SHOOTING STARS
The UK-China Leonid Meteor Shower
Observation Project

Leonids

Leonid '98 Meteor Outburst Page - The main page for Leonids, including up-dates. Very comprehensive.

Where to look in the sky - A chart from Phil Bagnall, showing the Leonids radiant.

Tempel Tuttle (Through-out history) - History of Comet 55P from the Lowell Observatory.
 

Meteor Observation

International Meteor Organization - Excellent information about observing, if a little technical. Some of equipment suggested is also beyond the means of most educational establishments.

Dale Ireland's Astronomy Page - Excellent personal site with the clearest information about the relationship between Tempel-Tuttle and the Leonids. Check out the diagrams.

Phil Bagnall's Homepage - Best British homepage devoted to meteor observation.

Meteor Streams - NASA page giving details of meteor streams.

Astro Archive - Archived list-server email from the past. The archive now contains over 42,000 messages and 5.5 million searchable keywords.
 

Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites

Tempel Tuttle - Find out more about the comet that is responsible for the Leonids.

SEDS Home Page- Comprehensive space pages including information on the SL-9 Jupiter impact, from the SEDS organisation.

Leicester University - Educational guide with information on comets, etc.

Tempel Tuttles's closest approach to Earth - More on Tempel Tuttle.

Phil Bagnall's Homepage - Meteorites here too.
 

Meteorite Impacts

Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazard - More on the threats from space.
 

Radio Astronomy

Meteors and Radio Amateurs - Those interested in radio observation will find this page of interest, though it is somewhat technical.

International Meteor Organization - Excellent information about observing, if a little technical. Some of equipment suggested is also beyond the means of most educational establishments.

Make More Miles on VHF - A comprehensive site that covers just about everything associated with meteors and their observation.
 

NASA

The NASA Homepage - The premier space site on the web.
 

Software

Syntrillium Software Corporation - Cool Edit is available from this site. Use it for analysis of sonic recordings.

NIST Web Clock - Get highly accurate clock software from here.

Retsik - Atomic Clock Software

Links Lists and Science Sites

Astroweb- Astronomy news and links. If you want a general search try this one!

Astronet - Another list to search

ScienceNet - Science Line's Internet Site