Useful Links by Bob Nelson
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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
CALEB — Catalogue and Atlas of Eclipsing Binaries — very nice site with data, light and RV curves, Binary Maker images, etc.
Crakow Eclipsing Binary Database — data and O-C diagrams for some 3800+ EBs
Eclipsing Binaries Minima Database — times of minima only for numerous EBs (mostly BBSAG visuals, not always up-to-date)
Eclipsing Binary O-C Files — the author’s site, which contains some 1600+ Excel files with up-to-date times of minima
Henden Magnitude Sequence — standard magnitudes for areas around selected EBs
RHO — EB Ephemeris Generator — provides a list of possible eclipsers for your site on a given night
ROTSE — Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment
General Astronomical Data
2MASS DS Query Form — big complicated site enabling you to download data somehow
ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey — provides FITS images for any area of sky
GCVS — General Catalogue of Variable Stars
SOFA — Standard Objects for Astronomy (photometric standards)
TASS — The Amateur Sky Survey (confusing site)
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
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