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| A&A | Astronomy & Astrophysics | ||
| A&A Supplement | Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement | ||
| A&AR | Astronomy and Astrophysics Review | ||
| A&G | Astronomy & Geophysics | ||
| AcA | Acta Astronomica | ||
| AER | Astronomy Education Review | ||
| AJ | The Astronomical Journal | ||
| AmSci | American Scientist | ||
| AN | Astronomical Notes / Astronomical Nachrichten | ||
| Ap | Astrophysics | ||
| Ap&SS | Astrophysics and Space Science | ||
| ApJ | The Astrophysical Journal | ||
| ApJSS | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | ||
| ARAA | Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics | ||
| AsBio | Astrobiology | ||
| ASPCS | Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series | ||
| ASR | Advances in Space Research (a COSPAR publication) | ||
| AstL | Astronomy Letters | ||
| AstR | Astronomy Reports | ||
| BAAS | Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society | ||
| BAV | Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft f | ||
| BJHS | The British Journal for the History of Science | ||
| ChA | Chinese Astronomy (published 1977-1980) | ||
| ChA&A | Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics | ||
| CMDA | Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy | ||
| CoSka | Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnat | ||
| CQGra | Classical and Quantum Gravity | ||
| CUR | Cambridge University Reporter | ||
| EM&P | Earth, Moon, and Planets | ||
| ExA | Experimental Astronomy | ||
| GApFD | Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics | ||
| GReGr | General Relativity and Gravitation | ||
| IAU Proceedings | Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (Symposia, Colloquia etc.) | ||
| IAUC | International Astronomical Union Circulars | ||
| IBVS | Information Bulletin on Variable Stars | ||
| Icarus | Icarus - International Journal of Solar System Studies | ||
| IJAsB | International Journal of Astrobiology | ||
| IJMPD | International Journal of Modern Physics D | ||
| ISRN | ISRN Astronomy and Astrophysics | ||
| JA&A | Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy | ||
| JAAVSO | The Journal of the American Association Of Variable Star Observers | ||
| JAD | The Journal of Astronomical Data | ||
| JBAA | Journal of the British Astronomical Association | ||
| JCAP | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | ||
| JMP | Journal of Mathematical Physics | ||
| JoAA | Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics | ||
| JoPA | Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical | ||
| JoPD | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics | ||
| Journal of Cosmology | Journal of Cosmology | ||
| Khagol | Khagol | ||
| MCNews | The Magellanic Clouds Newsletter | ||
| MNRAS | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||
| MPEC | Minor Planet Electronic Circulars | ||
| Nature | Nature - the international weekly journal of science | ||
| NewA | New Astronomy | ||
| NewAR | New Astronomy Reviews (formerly Vistas in Astronomy) | ||
| NJP | New Journal of Physics | ||
| PASA | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia | ||
| PASJ | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | ||
| PASP | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | ||
| Phil. Trans. | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886) | ||
| Phil. Trans. A. | Philosophical Transactions A. | ||
| PhysRevD | Physical Review D | ||
| Proc.Roy.Soc. | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 1854-1904 | ||
| RevMexAA | Revista Mexicana de Astronom | ||
| RMP | Reviews of Modern Physics | ||
| RPP | Reports on Progress in Physics | ||
| Sci.Am. | Scientific American | ||
| Science | Science | ||
| SoPh | Solar Physics | ||
| SSRv | Space Science Reviews | ||
| TOAJ | The Open Astronomy Journal |
| AAE | Association for Astronomy Education | ||
| AAS | American Astronomical Society | ||
| ADS (Nottingham mirror) | ADS abstract service | ||
| AFOEV | Association of French Variable Star Observers | ||
| ANU | Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics | ||
| Armagh Observatory | Observatory, planetarium, research institute in Armagh, Northern Ireland. | ||
| ASB | Astrobiology Society of Britain | ||
| ASP | Astronomical Society of the Pacific | ||
| ASTRON | Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy | ||
| Astronomer's Bazaar | The CDS Service for astronomical Catalogues | ||
| ASV | Astronomical Society of Victoria | ||
| BAA | British Astronomical Association | ||
| BAP | British Association of Planetaria | ||
| BIPM | Bureau International des Poids et Mesures | ||
| BIS | The British Interplanetary Society | ||
| BNSC | British National Space Centre | ||
| BSA | British Science Association | ||
| BSS | The British Sundial Society | ||
| CAA | Cambridge Astronomical Association | ||
| Cambridgeshire Astronomers | Biographies of astronomers in Cambridgeshire or those who worked at the Cambridge Observatory | ||
| Capella | CAA-CYA Newsletter | ||
| Cardiff | School of Physics and Astronomy (Cardiff) | ||
| Cavendish Astrophysics | Astrophysics Group | ||
| CERN | European Organization for Nuclear Research (main site) | ||
| CfA | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | ||
| CUAS | Cambridge University Astronomical Society | ||
| CUP | Cambridge University Press | ||
| DAMTP | Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics | ||
| degreecommittee | Degree Committee of the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry | ||
| DIAS | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Dunsink Observatory | ||
| EAS | European Astronomical Society | ||
| ESA | European Space Agency (main site) | ||
| ESA | European Space Agency (science site) | ||
| ESO | European Southern Observatory | ||
| FAS | Federation of Astronomical Societies | ||
| Fascination | STFC Newsletter | ||
| HMNAO | HM Nautical Almanac Office | ||
| IAU | The International Astronomical Union | ||
| IAU star names | Advice on buying star names | ||
| IfA | Institute for Astronomy (Edinburgh) | ||
| IoA | Institute of Astronomy | ||
| IUCAA | The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (Pune, India) | ||
| IYA | International Year of Astronomy 2009 | ||
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | ||
| Kavli | Kavli Foundation | ||
| KIAA | The Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University | ||
| KICC | Kavli Institute for Cosmology | ||
| KICP | The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (Chicago) | ||
| KIPAC | Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology (Stanford) | ||
| MKI | MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research | ||
| MPE | Max-Planck-Institut f | ||
| MPIA | Max-Planck-Institut f | ||
| MRAO | Cavendish Astrophysics group | ||
| NAI | National Astrobiology Institute | ||
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (main website) | ||
| NASA STI | NASA STI (scientific and technical information) | ||
| physchemfaculty | Faculty of Physics and Chemistry | ||
| PI | Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | ||
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society | ||
| ROE | The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh | ||
| ROG | Royal Observatory Greenwich | ||
| Roy.Soc. | The Royal Society | ||
| SHA | Society for the History of Astronomy | ||
| SPA | The Society for Popular Astronomy | ||
| STFC | Science and Technology Facilities Council | ||
| STScI | Space Telescope Science Institute | ||
| UK ATC | UK Astronomy Technology Centre | ||
| University of Cambridge | University of Cambridge (main website) | ||
| USNO | US Naval Observatory, The James Melville Gilliss Library | ||
| USNO | The United States Naval Observatory | ||
| Webb Society | The Webb Deep-Sky Society | ||
| WHS | The William Herschel Society |
| AAO | The Anglo-Australian Observatory (library site) | ||
| BGML | Betty and Gordon Moore Library | ||
| BL | British Library (online catalogue) | ||
| CfA | John G. Wolbach Library and Information Resource Center | ||
| CSL | Central Science Library web site at the University of Cambridge | ||
| CUL | Cambridge University Library | ||
| IoA Library | IoA Library (Newton catalogue) | ||
| ISSTT | International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology | ||
| NRAO Library | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | ||
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society Library (online catalogue) | ||
| Rayleigh Library | Department of Physics, University of Cambridge | ||
| ROE | Royal Observatory Edinburgh (library site) | ||
| science@Cambridge | Science portal for Cambridge | ||
| STScI Library | Space Telescope Science Institute Library | ||
| USNO | US Naval Observatory, Library |
| AAO | The Anglo-Australian Observatory | ||
| BRT | Bradford Robotic Telescope | ||
| CASU | Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit | ||
| Chandra | Chandra X-ray Observatory | ||
| FT | Faulkes Telescope | ||
| GAIA | ESA Gaia mission | ||
| Gemini | Gemini Observatory | ||
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope | ||
| HST | Hubble Heritage Gallery | ||
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope news | ||
| ING | The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes | ||
| IoA All Sky Camera | view of the sky from the Observatory Building roof | ||
| JBCA | Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics | ||
| local weather | Met Office forecast for Cambridge | ||
| LRT | Liverpool Robotic Telescope | ||
| MERLIN | MERLIN/VLBI National Facility | ||
| MWI | Mount Wilson Institute | ||
| NOAO | The National Optical Astronomy Observatory | ||
| NSO | National Solar Observatory | ||
| SKA | Square Kilometre Array | ||
| SOHO | Solar & Heliospheric Observatory | ||
| STEREO | Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory | ||
| Suzaku | Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite | ||
| VISTA | Visible & Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy | ||
| WMAP | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe | ||
| XMM-Newton | XMM-Newton Science Operations Centre |
| AAO Observer | |||
| ADC Electronic Newsletter | NASA Astronomical Data Center newsletter | ||
| Astronomy Now | Astronomy Now | ||
| BaltA | Baltic Astronomy | ||
| CAP | Communicating Astronomy with the Public Journal | ||
| CHAMA Newsletter | Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy | ||
| CRAF Newsletter | The Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies Newsletter | ||
| ENHA | Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy | ||
| ESO-journal | The ESO Messenger | ||
| Gnomon | Newsletter of the Association of Astronomy Education | ||
| IAU26 | IAU Commission 26 Information Circular | ||
| JBIS | Journal of the British Interplanetary Society | ||
| JHA | Journal for the History of Astronomy | ||
| LPI | Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin | ||
| MNASSA | Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa | ||
| New Scientist | New Scientist | ||
| NOAO/NSO | NOAO/NSO Newsletter | ||
| Obs | The Observatory | ||
| Physics Today | Physics Today | ||
| Physics World | Physics World (archive) | ||
| Physics World | Physics World | ||
| RoAJ | Romanian Astronomical Journal | ||
| S&T | Sky & Telescope | ||
| TA | The Astronomer | ||
| TSFN | The Star Formation Newsletter | ||
| UitC | ASP - The Universe in the Classroom | ||
| UKIRT | UK Infrared Telescope Newsletter | ||
| ULAS | Union List of Astronomy Serials | ||
| ZvD | ZVAIGZNOTA DEBESS - The Starry Sky (Latvian) |
| AAS Job Register | Job vacancies in astronomy | ||
| RAS Jobs List | Listing of job opportunities in astronomy and geophysics | ||
| The PhD and Careers in Astronomy in the UK | A report from the Royal Astronomical Society (2005) | ||
| The Ultimate Astronomy Career Guide | Advice on what courses to take to get a job in astronomy |
| APOD | Astronomy Picture of the Day | ||
| AstroGrid | AstroGrid is the doorway to the Virtual Observatory (VO) | ||
| Heavens above | Planetarium, satellite info etc. | ||
| IoA DSpace | University of Cambridge institutional digital repository | ||
| NASA ADS | NASA Astrophysics Data Service | ||
| space | space news | ||
| Stellarium | Planetarium software | ||
| thesuarus | The Astronomy Thesaurus | ||
| Universe Today | Space and astronomy news |
| ARIBIB | Astronomisches Rechen-Institut BIBliographical Database for Astronomical References | ||
| arXiv | arXiv preprints including astro-ph | ||
| Astronomer's Bazaar | Access to catalogues | ||
| CADC | Canadian Astronomy Data Centre | ||
| CDS | Service of Abstracts at CDS | ||
| EPE | Extrasolar Planet Encyclopedia | ||
| Galileo | Live and work of Galileo Galilei | ||
| HIPPARCOS | HIPPARCOS & TYCHO Catalogues | ||
| NED | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database | ||
| PDS | NASA Planetary Data System (PDS) | ||
| SIMBAD | SIMBAD Astronomical Database | ||
| SPIE Digital Library | SPIE Proceedings and other publications | ||
| Who's Who | online version of the well known reference book, includes Who Was Who, too. |
| Best Educations Sites: Astronomy and Space Sites | useful educational resources | ||
| EANA | European Astrobiology Network Association |
| breckland | Breckland Astronomical Society (Breckland and South Norfolk area) | ||
| CAA | Cambridge Astronomical Association | ||
| elyastroclub | Ely Astronomy Club | ||
| LDAS | Letchworth & District Astronomical Society | ||
| MKAS | Milton Keynes Astronomical Society | ||
| NVAS | Nene Valley Astronomical Society (Wellingborough and East Northants) | ||
| OASI | Orwell Astronomical Society (Ipswich) | ||
| SAS | Stour Astronomical Society (Suffolk) |
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