Research Guides @ Fordham: Physics: Astronomy & Astrophysics

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

Cambridge Illustrated Dictionary of Astronomy by Jacqueline Mitton
Call Number: QB14 .M578 2007
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
Starbriefs Plus by Andre Heck
Call Number: QB14 .S743 2004
Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics by Paul Murdin (Editor)
Call Number: QB14 .E534 2001
New York : Nature Pub. Group, 2001

Asteroids by Clifford J. Cunningham
Online Resource
London : Reaktion Books, Limited, 2021
The Cosmic Century by Malcolm S. Longair
Call Number: QB461 .L66 2006
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
Fundamental Astronomy by Hannu Karttunen (Editor); Pekka Kroger (Editor); Heikki Oja (Editor); Markku Poutanen (Editor); Karl Johan Donner (Editor)
Call Number: QB43.3 .T2613 2017
Cham, Switzerland : Springer-Verlag Berlin An, 2016
An Introduction to Mathematical Cosmology by J. N. Islam
Call Number: QB981 .I73 2002
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

CfA Database List
List of databases maintained by CfA at Harvard.
Chandra Data Archive (CDA)
Provides archival data on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, which is a telescope that detects x-ray emissions in very hot areas of the universe.
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA)
Provides access to trillions of astronomical measurements and observational datasets.
NASA’s High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)
Provides archival data of electromagnetic radiation, gamma-ray bands, and cosmic microwaves.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Data Archive
Provides data on radio wavelengths throughout the universe.

Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1963 - Present
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1973 - Present
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1989 - Present
The Astrophysical Journal
Peer Reviewed
Years Available: 1995 - Present
Living Reviews in Solar Physics
Peer Reviewed ; Open Access
Years available: 2004 - Present
Space Science Reviews
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1997 - Present
The Astronomical Journal
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1998 - Present

Library of Congress Call Numbers for astronomy and astrophysics topics:

G3180-3197 Maps: Universe. Solar System. Celestial maps. Moon

QB1-139 General Astronomy

QB140-237 Practical and spherical astronomy

QB275-343 Geodesy

QB349-421 Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics

QB455-456 Astrogeology

QB460-466 Astrophysics

QB468-480 Non-optical methods of astronomy

QB495-903 Descriptive astronomy

QB500.5-785 Solar system

QB799-903 Stars

QB980-991 Cosmogony. Cosmology

Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook by Ian Ridpath
Call Number: QB65 .N67 2004
New York : Pi Press, 2004
The NASA Atlas of the Solar System by Ronald Greeley; Raymond Batson
Call Number: QB605 .G7 1997
New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997
Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters by Wolfgang Steinicke
The New General Catalogue (NCG), originally created in 1888, is the source for referencing bright nebulae and star clusters, both in professional and amateur astronomy.

Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)
Photographic archive of the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (a survey of the northern sky).
SIMBAD Astronomical Database
The Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data is an astronomical database of objects beyond the Solar System.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey has created the most detailed three-dimensional maps of the Universe ever made, with deep multi-color images of one third of the sky, and spectra for more than three million astronomical objects.