Resources

This section concentrates on generally non-Australian sites and services.

• Astronomy Software on the Internet
• International Links
• Newsgroups and Email lists
  
• Astronomy Magazines
  

Newsgroups and Email lists

Email groups are collections of individuals that discuss a fairly specific topic. For example: a particular telescope, or piece of software, or astronomy topic. You receive the discussion through the email (Usually as a digest - a group of emails). Groups can be joined and left as the mood takes you. Some are very good for discussing very specific information that would not be suitable for general newsgroups.

One of the largest email group servers, egroups, has joined with Yahoo! to form Yahoo! Groups. They describe themselves as follows:

"Yahoo! Groups is a free service that allows you to bring together family, friends, and associates through a web site and email group. You don't need to know HTML to create your own site. Yahoo! Groups offer a convenient way to connect with others who share the same interests and ideas.

We have hundreds of thousands of email groups that you can join in an easy-to-use, privacy-protected, and spam-protected environment. You can interact with the Yahoo! Groups service at our web site or through any email program. "

They can be found at Yahoo! Groups.

Following the path: Top > Science > Astronomy     will display about 500 astronomy groups.

These are further broken down by the sub-groups: (numbers in the brackets are the groups within the sub-group)

• Amateur (231)
• Astronomers (2)
• Astrophotography (10)
• Astrophysics (2)
• Auroras (3)
• Cosmology (5)
• Deep Sky (5)
• SETI (39)
• Solar System (22)
• Stellar Objects
• Telescopes (19)
• Youth (4)
• UFOs and Extraterrestrial Life (253)

Each group has a short description, number of members, and archive information. Join some and have a look.

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