Resources for Scientists

Presentations

• High-Energy Astrophysics/X-ray Astronomy Schools
  • 2011 X-Ray Astronomy School (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
  • 2008 Urbino High Energy Astrophysics Summer School (Urbino, Italy)
  • 2007 5th International School (Washington, DC, USA)
  • 2006 1st (European) X-ray Astronomy School (Athens, Greece)
  • 2005 4th International School (Cambridge, Mass., USA)
  • 2003 3rd International School (Wallops Island, Virginia, USA)
  • 2003 COSPAR School (Udaipur, India)
  • 2002 2nd International School (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA)
  • 2001 COSPAR School (INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil)
  • 2001 1st International School (Greenbelt, Maryland, USA)
• MSSL Workshop No. 3 on High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy
• MSSL High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy School
• Observational Cosmology (PPT) Courtesy: Jonathan Gardner
• Online Proceedings of High-Energy Astrophysics Meetings
• Seminars in NASA's Astrophysics Science Division Director Series
• Space Astrophysics course at GWU: lecture slides and notes Courtesy: Mike Corcoran & William Parke
• X-ray Timing Courtesy: Paul Ray

Science Topics

• GRBCAT - Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog
  
• X-Ray Background Data Sets at the HEASARC

General Astronomical Image Collections

• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
  
• ESA Multimedia Gallery
  
• Google Sky
  
• NASA Featured Images and Galleries
  
• NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library (ADIL)
  
• SkyView Facility to `Make Your Own Sky Image' at any Wavelength
  
• WorldWide Telescope
  

Astronomical Images in Specific Energy Bands or from Specific Missions/Observatories

• Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) Picture Gallery
  
• Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Images
  
• European Southerm Observatory (ESO) Public Image & Video Archives (optical)
  
• Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Ultraviolet Image Gallery
  
• High Energy Astrophysics Picture of the Week (HEAPOW) Image Archive (mostly X-ray and gamma-ray)
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Picture Gallery (optical and UV)
  
• Images, Spectra, and Light Curves of Celestial High-Energy Sources (mostly X-ray and gamma-ray)
• International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) (hard X-ray and gamma-ray) Picture Gallery and Picture Of the Month Archive
  
• James Webb Space Telescope Images and Videos (IR)
  
• NOAO Optical Image Gallery
  
• NRAO Radio Image Gallery
  
• Spitzer Infrared Observatory Image Gallery
  
• Suzaku X-Ray Observatory Image Gallery
  
• Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission Press Releases and Images
  
• Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Data Product Images (microwave)
  
• XMM-Newton X-ray and Optical Image Gallery
  

Miscellaneous Other Resources

• Acknowledging the use of HEASARC data and/or software
• Acronyms used on the HEASARC Website Defined
• Approved Guest Observer Program Lists for High-Energy Astrophysics Missions
• Astronomy & High-Energy Astrophysics Websites
• Astronomy Literature (abstracts, preprints, journals, handbooks)
• ASTRO-Update: One-Stop Shop for the Current Releases of the Most Popular Astronomy Software (AIPS, IRAF, FTOOLS, XSPEC, etc.)
• Chronology of High-Energy (X-Ray & Gamma-Ray) and General Astronomy
• Detailed Time-line of Many Key Events in the History of Gamma-ray Astronomy
• GCN - Gamma-ray bursts Coordinates Network
  
• HEASARC Cookbook: Finding, Downloading & Analyzing High-Energy Data
• HEASARC's Legacy Journal (1992 - 1998)
  
• Meeting Announcements
  
• Questions (and Answers) about Cosmic High-Energy (X-ray and Gamma-ray) Astronomy
  
• Recommendation for HEASARC Dataset Identification
  
• Science Results Using HEASARC Data
  
• Subscribe to HEASARC E-mail Lists (HEASARC E-mail Archives)
• Upcoming High-Energy Astrophysics Dates & Deadlines
• Zombeck's Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (2nd Edition)

• The HEASARC Users Group