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This almanac is published by the U.S. Nautical Almanac Office in the United States (USNO) and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO) in the United Kingdom. It is updated annually.

The second edition of this encyclopedia was published in 2007 by Academic Press. It begins with discussion of the origin of the solar system and its place in the galaxy. Chapters on the sun, the planets, planetary satellites, moos, comets, and Pluto follow.

This handbook was published by Spring in 2009. Topics covered include: spherical astronomy, optics, telescopes, astrophotography, photometry, sundials, the solar system, and stellar systems.

This encyclopedia was published in 2002 by Macmillan Reference USA. The 341 entries which comprise this encyclopedia focus on the business of space exploration, planetary science and astronomy, human space exploration, and the outlook for the future exploration of space.

Dates vary. This multi-disciplinary database is an excellent source for articles from the core astronomy journals. Click on the blue "i" icon for list of selected titles.

Dates vary. Allows direct access to Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics. Annual Reviews articles are very useful as they synthesize vast amounts of primary research literature and identify the principal contributions that have been made in a field.

1913- . Search for articles from aeronautics and space science journals such as: Aerospace America, Aeronautical Journal, AIAA Journal, Astronautics & Aeronautics, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences.

1900- . Indexes scholarly journals in all of the scientific disciplines. Use this database to conduct cited reference searches (that is, search for articles that cite a specific author or article).

The Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory computes, from fundamental astronomical reference data, the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the circumstances of astronomical phenomena."

This web site is divided into the following sections: Astronomy, Science and Other Discussion Forums, Astronomy Articles, Astronomy Clubs, Amateur Radio Astronomy Net, Calendar of Events, Constellations, and Image Gallery.

"The mission of AstronomyLINKS is to provide an index of the best astronomy and space related web sites found around the world on the Internet."

This site is an "information website dedicated to providing up-to-date links and information in all the major topics of Astronomy. This site is also designed to be a students reference as well as a resource for amateur astronomers." It is divided into the following sections: Observation, Science, Solar System, Stars, Our Galaxy, Cosmology, Astrobiology, Exoplanets, Astrophotography.

This site is a web encyclopedia with over 588 entries that range in length from definitions to full articles.

"Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and discussed."

This site is devoted to information about NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. It contains news and photographs of "stars, planets, galaxies, nebulae, and strange celestial phenomena" taken by the telescope; as well as an astronomy reference desk.

This site "is a "mini-net" of pages that explores our solar system, stars, extra-solar planets, the theories about the past and future of the universe, and human exploration of space."

"NASA Images is a service of Internet Archive, a non-profit library, to offer public access to NASA's images, videos and audio collections."

"This website is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system." It is intended for general audiences, little technical background is needed. This site consists of approximately 100 pages, one page for each major body in the Solar System.

This Society "is the largest and most influential public space organization group on Earth." It was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman.

"The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is a Digital Library portal for researchers in Astronomy and Physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant. The ADS maintains three bibliographic databases containing more than 9.6 million records: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, and arXiv e-prints. The main body of data in the ADS consists of bibliographic records."

"SkyView is a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray." This site is a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA/ GSFC and the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

"The Virtual Observatory (VO) embodies the concept of large scale electronic integration of astronomy data, tools, and services on a global scale in a manner that provides easy access by individuals around the world. The primary emphasis of the VAO is to provide new scientific research capabilities to the astronomy community."

This website "presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos."