.Astronomy links

Open Astronomy

Galaxy Zoo – help classify SDSS galaxies
Citizen Science Alliance – scientists, developers and educator working on internet-based science projects
The Zooniverse – a wole lot of science zoos
Citizen Sky -measure the light curve of peculiar binary ε Aurigae
Great08 Challenge – image analysis competition for cosmic lensing
Astrogrid – virtual observatory desktop suite
e-VLBI - Live data form the e-VLBI network
Astronomers’ Data Manifesto – by Ray Norris
NASA ADS – our beloved literature search engine

CosmoCoffee – lively discussion forum for cosmology
Astronomy posts on ResearchBlogging
Paperscope – visualise your literature search
Arxiv sorter – sort astro-ph on authors’ proximity to your favourite scientists
Mendeley – manage your literature collections and share
Astrophysics Jobs Rumour Mill – it’s social, kind of, open, collaborative and related to astronomy

Google Sky – like Google Earth, for the sky
WikiSky – interactive sky map generator
Microsoft World Wide Telescope – explore the Universe in high resolution, make tours and link up with science data
LookUp – astronomical object look-up tool
SkyMap – sky mapping app for Android
Astrotagging explained - new way to label your astronomy photos with their celestial subject and its location.
PinpointWCS - simplifies retrieval of WCS data from FITS images for outreach astronomy images.
Planetario Economico - cheap planetarium dome and projection system (PDF)

Portal to the Universe – news, images and blogs on all things astronomy
OverTwitter – get ISS alerts via twitter for your location
Spacebuzz – what’s trending in astronomy?
TwISSt – another ISS alerter for twitter
Around the World in 80 telescopes – big ESO-led event during the International Year of Astronomy 2009
Sixty Symbols - videos about the symbols of Physics and Astronomy
This stuff is FAR! -The video to George Hrab’s theme song for the 365 Days of Astronomy