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Explorations: Stars, Galaxies, and Planets
Thomas Arny, University of Massachusetts

The Milky Way Galaxy

Web Links


Governmental Agencies

http://www.nasa.gov/
(http://www.nasa.gov/)

NASA homepage
http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/milkyway.html
(http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/milkyway.html)

Multiwavelength Milky Way from the Astrophysics Data Facility
http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/CPEP/Chart_Pages/5.Plasmas/Nebula.html
(http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/CPEP/Chart_Pages/5.Plasmas/Nebula.html)

Nebulae: Fuzzy Patches In Space
Organizations

http://ftp.seds.org/messier/more/mw_image.html
(http://ftp.seds.org/messier/more/mw_image.html)

Milky Way, Central Region
http://www.seds.org/messier/
(http://www.seds.org/messier/)

The Messier Catalog
http://www.seds.org/messier/hottest.html
(http://www.seds.org/messier/hottest.html)

The Hottest Messier Stuff Available
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/top.html
(http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/top.html)

The Web Nebulae
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/data.html
(http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/data.html)

Messier Objects, all 103 (+7) of them.
Other Links of Interest

http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/PH308/Milky_Way/MW_summary.html
(http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/PH308/Milky_Way/MW_summary.html)

Milky Way Summary
http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/
(http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/)

MACHO Project (Massive Compact Halo Objects)
http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/Demos/Cepheids/WebPL.html
(http://wwwmacho.mcmaster.ca/Demos/Cepheids/WebPL.html)

Interactive Variable Star Period-Luminosity Graph