AST 322 -- URL's relevant to Astrophysics/Cosmology II -- Spring 2025

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       Web-pages used in AST 322 Astrophysics/Cosmology (Prof. R. Windhorst)
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Links relevant to Corona virus this semester:

ASU link on COVID-19         https://eoss.asu.edu/health/announcements/coronavirus
Reverse COVID-19 monitor     http://www.91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/

Links relevant to AST 322:

N. Wright Cosmo calculator   http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html 
N. Wright Adv Cosmo Calc     http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/ACC.html
Wayne Hu (Chicago CMB anim)  http://background.uchicago.edu/~whu/metaanim.html
Papers on Astro Data System  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
Preprints on LANL astro-ph)  http://xxx.lanl.gov/find/astro-ph
Class Discord (Slack) site   https://discord.gg/VXBCUP8G65
Astrobite Cosmology page     https://astrobites.org/2025/01/06/lambda_cdm/

Our Webb press releases:

Webb Lensing of First Stars  https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2018/news-2018-23/
Webb's Furthest star         https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-003
Overlapping Galaxies & Dust  https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/10/05/webb-hubble-team-up-to-trace-interstellar-dust-within-a-galactic-pair/
Webb's Time Domain Field     https://webbtelescope.org/contents/early-highlights/webb-glimpses-field-of-extragalactic-pearls-studded-with-galactic-diamonds
Zoomable Time Domain Field   https://esawebb.org/images/pearls1/zoomable/
PEARLS' Galaxy Diamonds      https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/14/world/webb-telescope-galactic-diamonds-scn/index.html
El Gordo Monster Cluster     https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-119
Einstein & Holocaust Survivor https://news.asu.edu/20230802-global-engagement-asu-webb-telescope-einstein-werner-salinger-holocaust
Christmas Light Cluster      https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-146
Best of Hubble+Webb combined https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/09/world/webb-hubble-colorful-galaxy-cluster-scn/index.html
Christmas in the Cosmos      https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/19/science/christmas-stars-galaxies-webb-nasa.html?
Furthest Lensed Supernova    https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/triple-lens-supernova-jwst/

Our Hubble press releases:
Space Telescope Sc. Inst.    http://www.stsci.edu/
All Hubble Press images      https://hubblesite.org/
Best of Hubble               http://hubblesite.org/news/news-releases 
Faint Blue Galaxy Mystery    https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1995/news-1995-08
Galaxy Building Blocks       https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1996/news-1996-29
Ultraviolet Galaxies         https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-04
                           & https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2001/news-2001-37
End of the Dark Ages         https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2003/news-2003-05
Dawn of Galaxy Formation     https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-28
                           & https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2004/news-2004-07
Tadpole Galaxies             https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2006/news-2006-04
Hubble Wide Field Camera 3   https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-25
Celestial Fireworks          https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2010/news-2010-22
Starformation in LMC         https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-32
Star-birth in Nearby Galaxy  https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2009/news-2009-29
10-color Deep Sky image      https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2010/news-2010-01
Hubble boosted by Gravity    https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2011/news-2011-04
13-color Deep Sky image      https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-27
Best Hubble Lensing Images   https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2014/news-2014-01
Hubble's Ghost Light         https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-050

NASA's Webb Telescope        https://webbtelescope.org/
NASA Webb News               http://webb.nasa.gov
NASA News Blogs              http://blogs.nasa.gov
NASA HQ home page            http://www.nasa.gov
General Space Science News   http://science.nasa.gov
Intl' Space Station          http://www.nasa.gov/station/
NASA Extragalactic Database  https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/classic/
ASU work and talks on Webb   http://www.asu.edu/clas/hst/www/jwst/

Sky and Telescope site       http://skyandtelescope.com/
Astron. Society Pacific      http://www.astrosociety.org/
Wiki Sky                     http://www.wikisky.org/
Google sky                   http://www.google.com/sky/ 
Google maps (your latitudes) http://maps.google.com/ 
Falling into black hole      https://makeagif.com/i/fi2vzJ 

Tempe Weather next 10 days   https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/az/tempe 
Satellite Weather Hemisp     https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G17&band=14&length=48
Satellite Weather AZ/SW      https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G16§or=sr&band=14&length=48 
Tonights Weather Prediction  http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/Phoenixkey.html 
Observing Calendar for 2025  http://www.noao.edu/kpno/skycal/cal2025.html 
World Time Zones             https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ 
World Wide Telescope         http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/ 
Satellite Tracking           http://www.-above.com/
Zooniverse/Galaxy Zoo        https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo/ 
Astronomy Picture Of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 
ASU SESE Open House          http://earthspaceopenhouse.weebly.com/

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Other Astronomy classes by Prof. R. A. Windhorst:

AST 111 Intro Astronomy I    http://windhorst111.asu.edu/ 
AST 112 Intro Astronomy II   http://windhorst112.asu.edu/ 
AST 111 Intro Labs I         http://windhorst111lab.asu.edu/ 
AST 112 Intro Labs II        http://windhorst114.asu.edu/ 
SES 103 Intro Labs I         http://windhorst103.asu.edu/ 
SES 104 Intro Labs II        http://windhorst104.asu.edu/ 
AST 322 Astro/Cosmology      http://windhorst322.asu.edu/ 
AST 422 Intro Cosmology      http://windhorst422.asu.edu/ 
AST 533 Obs. Cosmology       http://windhorst533.asu.edu/ 
AST 598 Cosmology            http://windhorst598.asu.edu/ 
AST 591 Journal Club         http://windhorst591.asu.edu/ 

AST Classes by SESE faculty  https://webapp4.asu.edu/catalog/
SESE Colloquia Spring 2025   http://sese.asu.edu/content/colloquium-spring-2025 

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