0.2 Astronomy websites, images, and apps  (Page 4/4)

The World at Night: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/index.asp. Dramatic night-sky images by professional photographers who are amateur astronomers. Note that while many of the astronomy sites allow free use of their images, these are copyrighted by photographers who make their living selling them.

Other useful general galleries

Anglo-Australian Observatory: http://203.15.109.22/images/. Soon at https://www.aao.gov.au/public/images. Great copyrighted color images by leading astro-photographer David Malin and others.

Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope: http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/images.html. Remarkable color images from a major telescope on top of the Mauna Kea peak in Hawaii.

European Space Agency Gallery: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images. Access images from such missions as Mars Express, Rosetta, and Herschel.

Gemini Observatory Images: http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=com_gallery. Images from a pair of large telescopes in the northern and the southern hemispheres.

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes Image Gallery: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/images_index.html. Beautiful images from the Herschel, Newton, and Kapteyn telescopes on La Palma.

National Radio Astronomy Observatory Image Gallery: http://images.nrao.edu/. Organized by topic, the images show objects and processes that give off radio waves.

Our Infrared World Gallery: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/missions_gallery.html. Images from a variety of infrared astronomy telescopes and missions. See also their “Cool Cosmos” site for the public: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/.

Some galleries on specific subjects

Astronaut Photography of Earth: http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/.

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Images: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/category.html.

NASA Human Spaceflight Gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore or http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html. Astronaut images.

Robert Gendler: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/. One of the amateur astro-photographers who comes closest to being professional.

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Images: http://www.sdss.org/gallery/.

Solar Dynamics Observatory Gallery: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/main. Sun images.

Spitzer Infrared Telescope Images: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images.

Astronomy apps for smartphones and tablets

A pretty comprehensive listing of such apps with brief descriptions and links to their websites can be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/AER2011036. The list is now a few years old, but most of the apps are still available.

Listings and reviews of apps

11 Best Astronomy Apps for Amateur Star Gazers: http://www.businessinsider.com/11-best-astronomy-apps-for-amateurs-2013-10. From Kelly Dickerson (2013).

14 Best Astronomy Apps for Stargazers and Space Lovers: http://nerdsmagazine.com/best-astronomy-apps-for-android/. Viney Dhiman’s recommendations, part of Nerd’s Magazine (2014).

15 Best Astronomy Applications for iPhone: http://www.iphoneness.com/iphone-apps/top-astronomy-applications-for-iphone/. From iPhoneness.

Apps for Stargazing: http://appadvice.com/appguides/show/astronomy-apps. App Advice site’s reviews.

NASA Apps for Smartphones and Tablets: https://www.nasa.gov/connect/apps.html.

Phone/Tablet Apps and the Practical Astronomer: http://www.cloudynights.com/page/articles/cat/user-reviews/phonetablet-apps-and-the-practical-astronomer-r2925. Active amateur astronomer Tom Fowler reviews 22 apps (2014).

Sky&Telescope Mobile Apps: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/sky-and-stargazing-apps/. Apps from Sky&Telescope Magazine.

Smartphone Apps Can Make Astronomy as Easy as Point and Gaze: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140511/LIVING/140519988.” Mike Lynch for HeraldNet (2014).