Links

Some useful astronomical resources

Filter Profile Service: A repository of Filter information (Spartan)

Target and Observation Manager toolkit (LCOGT)

Gravitational Wave Treasure map

GRANDMA collaboration

ULYSSES https://ullyses.stsci.edu/ullyses-dr3.html - https://ullyses.stsci.edu/ullyses-download.html

Astrophysical Calculator


Tools for planning your observations

SDSS DR16 Optical Finding Chart Tool (North Eq. Hemisphere)

SkyMapper uvgriz image cut-outs (South Eq. Hemisphere)

VVV Extract Field Tool

Standard Stars and On-line Surveys

Photometric Standard Stars (Gemini)

Photometric Standard Stars (NOIRLab)

Atomic line list (for spectroscopy)

Catalogues

GSC2.4: http://gsss.stsci.edu/webservices/GSC2/WebForm.aspx

HYG-database: https://github.com/astronexus/HYG-Database

Density of stars on sky: https://laurentperrinet.github.io/sciblog/posts/2021-03-27-density-of-stars-on-the-surface-of-the-sky.html

References for data processing

Theli: A pipeline for astronomical image data reduction (GitHub, v.3.1.2)

Astrometry.net (get astrometry for mostly any fits file): http://astrometry.net/use.html

DRAGONS: https://dragons.readthedocs.io/en/release-3.0.x/

Astroalign (Python): https://github.com/toros-astro/astroalign-legacy

Astrophotography techniques

Starnet (make starless photography images): https://astrobackyard.com/starnet-astrophotography/

Productivity

Fluxograms: http://www.lucidchart.com

Infographs: https://venngage.com/

Alternative translator: https://www.deepl.com/translator

Building an HI 21-cm horn antennae

https://github.com/interstellarmedium/HI_telescope

https://github.com/interstellarmedium/HI_telescope/tree/main/notebooks