Useful Links by Bob Nelson
A series of useful links recommended by Bob Nelson.
Astronomical Organizations
- AAVSO — American Association of Variable Star Observers
- EB Observers’ Home Page — A diverse group of amateur and professional eclipsing binary observers
- RASC-PG — The Prince George Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Eclipsing Binary (EB) Data
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CALEB — Catalogue and Atlas of Eclipsing Binaries — very nice site with data, light and RV curves, Binary Maker images, etc.
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Crakow Eclipsing Binary Database — data and O-C diagrams for some 3800+ EBs
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Eclipsing Binaries Minima Database — times of minima only for numerous EBs (mostly BBSAG visuals, not always up-to-date)
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Eclipsing Binary O-C Files — the author’s site, which contains some 1600+ Excel files with up-to-date times of minima
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Henden Magnitude Sequence — standard magnitudes for areas around selected EBs
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RHO — EB Ephemeris Generator — provides a list of possible eclipsers for your site on a given night
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ROTSE — Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment
General Astronomical Data
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2MASS DS Query Form — big complicated site enabling you to download data somehow
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ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey — provides FITS images for any area of sky
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GCVS — General Catalogue of Variable Stars
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SOFA — Standard Objects for Astronomy (photometric standards)
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TASS — The Amateur Sky Survey (confusing site)
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W UMa — LC Solutions — List of authors with links to SIMBAD
Journals and Search Engines
- ADS Query Form — search engine where you specify an author, title, etc.
- ADS Journal Entries — for use when you know the reference
- AJ — Astronomical Journal (useful for current abstracts)
- ApJ — Astrophysical Journal (useful for current abstracts)
- IBVS — Information Bulletin of Variable Stars
- PASP — Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- SIMBAD — Strasbourg Site — Classic search engine for papers (type in the name of the star)
- SIMBAD — Harvard Site — A mirror site for the above
- VSB — Variable Star Bulletin
Software
- Binary Maker 3 — A very slick Windows (and other) application
- Broadening Functions — Information on the Rucinski routines for RV determinations from spectra (see also my software page)
- Guide 8 — Effective and affordable sky mapping software with up-to-date info on each star