Misc

UCSB Experimental Cosmology YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCROQGZZtXgYdj6jtOMWFuLw

Department Pages 

Physics Dept Main Webpage – http://www.physics.ucsb.edu

UCSB Physics Student Machine Shop – http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/resources/machineshops/graduateshop

UCSB Physics Purchasing – http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/resources/materialsmanagement/purchasing

LCOGT – Las Cumbres Observatory – http://www.lcogt.net

Sedgwick LCOGT Observatory – http://lcogt.net/network/partner-telescopes/sedgwick-reserve-observatory

Sedgwick Weather Log – http://lcogt.net/weather/sqa/

Barcroft Research Station Camera – http://162.252.89.115/viewer/live/index.html?lang=en

 

Event Schedules

Physics Dept Events and Colloq Schedule –http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/news/calendar

Astro Colloq – http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~seminars/astro

Astro web event schedule – http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~astrogroup/events.html

KITP Schedule – http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/events/weekly-schedule

KITP Next Weeks Schedule – http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/events/weekly-schedule?cf=next

LCOGT colloq and ride schedule – http://lcogt.net/seminar

UCSB Calendar – Corporate Time Login – http://iscsched.ucsb.edu

UCSB Course Schedule – http://my.sa.ucsb.edu/public/curriculum/coursesearch.aspx

UCSB Final Exam Schedule – http://registrar.sa.ucsb.edu/finals.htm

 

Lab Safety and Machine Shop Training:

Safety Training – http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/resources/materialsmanagement/buildingaccess/training

Specific Lab Safety Training – http://physics.ucsb.edu/resources/materialsmanagement/buildingaccess/training/lab-safety

Building Access Request and Key Codes – http://physics.ucsb.edu/resources/materialsmanagement/buildingaccess

Machine Shop Access Form – http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/resources/machineshops/graduateshop

 

Additional Science Sites:

NASA ADS – http://adswww.harvard.edu/

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day – APOD – http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

NASA Earth Picture of the Day – http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Space Weather – http://spaceweather.com/

JPL Asteroid Threat assessment – JPL NEO site – http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risks

Some wonderful Chemistry – http://www.youtube.com/user/NurdRage

If you ever read The Elements book – www.periodictable.com

Elements – www.periodicvideos.com

The Geek Group – http://thegeekgroup.org

Because Science – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvG04Y09q0HExnIjdgaqcDQ

 

Physics Books low cost and Free:

www.openculture.com/free-physics-textbooks

Feynman Lecture – text and audio recording of class lectures – Classic

Some Humor:

Lab Humor – XKCD http://www.xkcd.com
PhD Comics – http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php
Bad Project – You Tube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4L4M8m4d0

 

Must see videos:

Walking on Air – ISS Expedition 30 video – simply beautiful – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWz5ltE_I4c

Near IR Imagery of the Earth from ISS Expedition 30 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m8hTq0xtkw&feature=relmfu

Milky Way and Aurora time lapse – http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/10/22/aurora-borealis-photo-bombed-scotland-orig.cnn

 

Misc Useful Sites

Reverse DNS Lookup – https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx

Economic Estimate of Asteroid Material Value

https://www.asterank.com/

Observable Asteroids and Comets

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbwobs.html#/

https://theskylive.com/

https://www.asterank.com/