jump to: Books on astronomy in the Library

General Astronomy

• Astronomy Magazine Articles on-line with links to other sites, special announcements and current events.
  
• Astronomy Picture of the Day Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
  
• At Home Astronomy: Hands-on Science Experiments for the Whole Family Illustrated instructions for lots of astronomy-related science experiments.
  
• American Astronomical Association The Education page features student resources and a career guide, as well as much more.
  
• Expanding Universe: A Classified Search Tool for Amateur Astronomy The Toronto Public Library classifies hundreds of astronomy web sites by their Dewey number. Browse through the subjects to find the sites.
  
• Planetaria - from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  Links to planetariums in Canada and the United States.
  
• Sky Tonight Sky and Telescope magazine's page features astronomy news, directions for beginning stargazing, interactive star charts, and more.
  
• Stephen Hawking's Universe Unsolved mysteries and more.
  
• HubbleSite What's New at the Hubble Space Telescope

The Planets

• Earth and Moon Viewer Views of each from all sides and places.
  
• Exploring the Planets Compare the planets and find out what planets have wind and storms. Easy to use site to learn more about the planets.
  
• The Nine Planets An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.
  
• Solar System Exploration This Exploration Home Page is part of NASA's Office of Space Science and describes NASA's program to explore the solar system.
  
• Views of the Solar System Multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the sun, planets, moons, comets, asteriods, and more.
  
• Welcome to the Planets
  From NASA, find information about the planets from their color photos. Also contains graphical information on the space exploration vehicles.
  
  

Astronomy Resources in Print

• Chartrand, Mark R. National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky. c1991
  Adult non-fiction shelves -- 523 C
• Dickinson, Terence and Alan Dyer The Backyard astronomer's guide. c2002
  Adult non-fiction shelves -- 523 C

• Garlick, Mark A. Astronomy: a visual guide. c2004
  Adult non-fiction shelves -- 520 G

• Garlick, Mark A. The Story of the Solar System. c2002
  Adult non-fiction shelves -- 523.2 G

• Greene, Brian The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, time and the texture of the cosmos. c2004
  Adult non-fiction shelves -- 523.1 G

• Harrington, Philip S. Starware: The amateur astronomer's ultimate guide to choosing, buying, and using telescopes and accessories..
  c2002.Adult non-fiction shelves -- 522.2 H

• Miller, Ron and William K. Hartman The Grand Tour: A traveler's guide to the Solar System.
  c2005.Adult non-fiction 523.2 M

updated 8/2006