Farm" is also another set of UA Image Galleries
• KOHNO Kotaro Home Page: Radio Telescope and Galaxy Galleries
• Images of Radio Galaxies and Quasars Alan Bridle, NRAO
• List of NGC Images on the Internet, from Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
• SEDS Messier Database
• Anglo-Australian Observatory Colour Photographs
• AstroArts Japan
• Astronomical Picture Gallery @ Ohio State
• Hubble Space Telescope: HubbleSite.Org
• Spitzer Space Telescope Images JPL.
• ARP Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies Cal Tech IPAC.
• To Galaxies
• To The Milky Way

Some amateur's websites for galaxy pictures:

• Jeff MacQuarrie's Astronomy Homepage
• Arp's Catalog Of Peculiar Galaxies
  Dennis Webb.
• Digital Astronomy Gallery by Kunihiko Okano
• Taku's CCD Gallery
  The website is in Japanese, but the page is easy to navigate. The listing is very extensive and worth looking at.
• Galaxies for Fun Ivar Hamberg.
• Japanese Amateur Astrophoto Galleries.
• You can browse for more amateur astrophoto sites at Amateur Astrophotography

The Milky Way (our galaxy)

• The Lund Observatory Milky Way Panorama
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Milky Way
• Photo of the Milky Way @ Melbourne's Astronomy Central
• The Summer Milky Way from S.E. Arizona @ The NGC - IC Project
• Stellar Scenes Home Page By Naoyuki Kurita, has a nice photo tour.
• StarsRUs by Kip Crawford has a collection of Milky Way photographs. (Thanks for writing me.)
• Multiwavelength Milky Way
• The Multiwavelength Milky Way RXTE Learning Center
• Low-Frequency Atlas of the Galactic Center NRL
• See The Milky Way Overall on the Stars & the Milky Way Page.

Constellation Photographs

• Stellar Scenes Home Page
  By Naoyuki Kurita (Japan). Gives a nice photograph tour of the constellations. Includes drawings, comments, and illustrated guides to deep sky objects.
• Portraits of Stars and their Constellations by Jim Kaler, Univ. of Ill.
  Features photographs of the constellations and detailed physical descripstions of the major stars within each constellation.
• Images of Constellations National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
• AstroArts Japan
• American Association of Amateur Astronomers AAAA Constellation Home Page
• Slivoski.Com - Astrophotos of the northern constellations with outlines and points of interest named.
• More about constellations

Solar System

• National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC):
• NSSDC Photo Gallery:   index by spacecraft
• Mission Image Index
• NSSDC Photo Gallery: Links to Other Image Sites
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL):
• Welcome to the Planets
• JPL Images and Video Archive
• Planetary Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page
• A Space Library (JPL) Dave Seal
  Planetary surface maps, solar system image simulator and space art.
• JPL Solar System Simulator online.
• Galileo Home Page (JPL)
• Solid State Imaging Team Education and Public Outreach (SEPO) Website:
• U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Program Image Gallery
• USGS Flagstaff Solar System Browser
  Includes some picture links.
• STScI/HST (Hubble Space Telescope)
• HST Images of the Solar System
• DSN Solar System Menu
• Planetary image finders NASA Ames.
• LPI Lunar and Planetary Institute Home Page--- Index:
• LPI Slide Sets, including A Spacecraft Tour of the Solar System
• Constantine Thomas' Planetary Maps
• As the World Turns @ Federation of American Scientists
• Views of the Solar System By Calvin J. Hamilton
• The Solar System - Pictures of the Planets
  compiled NASA pictures with some descriptions by Alwyn Botha.
• Uppsala Planetary System Group - Planetary Imaging
• Pic du Midi - Station de Planétologie des Pyrénées (S2P) Ground based images. (In French)
• Steve Albers home page (NOAA)
• Steve Albers's Astro Images and Photographs
• Steve Albers's Weather Photographs
• Eclipse Gallery
• Dramatic Comet & Meteor Desert Sky Photos by Wally Pacholka
  Some stunning published photographs. He includes some tips for taking pictures like his. Thanks to Wally for his link suggestion.
• Also see the Solar System Links Page.
• Also see the Planetary Missions Page.
• Also see Observing the Sky | Solar System Section

Sun  

• About the Sun by the High Altitude Observatory (a good website for beginners)
  • The Sun: a Pictorial Introduction @ HAO
• Latest images of the Sun NASA
• SOHO - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
• Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope
• Ulysses Gallery ESA.
• Big Bear Solar Observatory
• Also see The Sun page.
• Also see Solar Physics Missions in the Space Missions Section.

Mercury

• A Sun's Best Friend - Mercury by FC Web Design.
• To Planet Mercury links.

Venus

• The Many Faces of Venus @ NOVA Online | Doomsday Asteroid
  Has some pictures from various past missions to Venus and by the Hubble Telescope
• Venus Revealed by David Harry Greenspoon. The website has some excerpts as well as some images.
• To Planet Venus links.

Venus Space Missions

• Sample Venus Images small sample of images from the Pioneer 12, Venera 15/16, and Magellan
• Magellan Images
• To Venus space mission links.

Earth

• The Earth Today from Space
  A near-real time exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.
• Visualizing Earth UCSD
• TerraServer Homepage
  Microsoft world atlas page with zoomable aerial photographs.
• Earth Science Picture of the Day USRA
• Visible Earth NASA.
• Earth Observatory Data and Images NASA
• Earthshots - Satellite Images of Environmental Change USGS
• Ocean Color Data, Information, and Resources NASA GSFC DAAC.
• Ocean Color Educational Resources
• NOAA- NESDIS- National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Home Page
• Space Physics Interactive Resource [SPIDR] (NOAA): Nightime Lights of Earth [ Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS)]
• NOAA (Operational Significant Event Imagery ) Image of the Day
• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• NCAR/MMM Satellite Page -- Satellite Observations of the Atmosphere
• Image Gallery
• Weather Satellite Images @ Purdue Weather Processor Purdue University
• Satellite Imagery FAQ 1/5
• Space Shuttle and Space Sation
• NASA Shuttle Web
• Browser for Earth Observations from Shuttle @ NASA Ames.
• Oceanography from the Space Shuttle NASA GSFC DAAC.
• Earth Sciences & Image Analysis Homepage NASA JSC.
  Includes indexed images of Cities From Space.
• EarthRISE Online library of NASA Space Shuttle pictures of Earth. @ SDSC
• SIR-C/X-SAR Images RADAR images from the Shuttle, @ JPL.
• Kennedy Space Center Video Feeds for Space Shuttle launches.
• EarthKam NASA sponsored site at UCSD.
  Educational Earth images from the shuttle and space station.
• Space Station Science Picture of the Day>
• Also see the Planet Earth Page.
• The Planet Earth Page includes sections on Earth's magnetosphere and aurora.
• Also see the Atmospheric Science Page, especially for cloud pictures.
• Also see the Geology Page.
• Also see Earth Space Missions.
• Also see Flying Pictures including aerial photography on my Flying bookmarks page.

The Moon

• Morio Higashida's Astrophotos
  This is an amateur website in Japan. There are captions in English and an English index page. He has some nice close-up photographs of the Moon.
• Ann Dittmer's Lunar Photography
• George Eastman House - The Moon - for real & in fiction

Lunar Space Missions

• Clementine:
• Clementine NRL
• Clementine images from the Moon @ LPI
• The Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon
  A consolidated version of the original. Searchable. Includes background history text. NASA JSC.
• Also see Moon Missions on the Solar System space flight missions page.

Mars

• Mars Image Gallery Jim Bell, Cornell University
• LPI Lunar and Planetary Institute:
• The Red Planet: A Survey of Mars Slide Set by LPI, NASA JSC
• Mars Atlases and image finders NASA Ames.
• To Planet Mars links.

Mars Space Missions

• NASA JPL Mars Web
• Mars Odyssey Gallery
• THEMIS images from the Mars Odyssey spacecraft ASU
• Mars Exploration Rover Missions JPL
• Malin Space Science Systems
  Image Archives. They develop and run cameras on current unmanned Mars missions.
• Viking
• MSSS Viking Image Archive
• PDS Mars Explorer for the Armchair Astronaut based on Viking data. USGS.
• To Mars Space Mission links.

Saturn

• USGS Saturn Satellite Mosaics
• Saturn thumbnail images from Voyager NSSDC.
• To Planet Saturn links.

Uranus

• Uranus: Rings, Satellites and Clouds Hubble Telescope Pictures
• To Planet Uranus links.

Pluto

• Pluto Images from the Hubble Space Telescope @ JPL
• To Planet Pluto links.

Comets

• An Illustrated Guide to Comets
• Astronomy gifs of asteroids and comets @ Garbo Astronomy image collection (Finland)
• Ground Based Observations of Comets @ Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPAe) (Germany)


There are so many websites with comet pictures that I cannot keep up with them. These other pages have some useful links:

• Minor Solar System Objects (Comets and Asteroids.)
• Observing Comets & Asteroids
• Japan Amateur Astronomy Photography

Amateur Astrophotography Sites

• Amateur Astrophotography -- By Richard Bright. (updated URL)
  Links to a number of photography pages by amateur astronomers; besides some nice photographs, there are a number of home pages with discussions about equipment and experiences.
• Aurora Photos, Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis by Dick Hutchinson.
  Aurora photography, including tips on taking aurora photos.
• Dale Ireland's Astronomy Page (Thanks to Lyssa Morning Star [Gloryskies] for this link.)
• Stellar Scenes Home Page by Naoyuki Kurita
• Jeff MacQuarrie's Astronomy Homepage
• Michael Purcell's Driveway Astrophotography
• Ventura County Astronomical Society Gallery
• Arizona Sky Pages Tom Polakis.
• Clear Skies by Per-Magnus Hedén.
  An amateur astrophotographer in Sweden. Thank you for writing me.

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  Japanese Amateur Astrophoto Galleries.
• Also see Observing the Sky

Help with Taking Astronomy Pictures

I haven't photographed the sky myself in a long while. However, from the experiences I do have, I think these following pages would be helpful.

• AA&ES - Simple Astrophotography - Fun with a Tripod Camera
• Constellation Photography by The Adler Planetarium
• The Manchester Astronomical Society Observing Section -- astrophotography articles on:
  Getting Started, Solar, Lunar, and Meteor photography, basic darkroom techniques, plus observing noctilucent clouds.
• Astronomical Images - Deep Sky Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss
• Astronomical Imaging by Brad Wallis and Robert Provin
• Astrophotography Guide @ Tim Printy's Home Page
• Keith's Astrophotography and Astronomy page
• Nite Lite by Dennis Oblander.
  Some advice for photographing simply with fixed and guided cameras. (Thanks for suggesting your website.)

Astronomy / Space Art

• Space Art through the Ages J. Paul Getty Trust
• Black Cat Studio Space Art of Ron Miller.
• Bill Hartmann's Painting Gallery
• Chesley Bonestell Website
• Paul S. Hoffman's Tribute to Chesley Bonestell
• Pat Rawlings' Space Art @ The Challenger Center website.
• A Forgotten Cosmic Designer - Howard Russell Butler By Jenny Lawrence and Richard Milner. Natural History, February 2000.
• Apollo Expeditions to the Moon (#SP-350).
  The first chapter includes a selection of NASA sponsored art from its first decade, "THE ARTIST LOOKS AT SPACE".
• Solar Voyager
  A basic solar system guide, with some additional space art pages.
• Possible Worlds Spacescapes Computer Graphics Gallery by Walter Myers
  Imaginary views from planets in our solar system and possible planets elsewhere.
• Björn Jónsson's homepage: 3D graphics, renderings, animations, planetary maps and data
• A Space Library (JPL) Dave Seal
  Planetary surface maps, solar system image simulator and space art.
• Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) Scientific Visualization, Carnegie Mellon University.
• Constantine Thomas' Planetary Maps
• Joe Tucciarone's space art gallery
• Microsoft® Design Gallery Live
  Clip art for Microsoft Office. Thank you Ijoo.
• WA2ISE's Home Page of Radios home made computer Space Art
• Starships, Space Colonies and the like
• Space Colony Artwork 1970 from a NASA publication, Space Settlements NASA Ames/Stanford 1975 Summer Study. Part of Orbital Space Settlements (NASA)
• Space Art in Children's books 1950's to 1970's
• Children's Space Books by Alexa Smith
• My Astronomy Galleries in Japan page has a section for Space Graphics

Icons:

• Kid's Domain Icon Mania
• Jim's Cool Icons has a Planets Icons page.
• Planetary Textures for model construction from a course at Indiana University.
• Twinkle: Cosmos Page in Japanese and some English. Also see the landscape pages for some starlit backgrounds.