Dr. Kurtis A. Williams
Links

These are links that I often need when sitting at a remote computer. Your mileage may vary.

Databases and Queries

• ADS Abstract Query Form
• astro-ph
• NED
• SIMBAD
• WEBDA

Observing Info and Tools

• JSkyCalc
• SDSS Finding Chart Tool
• SDSS DR7 Navigate Tool
• ESO Spectrophotometric Standards
• ESO Online DSS Server
• Variable White Dwarf Table

Weather

• CTIO Environmental Web Page
• Kitt Peak Main Weather Page
• LCO Environmental Information
• Mauna Kea Weather Center
• National Hurricane Center
• McDonald Weather from Jody Wilson
• NWS Bay Area
• NWS Tucson

Travel

• American Airlines
• FlightAware
• FlightMemory
• Travel Troubleshooter
• TripIt
• Turbulence Forecast

Other Useful Pages

• AAS Job Register
• Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs
• HigherEd Jobs
• Physics Today Jobs
• AstroBetter
• EUROWD 2010

Good places for those interested in astronomy to start

• Astronomy Magazine
• Sky & Telescope Magazine
• Astronomy Picture of the Day — A new astronomy-related picture every day.
• HubbleSite — Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope
• Professor Astronomy's Blog (Check the blogroll on that site for more astronomy blogs)
• My Twitter feed
• Universe Today — Astronomy news
• 2009 International Year of Astronomy — 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, complete with events worldwide and opportunities for everyone to become involved in the science of astronomy

Various diversions, some not always appropriate for those under 18.

• My Chron.com Comics
• Earthquakes in California/Nevada
• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
• The Onion
• PhD Comics
• Pogo
• xkcd