Links
Websites of interest related to the Star Disc project.
Astronomy:
- Galaxy Zoo:
- help astronomy by classifying a million galaxies!
- BBC Sky at Night:
- The longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history! What more do we need to say?
- DigitalSky:
- The website of Sky at Night presenter Pete Lawrence.
- Nine Planets:
- overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system.
- Astronomy lectures:
- stars, galaxies and cosmology from the University of Tennessee.
- Your Sky:
- generate and view a star map for any location.
- K-Stars:
- free and open-source astronomy software.
- Astrotagging, Astrometry bots and LookUP:
- web-based tool that returns the coordinates of your astronomical plus a list of astronomical objects in the field of view: we hope this will help organize, annotate and make searchable all the world's astronomical information.
- Astrometry.net astrometric calibration service:
- input a usable image for correct, standards-compliant astrometric meta-data, to help organize, annotate and make searchable all the world's astronomical information.
- Astronomy Resources: Observing Astronomy Resources
- A page of links to various astronomical resources, organisations, images and jobs.
Local and regional arts:
- Wirksworth Festival:
- A leading rural arts festival where everyone can enjoy great art in a unique and inspiring setting.
- QUAD, Derby:
- A cinema, gallery, café bar and workshop that anyone can use.
- Derbyshire Open Arts '09:
- meet contemporary artists and craftspeople in their studios.
- Blaize:
- community arts company working primarily in rural areas
- Arts Council England:
- rural research: a comprehensive review of support for the arts in rural areas, in consultation with hundreds of organisations and individuals across the region.
- The Rennie Partnerhip:
- architects of the sustainable and accessible
- Arts Derbyshire:
- Explore the arts in Derbyshire
- Wirksworth:
- an information source for the people of Wirksworth and the surrounding area
- Night Stations:
- site-specific light installations, often on a vast scale, created by artist Charles Monkhouse and set in the nocturnal landscape, mainly in the rural environment.
- Heavens Above:
- satellite and the International Space Station flyover times.
- Traid Links:
- Stock sourced from over 30 Fairtrade suppliers.
- Wirksworth Heritage Centre:
- Three floors with exhibitions and animated displays.