Useful Links

Astronomical Organizations

AAVSO  -- American Association of Variable Star Observers

EB Observers' Home Page  -- A diverse group of amateur and professional eclipsing binary observers

RASC-PG  -- The Prince George Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

Eclipsing Binary (EB) Data

CALEB -- Catalogue and Atlas of Eclipsing Binaries  -- very nice site with data, light and RV curves, Binary Maker images, etc.

Crakow Eclipsing Binary Database -- data and O-C diagrams for some 3800+ EBs

Eclipsing Binaries Minima Database -- times of minima only for numerous EBs (mostly BBSAG visuals, not always up-to-date)

Eclipsing Binary O-C Files -- the author's site, which contains some 1600+ Excel files with up-to-date times of minima

Henden Magnitude Sequence -- standard magnitudes for areas around selected EBs

RHO -- EB Ephemeris Generator -- provides a list of possible eclipsers for your site on a given night

ROTSE -- Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment

General Astronomical Data

2MASS DS Query Form -- big complicated site enabling you to download data somehow

ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey -- provides FITS images for any area of sky

GCVS -- General Catalogue of Variable Stars

SOFA -- Standard Objects for Astronomy (photometric standards)

TASS -- The Amateur Sky Survey (confusing site)

W UMa -- LC Solutions -- List of authors with links to SIMBAD 

Journals and Search Engines

ADS Query Form -- search engine where you specify an author, title, etc.

ADS Journal Entries  -- for use when you know the reference

AJ  -- Astronomical Journal (useful for current abstracts)

ApJ  -- Astrophysical Journal (useful for current abstracts)

IBVS  -- Information Bulletin of Variable Stars

PASP  -- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

SIMBAD -- Strasbourg  Site  -- Classic search engine for papers (type in the name of the star)

SIMBAD -- Harvard Site  -- A mirror site for the above

VSB  -- Variable Star Bulletin

Software

Binary Maker 3  -- A very slick Windows (and other) application

Broadening Functions  -- Information on the Rucinski routines for RV determinations from spectra (see also my software page)

Guide 8  -- Effective and affordable sky mapping software with up-to-date info on each star

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Last updated:  2005-11-03