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Useful Astronomy WWW Resources



Associations:

Alachua Astronomy Club, Gainesville, Fla.
Amateur Radio Astronomy (W6/PA0ZN)
AAVSO
American Association of Variable Star Observers - AAVSO
American Astronomical Society
Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers.
Astronomical League
Astronomical Society of South Australia
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific - ASP
Auburn Astronomical Society, Alabama, USA
The British Astronomical Association - BAA
Eugene Astronomical Society, Ore.
Hamilton Amateur Astronomers, Ontario
Hawaiian Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
International Dark-Sky Association
Longmont Astronomical Society, Colo.
The Lunar & Planetary Lab. of Univ. of Arizona.
The National Deep Sky Observers Society
New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
New Hampshire Astronomical Society
North Bay Astronomy Club
New Hampshire Citizens for Responsible Lighting
Omaha Astronomical Society
Peoria Astronomical Society, Ill.
Phoenix Astronomical Society, Arizona, USA
Planetary Society
Rochester Academy of Sciences.
Ryerson Astronomical Society, Chicago
Saguaro Astronomy Club: Deep Sky Database
The Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA)
SETI League
The Sidewalk Astronomers, San Francisco
South Florida Amateur Astronomers Association
Students for the Exploration & Development of Space.
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, College Park, Md.
Tallahassee Astronomical Society, Fla.
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association, Ariz.
Utah Skies (Park City, UT, USA)
Washington (D.C.) Area Astronomers
The Western Sydney Amateur Astronomical Group (WSAAG)


Images:

Institutions

Anglo-Australian Observatory
ARC Telescope
Big Bear Solar Observatory
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
The Digitized Sky Survey
Hubble Space Telescope
Institute for Astronomy
Ohio State Univ. Astronomy Dept.
Skyview
WIYN Telescope

Image Compilations and Search Utilities

Astronomical Image Library
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Messier Database
The Web Nebulae
Hubble Space Telescope Heritage Site

Amateur Showcases & Others

Steve Albers
Astronomical Society of South Australia
Matt BenDaniel
Michael Breite
David Cortner
John Chumack
Robert Gendler
M. Germano
David Hanon
Astronomical Images by Jerry Lodriguss
Jeff MacQuarrie's Astronomy Homepage
Tim Puckett
Starryscapes (Loke Kun Tan)
Gérard Therin
Chuck Vaughn
Brad Wallis and Robert Provin
A Wide-Field Astrophotography Page

Sketches:

Akkana's Astronomy Sketches
Scott D. Davis (Seismo Zombie) Deep Space Sketches
Michael Geldorp's Astronomical Sketches
Bill Greer's Astronomy Site
Chris Randall's Astronomical Observations Index Page
Drawings of Deep Sky Objects with Large Telescopes
Impressions of the Deep Sky: Sketches and Observations (Jere Kahanpaa)
Ian's Astro Page
Astrosketch Yahoo! Group

Star Parties and Conventions:

Apollo Rendezvous Telescope Convention & Star Party
Mason Dixon Star Party
Mid-Atlantic Star Party
Nebraska Star Party
Grand Canyon Star Party
Okie-Tex Star Party
Oregon Star Party
Shingletown Star Party
South Pacific Star Party
Stellafane
Table Mountain Star Party
Texas Star Party

Astronomy in Education:

Astronomy Education Review
BPAA Kid's Page
NASA's Star Child
Leicester University Educational Guide to Space & Astronomy
Hands On Astrophysics
Hands On Universe
Northfield Mount Hermon School Astronomy Page (MA, USA)
Phillips Exeter Academy Grainger Observatory (NH, USA)
Project Astro (ASP)
St. Paul's School Lenore and Walter Hawley Observatory (NH, USA)
Astronomy Research Based Science Education (NOAO)

Magazines, Journals, Newsletters:

Amateur Astronomy magazine
Astronomy Watch
Astronet
Astronomy Now
The Space Calendar
Sky Online
SKY Online: Sky & Telescope Magazine, CCD Magazine
Astronomy Magazine
Dave's Astronomy Magazine
Space Archive
SEDS The Ascending Node
The Universal Workshop

Observatories

The World's Largest Optical Telescopes
Anglo-Australian Observatory (Epping, Australia)
Apache Point Observatory (New Mexico)
Big Bear Solar Observatory (Big Bear City, California)
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO; Chile)
Clinemhaga Observatory (British Columbia, Canada)
Concordia College Observatory (Moorhead, Minnesota)
David Dunlap Observatory (Ontario, Canada)
Gemini 8-meter Telescopes (Hawaii & Chile)
Haystack Observatory (Massachusetts)
Hobby-Eberly Telescope (Texas)
Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF; Hawaii)
Large Binocular Telescope (LBT; Arizona)
Lee's Astronomy Site
Lick Observatory (California)
Lowell Observatory (Arizona)
Lund Observatory (Sweden)
McDonald Observatory (Texas)
Mount Wilson Observatory (California)
National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO; Arizona)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO; AZ, NM, VA, WV)
National Solar Observatory (NSO; Arizona, New Mexico)
Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT; Canary Islands)
Palomar Observatory (California)
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO; England)
Steward Observatory (Arizona)
Stephen F. Austin State University Observatory (Nacogdoches, Texas)
Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
Telescopio Infrarosso del Gornergrat (TIGRO; Italy)
University of Toronto Southern Observatory (Chile)
Warner and Swasey Observatory (Cleveland, Ohio)
Yerkes Observatory (Williams Bay, Wisconsin)

Variable Stars

American Association of Variable Star Observers
Center for Backyard Astrophysics
Eclipsing Binary Home Page
General Catalog of Variable Stars
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars

Geophysical and Solar

How to catch Auroras
NOAA Space Environment Center
The Space Weather Bureau
Storms From the Sun
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch (SWARM)

Amateur Telescope Making

ATM Archives
ATM of Boston
ATM Resource List
Don Ware's Amateur Telescope Making Page
Stellafane ATM: Springfield Telescope Makers

Spectroscopy

Christian Buil's Homepage: LHIRES, CCD, LISA
Christian Buil's Spectro Bookmarks
Valérie Desnoux: VisualSpec Software
Maurice Gavin
Dale Mais

Special Purpose Sites

Astronomie heelal reis / The Guide to the Universe (Dutch & English)
The Bad Astronomy Web Page
Cookbook Camera Homepage
Constellations and their Stars
Doc G's Info Site (equipment, repairs, improvements, techniques)
Ed Ting's Telescope Reviews
Elements & Ephemerides: Observable Comets
Estimating Limiting Magnitude
IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
MySolarSystem.com The place to satisfy your curiosity about our solar system
The NGC/IC Project
Skyrover.net: Eclipse Cafe, Planetary Observer's Forum, Notebook of a Comet Hunter
Star Myths of the Greeks and Romans: A Sourcebook
Wierd Telescopes

Podcasts

San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers
Slacker Astronomy
Radio Astronomy Podcasts
Regulus! Astronomy Newsletter

Sources of Equipment

Advanced Telescope Systems, Inc.
Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird
Apogee Instruments, Inc. (CCD's)
Astro Haven: Clamshell Observatories
AstroMart
AstroPier: Telescope Piers
Celestron International (Telescopes)
Company Seven (Telescopes and Equipment)
Free Astronomy Classifieds: Astronomy Mall
Goto Optical Manufacturing Company (Planetariums)
JASC Software (SkyMap Pro Software)
Learning Technologies (Starlab Planeatariums and More)
Losmandy (Mounts and mounting equipment)
Lumicon (Telescopes and Equipment)
Meade Instruments Corporation (Telescopes)
Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant (Russia)
Santa Barbara Instrument Group (CCD's)
Software Bisque (theSky Software)
Stargazertees
Starlight Xpress CCD Cameras
Starry Night Lights
Technical Innovations: Observatory Domes (Home-Dome, Pro-Dome)
Tele Vue Optics
Thousand Oaks Optical: Solar Filters, etc
Ultradarklight
Willmann-Bell, Inc. (Books & Mirror Kits)

Museums & Planetariums

Christa McAuliffe Planetarium
Chabot Space & Science Center
Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater
Western Washington University Planetarium & Native American Starlore

FAQ's

FAQ for sci.astro
Calendar FAQ

WWW Search Engines

Astro Archive (mail list and message search)
Astronomy resources - A directory of Astronomy related websites by The-Science-Lab.com
astronomylinks.com: List of astronomy related web sites.
Google Search Engine
Yahoo's Astronomy Links
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
Webcrawler
Yahoo

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