Los Angeles Astronomical Society Links

Journals

These links are to a huge number of different journals that cover all aspects of astronomy. This list is not complete. If you have a site that you think is apprpriate to this list, please email admin@laas.org and let your thoughts be known. It should be noted that these extensive links were originally compiled by Tim Thompson.

Popular & Amateur Astronomy Magazines & Journals

The Astrograph - Astrophotography Magazine (ceased publication in 2004)
Astronomy & Space - Published by Astronomy Ireland
Astronomy - From Kalmbach Publishing
Astronomy Now - English, similar in style to Astronomy
CCD Astronomy - From Sky Publishing (ceased publication in 1997)
Kozmos - Slovak magazine for amateur astronomers, in the Slovak language
Mercury - Popular magazine published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
New Astronomy - An electronic journal from Elsevier Science Publishers
Observatory Techniques - For the amateur astronomer (ceased publication in 1997)
Popular Astronomy - Quarterly publication of
The Society for Popular Astronomy
Sky and Telescope - From Sky Publishing

Technical & Professional Astronomy Magazines & Journals

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomy & Geophysics - Published by the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomical Journal - Published by the American Astronomical Society
Astrophysical Journal - Published by the University of Chicago
Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnate Pleso - In English, published for the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Icarus - An International journal of solar system studies
The Irish Astronomical Journal
Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
The Observatory - Published by the Royal Astronomical Society
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia - Includes an electronic version
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Professional journal from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Astronomy & Astrophysics Newsletters & Bulletins, Including Electronic Publications

Astro Notes Online - Electronic publication of the Ottowa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
BAAS - Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
BARS Newsletter - Barred and Ringed Spiral Galaxies; only downloadable as PostScript files
The BeStar Newsletter - Early type, near main sequence, hot stars (ceased publication in 1999)
Comet News - Current events in comets (last updated in 1998)
Dave's Astronomy Magazine - Electronic self publication by Dave Johnson, English amateur astronomer
Delta Scuti Star Newsletter - Devoted to Delta Scuti, Gamma Doradus & SX PHe Stars
Communications in Asteroseismology - Follow on for Delta Scuti Star Newsletter
Electronic Newsletter for the History of Astronomy - English language version
Elektronische Mitteilungen zur Astronomiegeschichte - German Language Version
The Hot Star Newsletter - Electronic newsletter on hot massive stars (Wolf-Rayet, O,A,B & etc.)
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars - From the Konkoly Observatory of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for the IAU
The Magellanic Clouds Newsletter - From the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Newsletter of Chemically Peculiar Red Giant Stars - From Ohio State University
NOAO Newsletter - Newsletter of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories
Radio Pulsar Newsletter - From the Research Center for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Sydney, Australia
Standard Stars Newsletter - Only downloadable as LaTeX or compressed PostScript
Star Formation Newsletter - Approximately monthly newsletter on star formation research; downloadable in compressed PostScript

Space, Space Exploration & SETI

Air & Space Magazine - Published by the Smisthonian Institution
Ad Astra - Magazine of the National Space Society
The Ascending Node - Newsletter of SEDS
Aviation Week & Space Technlogy
GPS World Online - Devoted to GPS & Satellite positioning
Jonathan's Space Report - current info on scheduled space launches
The Martian Chronicle - Electronic newsletter for Mars Exploration from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Planetary Report - Flagship publication of The Planetary Society
Satellite Times - As you might guess, all about satellites (no longer published)
SETI News - Newsleter of the SETI Institute
SETIQuest - The magazine of SETI & bioastronomy (no longer published)
Spacewarn Bulletin - Satellite and space probe information from the National Space Science Data Center
Space News - Newsweekly for the international space community

Related General Science Publications

American Journal of Physics - Publication of the American Association of Physics Teachers
The American Scientist - Publication of Sigma-Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Earth - "The science of our planet", from Kalmbach Publishing
Nature - International weekly journal of science
New Scientist - Popular English science magazine
Physics Today - Publication of the American Physical Society
Science - The magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Science News - Weekly newsmagazine of science
Scientific American

Explanatory Articles & Tutorials

Cosmology - A Research Briefing - A 1995 report by a committee of the National Academy of Sciences
Cosmology of the Local Group - An article by George Lake at the University of Washington
Cosmology Tutorial - By Ned Wright at UCLA
Dark Matter Tutorial - Used to be hosted by The Center for Particle Astrophysics at the University of California at Berkeley
Ether and the Theory of Relativity - A 1920 lecture by Albert Einstein
Geometry and Experience - A 1921 lecture by Albert Einstein
Relativity Tutorial - By Ned Wright at UCLA
Un Rincon Cerca del Cielo - Popular astronomy articles in Spanish from the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisika, Optica y Electronica in Mexico
Understanding the Hubble Sequence of Galaxies - An article by George Lake at the University of Washington

Online Books

Astronomy Hyper Text Book - An online textbook in HTML format, hosted by the University of Oregon Physics Department
Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics - By Martin Zombeck, Smisthonian
Astrophysical Observatory; online in HTML with hyperlinks added, hosted by The NASA Astrophysics Data System
Mars - By Percival Lowell, 1895; online in illustrated HTML from Bibliomania
On the Heavens - By Aristotle, c. 350 B.C.; HTML format from The Internet Classics Archive
Space Physics Textbook - Hosted by The Space Physics Group of Oulu, Finland

Everything Else

Four Ahau Press - Cosmology and mythology of native mesoamerican cultures
Stardate - Radio program & bimonthly magazine
Star Facts - Electronic journal about the universe. No longer updated, but past issues remain online
The Starry Messenger - "The World's Largest Astronomy Classified Shopper"