Astrophysics Group News
RAS Michael Penston Thesis Prize for 2012: Runner-up prize awarded to Dr Stephen Feeney
Dr Stephen Feeney has been awarded the runner-up prize for the Michael Penston Thesis Prize 2012. This Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) prize is awarded to the best doctoral thesis in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Stephen's thesis was entitled ‘Novel Algorithms for Early Universe Cosmology'. More...
ESA selects instruments to be flown on its icy moons mission
The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission (JUICE) will study Jupiter and its large, ice/ocean-bearing moons. JUICE is planned to launch in 2022 and arrive in 2030. Dr Nick Achilleos (Astrophysics) is part of the J-MAG Consortium, an international team of investigators who have successfully proposed one of the 11 scientific experiments to be flown on board this mission. More...
Betelgeuse braces for a collision
However you pronounce its name*, the star Betelgeuse is hard to miss on a clear winter's night. Representing the top left shoulder of Orion the Hunter it blazes a bright red colour. At over 600 light years away Betelgeuse is not particularly close, but it shines 100,000 times as brightly as our Sun. More...
Dust Factory in the Crab Nebula revealed by the Herschel Space Observatory
Herschel has produced an intricate view of the remains of a star that died in a stellar explosion a millennium ago. It has provided further proof that the interstellar dust which lies throughout our Galaxy is created when massive stars reach the end of their lives. More...
Useful Links
This page provides a series of links to websites that we feel may be of interest to you. The links categorized below can be accessed via the tabbed buttons. Just click to open and close each topic.
For now, we would like to draw your attention to the following University/Departmental links.
- Astrophysics Group Wiki page (access available for UCL members only)
- Query eUCLid the new library system - see also UCL Library Astronomy e-journals
- Guidelines for the PATT Roller (for UCL observers only)
- Miracle High Performance Computing Project
- UCL Centre for Cosmic Chemistry & Physics.
- Astrophysics Group outreach program
- The Extrasolar Planet Catalogue
Astronomical Databases
Astroweb - Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre (CDS).
Cambridge
Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU)
Data Centre.
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC)
Digitized Sky Survey (DSS).
ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive Facility - ESO (La Silla & Paranal) / HST archives.
Exomol - Comprehensive database of molecular line lists.
GATOR - JHK photometry for 2MASS all-sky catalogues
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED).
NIST Physical Reference Data - Physical constants, atomic and molecular spectroscopic data.
SkyView - A virtual observatory on the internet.
STSci Multimission Data Archive (MAST) - HST, IUE, EUVE, ASTRO & ROSAT .
UK Astronomical Data Centre - ING (La Palma) and UKIRT (Hawaii) archive.
Astronomical Software
AstroGrid - Virtual Observatory Data-grid for UK astronomy.
DIPSO - A friendly spectrum analysis program.
ESO-MIDAS - European
Southern Observatory Munich Image Data Analysis System.
eStar - The eSTAR Project is a programme to build an intelligent robotic
telescope network.
IDL (Interactive Data Language)
IDL Astronomy User's Library - Software repository for Astronomy (maintained at GSFC).
IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility)
Xephem - Interactive astronomical ephemeris software.
Journals and Magazines
Below is a list of popular on-line journals and magazines.
Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomy
- Popular monthly US magazine.
Astronomy
& Astrophysics (EDP Sciences)
Astronomy Now - Popular monthly UK magazine.
astro-ph - Astronomy e-print archive at Los Alamos.
Annual Review of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astrophysics
& Space Science - Kluwer's Astrophysics & Space Science
abstracts (UCL only).
Encyclopedia of
Astronomy &
Astrophysics - UCL only.
Icarus - Journal of Planetary Science.
Mercury - ASP Mercury Magazine.
Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).
Nature - Full access to subscribers and selected
UCL users (see here
for details).
New
Astronomy - UCL only. Search e-journals service.
The
Observatory - ULO magazine.
Optical Engineering - Optical Engineering at SPIE.
Publications
of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP).
Sky & Telescope - Popular monthly US magazine.
Ground-Based Observatories
The Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO)
The Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
The Dominion
Astrophysical Observatory
The European Southern Observatory (ESO )
The Gemini 8 Meter Telescopes
Project
The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC)
Isaac Newton Group (ING)
Institut de Radio Astronomie Millimetrique (IRAM)
Infra Red Telescope Facility (IRTF)
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)
Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN)
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (MSSSO)
National Optical Astronomical Observatories (NOAO)
Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT)
National Radio Astronomical Observatories (NRAO)
Siding Spring Observatory (SSO)
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)
United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
Space-Based Observatories
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)
Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Societies and Organisations
The American Astronomical Society (AAS home page).
The British Astronomical Association (BAA home page).
European Space Agency (ESA home page).
The International Astronomical Union (IAU home
page).
UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC
home page).
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS home page).
Page last modified on 16 jul 10 13:39 by Fabrizio Sidoli
