Favorite Links


News
http://www.spacedaily.com  Space Daily:  General information on a wide range of space related topics.
http://www.astronomynow.com
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space  CNN's science page

Object Information
http://www.heavens-above.com  Information on the visibility of various satillites, customized to your location.
http://www.seds.org/billa/dssm/messier.html   Images and information on all of the Messier objects.
http://hea.iki.rssi.ru/~svr/Moon/Moon1.html  Learn the name of the various areas and craters with this interactive moon map.
http://huey.jpl.nasa.gov/~spravdo/neat.html  Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking site.
http://www.darksky.org/ida/darksky/darksky_map.html  Find out how dark it is in your area.
http://messier.man.szczecin.pl/xtra/similar/similar.html  Deep Sky collections and catalogs similar to Messier's
http://space.jpl.nasa.gov  Solar System Simulator
http://solar.spacew.com/sunnow/ Current Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Image
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationjavalist.html Gives RA and Dec for constellations.
http://www.ngcic.com/ The NGC/IC Project
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/other-o.html Non-Messier Objects
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Solar/action?sys=-Sf  Solar System Live, see where the plants currently are.
http://planetscapes.com/solar/eng/homepage.htm  Vivid multimedia adventure of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more.

NASA
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pictures.html  Images from the Hubble Space Telescope.
http://chandra.nasa.gov/chandra.html  Chandra X-Ray Observatory page.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/index-m.html  NASA Human Spaceflight
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov  Kennedy Space Center
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
http://near.jhuapl.edu/ Near Earth Astroid Rendezvous

Education
http://www.explorescience.comVisualize Science page.
http://www.seasky.org  Sea and Sky page.
http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/comp/ppcomp.html  How to compute planetary positions.
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry//ask/askmag.html Ask the Space Scientist.

Software
http://www.skymap.com  SkyMap Software home page.
http://www.syz.com/DU/index.shtml  The Digital Universe, it is not completed yet but sound pretty interesting.

Equipment Information
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/~mbartels/collimate/collimat.html Collimating Newton Optics
http://www.excelsis.com/vote/astro Equipment Rating

Astrophotography
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/8102/ A poorman's guide to astrophotography using a 35mm camera.
http://www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/index.html Astrophotography exposure calculator software.
http://www.galaxyphoto.com/ Probably the best amateur astrophotographer there is.
http://www.astrosurf.org/uranus/astrocam/english.htm AstroCam:  The Astronomical Webcam's Site.
http://user.icx.net/~mfleenor/quiclinks.htm Astro Imaging with a QuickCam, various links to other QuickCam sites.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PHARRINGTON/scotch.htm Plans for a Scotch mount.

Groups
http://www.stic.net/users/merlin/saaa.htm San Antonio Astronomical Society
http://www.astroleague.org/ The Astronomical League
http://www.corvus.com/ The American Association of Amatuer Astronomers
http://www.clarkfoundation.org/astro-utah/vondel/ Astro Utah
http://www.ncinter.net/~alonmac/ecmog/index2.htm Erie County Mobile Observers Group
http://user.icx.net/~ngc457/index.html Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society



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