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Lots of General Astronomical Stuff

 

• Solar System Live contains an interactive solar-system orrery and ephemeris as well as lots of free Windows-based software.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
  
• Astronomy Cafe is an Internet resource for the "Astronomically Disadvantaged".
  
• Astronomy Glossary

• Time and Date is a resource for learning about time zones and looking up sun and moon rising and setting times.
  
• High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center : Astrophysics on the World Wide Web
  
• StarBits is a dictionary of some 85,000 acronyms and abbreviations broadly linked to astronomy, space sciences, and related fields.
  
• StarWorlds is the largest database of astronomy, space, and thousands of related organizations.
  
• Astroweb : A list of many astronomy resources, sorted by category.
  
• A list of Astronomy Resources from the Yahoo service.
  
• The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics
  
• Archive of astronomical images at Universite de Rennes, France
  
• Today at NASA
  
• Miscellaneous stuff at NOAO containing links to a LOT of Astronomy (and other) sites (including some listed here)

• Sky View Cafe online interactive planetarium software.
  
• Many more astronomy links