Useful Links

University College London

UCL Home Page

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Astrophysics Group

Astronomy Picture of the Day (UCL mirror)

UCL Information Systems Division

The Library, UCL

Starlink

The Starlink project formally closed in 2005, but the software collection is now maintained by JACH; the following are convenient links to old documentation:

Former Starlink Project

Starlink User Notes

Starlink Cookbooks

Journals etc.

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The Astrophysical Journal Electronic Edition

The Astronomical Journal

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Nature - International weekly journal of science

Observatory Magazine Home Page.

Sky & Telescope magazine

Astronomy Now On-Line

New Scientist Planet Science

Abstract Search and Databases

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

CDS Mirror for ADS

ADS Abstract Search

The SIMBAD astronomical database

CDS, Strasbourg

Astronomical Data Center Home Page

National Space Science Data Center

Supernovae, Variables, AGN and GRBs

Think you've found something? Check the (Super)Nova-Suspect Minor-Planet Checker

Definitely found something? Inform the IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

List of Recent SN

AAVSO Home Page

The Cosmic Gamma Ray Burst Web Page

The GRB Coordinates Network

The Whole Earth Blazar (WEB) Telescope

AGN Watch

Solar

SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids

Space Environment Center, NOAA, U.S. Dept of Commerce

Today's Space Weather

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

Mees Solar Observatory Home Page

Big Bear Solar Observatory WWW Page

SOI/MDI SSU 2001 Sunspots Press Release

What Lies Beneath a Sunspot

APOD: 2001 November 8 - Under A Sunspot

UK Aurorawatch

Solar System and Comets

Comet Observation Home Page

Elements & Ephemerides: Observable Comets

Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page (JPL)

Pic du Midi Comet Imaging

l'Observatoire d'Haute Provence: Images of Hale-Bopp

Project Galileo (JPL)

Astronomy on line

Hubble Space Telescope

Space Telescope Electronic Information Service

Hubble Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility

STScI/HST News and Pictures

Hubble Space Telescope Science Data Archive

The Hubble Deep Field

Hubble Deep Field at ST-ECF

Hubble Deep Field South at the UK-HST Support Facility

STScI HDF-North pages

STScI HDF-South pages

The STScI Digitized Sky Survey

Observatories

Observatoire de Haute Provence, host for UCL's 3rd-year Astronomy field trip.

Anglo Australian Observatory

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, La Palma

University of California Observatories - Lick Observatory

European Southern Observatory Homepage

Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Infrared Space Observatory Home Page

JAC Hilo Home Page

National Optical Astronomy Observatories

Kitt Peak National Observatory

Poznan Astronomical Observatory, Poland

SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

Mees Solar Observatory Home Page

Bradford Robotic Telescope

Weather

Latest thermal-infrared satellite image of UK

Latest movies of weather over Europe

Meteosat images served by the University of Ulm

Latest visible Meteosat image (from Ulm)

Latest infrared Meteosat image (from Ulm)

UK Met Office satellite images (large images, and updated less often than above site)

Met Office forecast for London and the South East

Weather Underground: London, UK forecast

Travel

First Capital Connect timetables

Forms for Staff Use:

Travel-claim form: pdf, .doc.

Sick-leave form: pdf, .doc.

Goods ordering form: pdf, .doc.

Miscellaneous claims form: pdf, .doc.