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    Compilation copyright (c) 1994 by Jonathan P. Leech. This document may
    be redistributed in its complete and unmodified form. Other use requires
    written permission of the author.

ONLINE AND OTHER SOURCES OF IMAGES, DATA, ETC.


INTRODUCTION

    A wide variety of images, data, catalogs, information releases, and
    other material dealing with space and astronomy may be found on the net.
    The sources with the broadest selection of material are the NASA Ames
    SPACE archive and the National Space Science Data Center (described
    below).

    A few sites offer direct dialup access or remote login access, while
    others offer file transfer over the Internet (referred to as 'anonymous
    FTP'). Sites not connected to the Internet cannot use FTP directly, but
    there are a few automated FTP servers which operate via email. Send mail
    containing only the word HELP to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com,
    bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu, or ftpmail@doc.ic.ac.uk, and the servers will
    send you instructions on how to make requests.

    Shorthand for a specific file or directory at an anonymous FTP site is

 ftp://sitename/pathname[/]

    (e.g. ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/FAQ/Index). The format has
    been changed to valid URLs for users of the World Wide Web. If you are
    using a normal FTP client, you will connect to the sitename part of the
    URL (explorer.arc.nasa.gov, in this case) and get the file specified by
    the pathname (/pub/SPACE/FAQ/Index). If a '/' terminates the URL, it
    indicates a directory containing multiple files.


WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)

    WWW is a global hypermedia network carried on the Internet and
    incorporating popular protocols including FTP, WAIS, gopher, archie,
    NNTP (netnews), etc. The Web is growing at an explosive pace, and huge
    amounts of space-related information are already online. This FAQ is
    evolving towards a fully hyperlinked Web document (a plain text version
    will continue to be posted to the net, of course). The primary change at
    present is the use of Web URLs (Universal Resource Locators) to specify
    files available by FTP (discussed above), sites accessible by telnet
    (URLs of the form telnet://sitename), and Web hypertext documents
    (http://site/page).

    If you are not familiar with the Web, you should probably begin by
    obtaining a Web browser (typically NCSA Mosaic for X, Mac, and PC) and
    exploring. The newsgroup 'comp.infosystems.www' is also available.

    The NASA Web home page is at

 http://hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html

    Other space-related material may be found on the Web starting with the
    overview page at

 http://info.cern.ch/Space/Overview.html

    There is also a pointer in the "information by subject" page under
    "Space Science."


VIEWING IMAGES

    Don't ask for images to be posted to the space/astro newsgroups. They're
    clumsy to access, wasteful of net resources, and inappropriate in
    discussion groups. Retrieve images on your own using FTP or Web clients.

    The possible combinations of image formats and machines is forebodingly
    large, and I won't attempt to cover common formats (GIF, etc.) here. To
    read PDS and VICAR (and many other) formats on Unix systems running X,
    use XV 3.00, available in

 ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/xv-3.00.tar.Z

    The FAQ for the Usenet group alt.binaries.pictures discusses image
    formats and how to get image viewing software. A copy of this document
    is available from the Usenet FAQ archives in

 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.binaries.pictures


ONLINE ARCHIVES

    CENTER FOR ADVANCED SPACE STUDIES

    CASS offers online searching of planetary science databases, including
    bibliographies, images, meeting abstracts, and other categories.
    Internet users can access CASS via

 http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/CASS_home.html
 telnet://cass.jsc.nasa.gov (login "cass", password "online")

    This system is primarily for professionals in planetary science. Note
    that CASS includes and replaces the online service formerly offered by
    the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

    Contact leung@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov.


    DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM (DMSP)

    DMSP is a two satellite constellation of near-polar orbiting, sun
    synchronous satellites monitoring meteorological, oceanographic and
    solar-terrestrial physics environments. DMSP sample data and information
    may be accessed on-line via:

 ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/DMSP/
 http://web.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/dmsp.html
 gopher://gopher.ngdc.noaa.gov

    Contact Greg Deuel (dmsp@mail.ngdc.noaa.gov).


    INFRARED PROCESSING & ANALYSIS CENTER

    Caltech's IPAC provides access to an easy-to-use interface for making
    queries of many astronomical catalogs, especially those from the
    Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) mission. You can also query the
    Bright Star catalog, SAO star catalog, a number of extragalactic
    (galaxy/quasar) catalogs, etc. Results can be saved to flat ASCII tables
    or FITS files and copied to your computer via FTP. Using the interface
    requires a machine running X Windows. You can get to IPAC via

 http://xcatscan.ipac.caltech.edu
 telnet://xcatscan.ipac.caltech.edu

    Log in as "xcatscan" (no password needed).

    Contact Joe Mazzarella (mazz@ipac.caltech.edu).


    NASA AMES

    Extensive archives are maintained at NASA Ames and are available via
    anonymous FTP or an email server. These archives include many images and
    a wide variety of documents including this FAQ list, NASA press
    releases, shuttle launch advisories, and mission status reports. Please
    note that these are NOT maintained on an official basis.

    A listing of files available in the archive is in

 ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/Index

    An email server for the SPACE archive is temporarily out of service due
    to the archive moving to its new home, explorer. Instructions for
    accessing the email server will be returned to the FAQ when the server
    is running again.

    Magellan, Voyager, and Viking CD-ROMs are online in

 ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/cdrom/

    Tens of thousands of images are available.

    The GIF directory contains images in GIF format. The VICAR directory
    contains Magellan images in VICAR format (these are also available in
    the GIF directory). A PC program capable of displaying these files is
    found in the IMDISP directory (see the item "VIEWING IMAGES" below).

    The NASA media guide describes the various NASA centers and how to
    contact their public affairs officers; this may be useful when pursuing
    specific information. It's in

 ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/MISC/media.guide

    Contact Peter Yee (yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov).


    NASA ASTROPHYSICS DATA SYSTEM

    The ADS is a distributed data retrieval system which is easy to use and
    provides uniform access to ground-based and space-based astronomy data
    from NASA data centers across the country. It currently has over 140
    data catalogs of radio, infrared, optical, UV, and X-ray data which can
    be queried by position or any other parameter in the catalog. The ADS
    also provides tools to manipulate and plot tabular results. In addition,
    ADS has a Beta version of an Abstracts Service which allows users to
    query over 125,000 abstracts of astronomy papers since 1975 by authors,
    keywords, title words, or abstract text words.

    ADS use requires direct Internet access. For more info and to sign up to
    become a user, email ads@cuads.coloradu.edu. The User's Guide and
    "QuickStart" Guide (PostScript files) are in

 ftp://sao-ftp.harvard.edu/pub/ads/ADS_User_Guide

    Contact Carolyn Stern Grant (stern@cfa.harvard.edu).


    NASA DIRECTORY OF WAIS SERVERS

    A WAIS database describing servers of interest to the space community is
    described by the source file:

 (:source
    :version  3
    :ip-name "ndadsb.gsfc.nasa.gov"
    :tcp-port 210
    :database-name "NASA-directory-of-servers"
    :cost 0.00
    :cost-unit :free
    :maintainer "stelar-info@Hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov"
    :description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5.1 on May  5 14:05:34
1993 by warnock@Hypatia

    Maintainers of WAIS databases of interest to the NASA community can
    register their databases with the NASA-directory-of-servers by sending
    the source file to stelar-info@hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov. Contact Archie
    Warnock (warnock@hypatia.gsfc.nasa.gov).


    NASA JET PROPULSION LAB (MISSION INFORMATION AND IMAGES)

 ftp://pubinfo.jpl.nasa.gov

    is an anonymous FTP site operated by the JPL Public Information Office,
    containing news releases, status reports, fact sheets, images, and other
    data on JPL missions. It may also be reached by modem at (818)-354-1333
    (no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit).

    Contact newsdesk@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov or phone (818)-354-7170.


    NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (MANNED SPACE IMAGES)

    JSC's digital image collection, containing thousands of images and
    descriptions covering the manned space program from Mercury to the
    present.

 ftp://images.jsc.nasa.gov
 http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/html/home.htm

    Contact Kevin Marsh (kmarsh@ja6.jsc.nasa.gov).


    NASA LANGLEY (TECHNICAL REPORTS)

 ftp://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/pub/techreports/larc/92/

    offers technical reports. Start with files README and abstracts.92. Most
    files are compressed PostScript. The reports are also in a WAIS database
    with the following description:

 (:source
  :version 3
  :ip-name "techreports.larc.nasa.gov"
  :tcp-port 210
  :database-name "nasa-larc-abs"
  :cost 0.00
  :cost-unit :free
  :maintainer "M.L.Nelson@LaRC.NASA.GOV"
  :description "NASA Langley Research Center Technical Reports

    Contact tr-admin@techreports.larc.nasa.gov.


    NASA SPACELINK

    SpaceLink is an online service located at Marshall Space Flight Center
    in Huntsville, Alabama. The system is specifically designed for
    teachers. The data base is arranged to provide easy access to current
    and historical information on NASA aeronautics, space research, and
    technology transfer information. Also included are suggested classroom
    activities that incorporate information on NASA projects to teach a
    number of scientific principles. Unlike bulletin board systems, NASA
    Spacelink does not provide for interaction between callers. However it
    does allow teachers and other callers to leave questions and comments
    for NASA which may be answered by regular mail. Messages are answered
    electronically, even to acknowledge requests which will be fulfilled by
    mail. Messages are generally handled the next working day except during
    missions when turnaround times increase. The mail system is closed-loop
    between the user and NASA.

    SpaceLink also offers downloadable shareware and public domain programs
    useful for science educators as well as space graphics and GIF images
    from NASA's planetary probes and the Hubble Telescope.

    You can access SpaceLink via

 telnet://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
 ftp://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov

    Or you can dial in at (205)-895-0028 (300/1200/2400/9600(V.32) baud, 8
    bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).

    Most of this information is also available from the Ames server in

 ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/SPACELINK


    NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE DATA CENTER (NSSDC)

    The National Space Science Data Center is the official clearinghouse for
    NASA data. The data catalog (*not* the data itself) is available online:

 telnet://nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov

    Log in as "NODIS" (no password). You can also get the catalog by sending
    email to 'request@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov'.

    You can also dial in at (301)-286-9000 (300, 1200, or 2400 baud, 8 bits,
    no parity, one stop). At the "Enter Number:" prompt, enter MD and
    carriage return. When the system responds "Call Complete," enter a few
    more carriage returns to get the "Username:" and log in as "NODIS" (no
    password).

    The system is menu-driven; topics available as of 3/93 are:

 1   - Master Directory - NASA & Global Change
 2   - Personnel Information Management System
 3   - Nimbus-7 GRID TOMS Data
 4   - Interplanetary Medium Data (OMNI)
 5   - Request data and/or information from NSSDC
 6   - Geophysical Models
 7   - CANOPUS Newsletter
 8   - International Ultraviolet Explorer Data Request
 9   - CZCS Browse and Order Utility
 10  - Astronomical Data Center (ADC)
 11  - STEP Bulletin Board Service
 12  - Standards and Technology Information System
 13  - Planetary Science & Magellan Project Information
 14  - Other Online Data Services at NSSDC
 15  - CD-ROMS Available at NSSDC

    For users with Internet access, datasets are made available via
    anonymous FTP once you select the desired datasets from the online
    catalog. For other users, data may be ordered on CD-ROM and in other
    formats. Among the many types of data available are Voyager, Magellan,
    and other planetary images, Earth observation data, and star catalogs.
    Viewers for Macintosh and IBM systems are also available. As an example
    of the cost, an 8 CD set of Voyager images is $75. Data may ordered
    online, by email, or by physical mail. The postal address is:

 National Space Science Data Center
 Request Coordination Office
 Goddard Space Flight Center
 Code 633
 Greenbelt, MD  20771

 Telephone: (301) 286-6695

 Email address:  request@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov


    SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE ELECTRONIC INFORMATION SERVICE

    STEIS contains a large amount of information about the Hubble Space
    Telescope, such as status reports and newsletters, in addition to
    material oriented towards HST observers and proposers. To get started,

 ftp://stsci.edu/README

    Contact Pete Reppert (reppert@stsci.edu) or Chris O'Dea (odea@stsci.edu).


    STARCAT

    The Space Telescope European Coordination Facility, at ESO/Garching
    provides on-line access to a huge astronomical database, featuring

 - Observation log files of several satellites/telescopes
     (IUE,IRAS,HST,NTT...).
 - Spectra and images (IUE, HST).
 - Most of the astronomical catalogues (SAO, HR, NGC, PPM, IRAS,
     Veron, GSC and many others, more than 50) in a very convenient
     way (give center+radius+kind of objects, and you get the
     corresponding files!).

    Access at

 telnet://stesis.hq.eso.org (or STESIS on DECnet).

    Log in as "starcat" (no password). Files created can be retrieved via
    FTP. Contact: Benoit Pirenne (bpirenne@eso.org) (phone +49 89 320 06
    433) at ST-ECF


    ASTRONOMICAL DATABASES

    The full SAO stellar database is probably not available online yet. It
    may be ordered on magnetic tape from the NSSDC. A subset containing
    position and magnitude only is available by FTP (see "Astronomy
    Programs" below).

 ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/astro/

    contains a large collection of astronomical programs for many types of
    computers, databases of stars and deep sky objects, and general
    astronomy information. This site is mainly for European users, but
    overseas connections are possible.

 ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/MISC/galaxy.dat

    is a database of 8,436 galaxies including name, RA, declination,
    magnitude, and radial velocity, supplied by Wayne Hayes
    (wayne@csri.utoronto.ca).

 ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov:pub/SPACE/FAQ/

    contains constellation boundary data (files constell.*) in a form
    suitable for the construction of star charts and atlases.

 ftp://iris1.ucis.dal.ca/pub/gif/

    contains a number of GIFs from Voyager, Hubble, and other sources (most
    of this data is also in pub/SPACE/GIF on the Ames server). Please
    restrict access to 5pm - 8am Atlantic time.

 ftp://pomona.claremont.edu/astro/catalog/yale_bsc/

    contains the Yale Bright Star catalog. Web users, note that this is a
    VMS site and Mosaic does not get along with their server, so this URL is
    a placeholder - run FTP manually. Contact James Dishaw
    (jdishaw@pomona.claremont.edu).

    The Hubble Guide Star catalog is available on CD-ROM for the Mac and PC
    for $49.95 US (catalog #ST101).

 Astronomical Society of the Pacific
 390 Ashton Ave.
 San Francisco, CA 94112
 Phone: (415) 337-2624 9 AM - 3 PM Pacific Time
 FAX: (415) 337-5205

    For German (and possibly other European) readers, Jost Jahn
    (j.jahn@abbs.hanse.de) has a mail service to distribute astronomical
    data to interested amateurs at cost. About 30-40 catalogs are available
    for DM 6..8/disk. Several floppy disk formats are available. He also has
    a FAX service with current news on the observable sky. Email him if
    interested in these services, or write:

 Jost Jahn
 Neustaedter Strasse 11
 W-3123 Bodenteich
 GERMANY
 Phone: FRG-5824-3197
 FAX: (49)-581-14824


    ASTRONOMY PROGRAMS

    A more complete list is posted monthly to sci.astro or available in

 ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/astro/general/astroftp.txt

    This list is maintained by Veikko Makela (Veikko.Makela@Helsinki.FI).


    Some astronomy-related programs and databases archived from
    Usenet source groups:

 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume8/phoon.Z
     Moon phase and date routines
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume8/moon.Z
     Another moon phase program
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume15/moontool.Z
     Show moon phase picture on Suns

 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume12/starcharts/
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume13/starchart/
     Starchart program & Yale star data
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume11/starchart
     Starchart program, version 3.2
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume12/starchart2
     Starchart program, update to version 3.2.1
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume16/sao/
     Reduced SAO catalog
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume11/n3emo-orbit
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume14/n3emo-orbit
     Orbit: track earth satellites
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume13/jupmoons
     Plotter for Jupiter's major moons [in perl]
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume13/lunisolar
     Lunisolar (not sure what this does)
 ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume18/planet
     Planet generation simulator

    Xephem is an interactive astronomical ephemeris program for X11R4/Motif
    1.1 (or later) X Windows systems. It computes lots of information about
    the planets and any solar system objects for which orbital elements are
    available. A sample database of some 16000+ objects is included in the
    release kit. It's in

 ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/xephem/xephem_2.4e.tar.Z

    and has been submitted to comp.sources.x. Contact Elwood Downey
    (ecdowney@noao.edu). Ephem is the forefather of xephem designed for
    simple 24x80 character displays, in

 ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/ephem_4.28.tar.Z

    XSAT, an X based satellite tracking program, is available in

 ftp://export.lcs.mit.edu/contrib/xsat1.0.tar.Z

    Contact Dave Curry (davy@ecn.purdue.edu).

    Xsky 2.1.6, a computerized sky atlas for the X Window System, is
    available in

 ftp://arizona.edu/software/unix/xsky/xsky-216.tarz

    (This is a VMS FTP site, so the URL is nonfunctioning). Contact Terry R.
    Friedrichsen (terry@venus.sunquest.com).

    The "Variable Stars Analysis Software Archive" is in

 ftp://ftpastro.vuw.ac.nz/astrophys/

    This is intended for specialists in this field, and they would
    appreciate people from outside New Zealand confining their FTP access to
    the astrophys directory, as they pay a significant amount for Internet
    access. Contributions are encouraged. Contact the archive administrator,
    Timothy Banks (astrophys-archive@kauri.vuw.ac.nz). For further details
    on the archive see _The Observatory_, 112, 16, 1992.

    The "IDL Astronomy Users Library" is in

 ftp://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/README

    This is a central repository for general purpose astronomy procedures
    written in IDL, a commercial image processing, plotting, and programming
    language. Contact Wayne Landsman (landsman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov).

    Daniel Roth (roth@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de) offers an astronomy software
    service for PC and Atari users in Europe. He has a large library
    available on disk and will be offering a CD-ROM with the entire library
    soon. A catalog is available; contact him for details.


    ORBITAL ELEMENT SETS

    The most recent orbital elements from the NASA Prediction Bulletins are
    carried on the Celestial BBS, (513)-427-0674. Documentation and tracking
    software are also available on this system. The Celestial BBS may be
    accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, or 2400 baud using 8 data bits, 1
    stop bit, no parity.

    Orbital element sets are FTPable from the following directories:

 ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/   NASA,TVRO,Shuttle
 ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/astro/pc/satel/ NASA,TVRO,Molczan,CelBBS,Shuttle
 ftp://kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/space/   NASA,Molczan


    SPACE DIGEST ARCHIVES

    Copies of back issues of Space Digest are archived on
    LISTSERV@UGA.BITNET. Send mail containing the message "INDEX SPACE" to
    get an index of files; send it the message "GET filename filetype" to
    get a particular file.


GEOSPHERE PROJECT (FULL EARTH IMAGE)

    Tom van Sant's GeoSphere Project has produced a very nice composite
    image of the entire Earth (without clouds, so all the surface is
    visible) by assembling thousands of Landsat images. This image is not in
    the public domain; any digital copies made available by anonymous FTP
    are illegal.

    GeoSphere offers the image in a variety of printed forms (posters, mugs,
    globes, etc.). Contact them at (800)-845-1522 for a catalog. They may be
    willing to license the digital database for specific uses, contact them
    for details.


LANDSAT AND NASA PHOTOS

    You can get black-and-white 1:1M prints, negatives, or positives for
    $10, $18, $12 respectively for any Landsat data more than 2 years old
    from EDC, (Eros (Earth Resources Orbiting Satellite) Data Center). Call
    them at (605)-594-6511. You get 80 meter resolution from the MSS
    scanner, 135x180 kilometers on a picture 135x180 mm in size. I think you
    have to select one band from (green, red, near IR, second near IR), but
    I'm not sure. Digitial data is also available at higher prices.

    Transparencies of all NASA photos available to the public can be
    borrowed from the NASA photo archive; you can have copies or prints
    made.

  NASA Audio-Visual Facility
  918 North Rengstorff Ave
  Mountain View, CA  94043
  (415)-604-6270


PLANETARY MAPS

    Brief references to maps of all mapped solid bodies other than Earth, 47
    by April 1994. This list is updated periodically. If there are many maps
    (e.g. Mars) a good general purpose global map is listed; where
    appropriate they are subdivided: relief maps (usually with placenames),
    topography (contours), geological maps etc. If not (e.g. Deimos) the
    best available map is listed. Some (e.g. Comet Encke) are simple
    diagrams of possible surface features ('sketch' under map type). A few
    interesting atlases are listed at the end. If you see errors or
    omissions please contact Phil Stooke at: stooke@vaxr.sscl.uwo.ca.

    References: USGS = U.S. Geological Survey. Order by I-number from USGS
    Map Sales, Box 25286, Denver, Colorado USA 80225. About $3 per sheet
    (some listed maps are sets of several sheets). Check before ordering.
    NASA Tech. Memo. 4395, 'Indexes of Maps of the Planets and Satellites
    1992' by J. Inge and R. Batson, is the best guide to sheet maps. Most
    Apollo-era Moon maps (LAC, LTO) are out of print, but some may still be
    found at NSSDC (+ NASA CD-ROMs): National Space Science Data Center,
    Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland USA 20771. Edmund
    Scientific address: 101 E. Gloucester Pike, Barrington, NJ 08007-1380,
    USA. Other references are to books and journals. Though not full
    bibliographic entries, to save space, there should be enough information
    to find the item.

    I will answer questions about planetary maps by e-mail at the address above.

    BODY  MAP TYPE   REFERENCE

    Mercury   relief   USGS maps I-1149,1171,1822
    geology  USGS maps I-1199,1233,1408,1409,1658,1659,1660,
         2015,2148
    atlas    Davies et al., ATLAS OF MERCURY, NASA SP-423, 1978
    globe    USGS (out of print- see at Cornell U. or LPI)
    Venus   relief   USGS map I-2041  (Venera 15/16 data)
    topogr   USGS map I-1324  (Pioneer Venus data)
      + GxDR CD-ROM (Magellan) available from NSSDC
    geology  USGS map I-2059  (Venera 15/16 data)
    atlas    ATLAS POVERKHNOSTI VENERY, Russia, 1989
    globe    USGS (out of print - see at Cornell U. or LPI)
    Moon   relief   USGS maps I-1218,1326,2276
    topogr   NSSDC: LAC maps (earthside)+ LTO maps (Apollo zone)
    geology  USGS maps I-703,948,1034,1047,1062,1162,
      + Wilhelms, USGS Professional Paper 1348, 1987
    atlas    LUNAR ORBITER PHOTO ATLAS, NASA SP-206, 1971
      + A. Rukl, ATLAS OF THE MOON, Hamlyn, 1990
    globe    Replogle Globes (via Sky Publ., ads in SKY+TELESC.)
    Mars   relief   USGS maps I-1618,2179, + Edmund Scientific Mars Map
    topogr   USGS map I-2160 + MDIM CD-ROM, disk 7, from NSSDC
    geology  USGS map I-1802
    digital  MDIM CD-ROMs, disks 1-6, available from NSSDC
    atlas    Batson et al., ATLAS OF MARS, NASA SP-438, 1979
    globe    Sky Publishing (ads in SKY+TELESCOPE)
    Phobos   outline  Thomas, ICARUS, 40: 223-243, 1979
    relief   Bugaevsky et al., ADV.SPACE.RES. 12(9):17-21, 1992
    topogr   Thomas, ICARUS, 105:326-344, 1993
    globe    Max Planck Institut fur Physik+Astrophys., 1988
    Deimos   outline  Thomas, ICARUS, 40: 223-243, 1979
    relief   Stooke, SKY+TELESCOPE 69:551-553, 1985
    topogr   Thomas, ICARUS, 105:326-344, 1993
    Amalthea   sketch   Veverka et al., J.GEOPHYS.RES. 86:8675-8692, 1981
    rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS 56:123-139, 1992
    Io    relief   USGS map I-1713
    topogr   Gaskell+Synnott,GEOPHYS.RES.LET. 15:581-584, 1988
    geology  USGS map I-2209
    Europa   relief   USGS maps I-1241,1493,1499
    geology  SATELLITES OF JUPITER, Ch.14, U.Arizona Press, 1982
    Ganymede   relief   USGS map I-2331
    geology  USGS maps I-1934,1966,2289 (more sheets to come)
    Callisto   relief   USGS maps I-1239,2035
    Prometheus   rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 62: 199-221, 1993
    Pandora   rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 62: 199-221, 1993
    Janus   rel,topo Stooke+Lumsdon, EARTH,MOON,PLAN., 62: 223-237, 1993
    Epimetheus   rel,topo Stooke, EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 63: 67-83, 1993
    Mimas   relief   USGS maps I-1489,2155
    geology  Croft, NASA TECH.MEM. 4300, 95-97, 1991
    Enceladus   relief   USGS maps I-1485,2156
    geology  Smith et al., SCIENCE, 215:504-537, 1982
    Tethys   relief   USGS maps I-1488,2157
    geology  Moore+Ahern, J.GEOPHYS.RES. 88:A577-A584, 1983
    Dione   relief   USGS maps I-1487,2158
    geology  Moore, ICARUS, 59:205-220, 1984
    Rhea   relief   USGS maps I-1484,1921
    geology  Moore et al., J.GEOPHYS.RES. 90:C785-C795, 1985
    Titan   sketch   Lemmon et al., ICARUS 103:329-332, 1993
    Hyperion   sketch   Thomas+Veverka, ICARUS, 64:414-424, 1985
    Iapetus   relief   USGS maps I-1486,2159
    geology  Croft, NASA TECH.MEM. 4300, 101-103, 1991
    Phoebe   sketch   Thomas et al., J.GEOPHYS.RES. 88:8736-8742, 1983
    Puck   sketch   Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
    Miranda   relief   USGS map I-1920
    topogr   Wu, LUNAR PLANET.SCI XVIII, 1110-1111, 1987
    geology  Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
    Ariel   relief   USGS map I-1920
    geology  Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
    Umbriel   relief   USGS map I-1920
    geology  Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
    Titania   relief   USGS map I-1920
    geology  Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
    Oberon   relief   USGS map I-1920
    geology  Croft+Soderblom, URANUS, U.Ariz.Press, 1991
    Larissa   relief   Stooke, submitted to EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 1994
    Proteus   sketch   Croft, ICARUS, 99:402-419, 1992
    rel,topo Stooke, submitted to EARTH,MOON,PLANETS, 1994
    Triton   relief   USGS maps I-2153,2154,2275
    geology  Smith et al., SCIENCE 246:1422-1449, 1989
    Pluto   albedo   Buie et al., ICARUS, 97:211-227, 1992
    Charon   albedo   Buie et al., ICARUS, 97:211-227, 1992
    4 Vesta   sketch   Stooke, PROC.ASTER.COMET.METEOR.'91, 583-586, 1992
    29 Amphitrite sketch   Barucci et al., ASTER.COMET.METEOR.II, 89-92, 1986
    43 Ariadne   sketch   Detal et al., ASTRON.ASTROPHYS. 281:269-280, 1994
    243 Ida   sketch   Binzel et al., ICARUS, 105:310-325, 1993
    532 Herculina sketch   Taylor et al., ICARUS, 69:354-369, 1987
    624 Hektor   sketch   Hartmann+Cruikshank, ICARUS, 36:353-366, 1978
    951 Gaspra   topogr   Thomas et al., ICARUS, 107:23-36, 1994
    outline  Veverka+, ICARUS 107:2-17 & 72-83, 1994
    geology  Carr et al., ICARUS, 107:61-71, 1994
    4769 Castalia relief   Hudson+Ostro, SCIENCE, 263:940-943, 1994
    Comet Encke   sketch   Sekanina, ASTRON.J. 96:1455-1475, 1988
    Comet Halley  sketch   Moehlmann+,COM.IN POST-HALLEY ERA,p.764,Kluwer 1991
    rel,topo Stooke+Abergel, ASTRON.ASTROPHYS. 248:656-668, 1991
    Swift-Tuttle  sketch   Sekanina, ASTRON.J. 86:1741-1773, 1981
    Com.Tempel-2  sketch   Sekanina, ASTRON.J. 102:350-388, 1991

    Interesting atlases:  (no single book has maps of all bodies listed above)

    ATLAS PLANET ZEMNOI GRUPPA... (atlas of terrestrial planets), Russia, 1992
    ATLAS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, Hunt & Moore (eds), Rand McNally, 1983
    THE ASTRONOMER'S MANUAL, A. Rukl, Crescent Books, 1989.
    VOYAGER ATLAS, SIX SATURNIAN SATELLITES, Batson et al., NASA SP-474, 1984


COMETARY ORBIT DATA

    The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams and the Minor Planet
    Center announce the sixth edition of the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits in
    IAU Circular 4935. The catalogue contains 1292 entries which represent
    all known comets through November 1989 and is 96 pages long.
    Non-subscribers to the Circulars may purchase the catalogue for $15.00
    while the cost to subscribers is $7.50. The basic catalogue in ASCII
    along with a program to extract specific orbits and calculate
    ephemerides is available on MS-DOS 5.25-inch 2S2D diskette at a cost of
    $75.00 (the program requires an 8087 math coprocessor). The catalogue
    alone is also available by e-mail for $37.50 or on magnetic tape for
    $300.00.

    Except for the printed version of the catalogue, the various magnetic
    media or e-mail forms of the catalogue do not specifically meantion
    non-subscribers. It is possible that these forms of the catalogue may
    not be available to non-subscribers or that their prices may be more
    expensive than those given. Mail requests for specific information and
    orders to:

 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA


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