Astronomy Class

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

Star Charts & other Guides for Backyard Observing

bullet Moon Charts and Guides and other resources: http://www.cityastronomy.com/
bulletSky & Telescope Online Sky Almanac: http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/almanac/
bulletMessier Object Tracking Guide (Adobe PDF Format)
bullet IFAS Binocular Object Challenge Handbook (Adobe PDF Format)
bulletUnique Deep Space Object Map Resources  
bulletWeb Sky Chart:  http://www.wunderground.com/sky/index.asp
bulletSky Calendar:  http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sky_calendar.html
bulletSky Conditions:  http://cleardarksky.com/c/YnnRscWIkey.html?1
bulletConstellations and their Stars:  http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
bulletConstellations and their Myths: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/constellations.html
bulletHeavens Above: http://www.heavens-above.com/ 
bulletComets & Meteor Showers: http://comets.amsmeteors.org/index.html
bullet Telrad Charts: http://www.astrohbg.org/messier.php
bullet Telrad Charts: http://user.mc.net/~sconn/html and image files/Messier.html
bullet Terad Charts: http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/caldwell/charts/caldwellTelrad.htm
bulletTelrad Charts: http://www.atmob.org/library/member/skymaps_jsmall.html

Astronomy News

bullet Cosmic Log: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/
bulletSpace Weather: http://www.spaceweather.com
bulletStar Date:  http://www.stardate.org
bulletSpace:  http://www.space.com
bulletEarth & Sky: http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/
bulletAstronomy Now Online: http://www.astronomynow.com/
bulletSpace Daily: http://www.spacedaily.com/
bulletThe Worlds of David Darling: http://www.daviddarling.info
bulletUniverse Today: http://www.universetoday.com/
bulletWired: http://www.wired.com/news/space/

Astronomy Discussion Boards & Review Sites

bulletCloudy Nights: http://www.cloudynights.com
bulletYahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com
bullet Ice in Space: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?home

Telescope & Accessory Manufacturers & Online Stores:

Telescope Manufacturers:

bulletCelestron: http://www.celestron.com
bulletMeade:  http://www.meade.com
bulletOrion:  www.telescope.com
bulletVixen: http://www.vixenamerica.com
bulletWilliams Optics : http://www.williamoptics.com/
bulletJohnsonian Designs:  http://www.johnsonian.com/
bulletAstrotech Engineering:  http://www.astrotechengineering.com/

Online Stores:

bulletTelescope.com http://www.telescopes.com
bulletB&H Photo:  http://www.bhphoto.com
bulletAdorama:  http://www.adorama.com
bulletNASCO:  http://www.nascofa.com (Located in Fort Atkinson)
bulletAnacortes: http://www.buytelescopes.com

Shopping for Used Scopes:

bulletEbay:  http://www.ebay.com
bulletAstromart:  http://www.astromart.com

Accessory Manufacturers (Eye Pieces, Filters and other items)

bulletCases & Covers:  http://www.casesandcovers.com
bulletClever View Optics Astigmatic lens: http://www.clearvueoptics.com/prod01.htm
bulletCoronado Solar Filters & Telescopes: http://www.coronadofilters.com/
bulletDenkmeier Optical:  http://www.denkmeier.com
bulletDew Not: http://www.dew-not.com/
bulletDiscovery Telescopes (all the parts to build your own) http://www.discovery-telescopes.com
bulletHelix Hercules Alt/Az Mounts http://www.helix-mfg.com 
bulletKendrick:  http://www.kendrick-ai.com/
bulletLosmandy Mounts: http://www.losmandy.com/
bulletPeterson Engineering: http://www.petersonengineering.com/SkyDiv/sky_division.htm
bulletScopebuggy:  http://www.scopebuggy.com
bulletStarlight Instruments: http://www.starlightinstruments.com
bulletWilliams Optics : http://www.williamoptics.com/

Telescope Support Sites:

bulletMighty Meade ETX: http://www.weasner.com/etx/menu.html
bulletCleaning Telescope Optics / Eyepieces:  http://www.arksky.org/asoclean.htm

Astronomy Software:

bulletDeepSky Software:  http://www.deepskysoftware.net 
bulletDistance Suns:  http://www.distantsuns.com
bulletStarry Nights:  http://www.starrynight.com
bulletDigital Sky Voice: http://www.digitalskyvoice.com/
bulletTilting Sun - http://www.atoptics.co.uk/tiltsun.htm (TiltingSun2 is freeware which shows the Sun's orientation, poles, equator, rotation direction, prominence position angles and drift direction for any date, time and location )
bulletNew WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/  (coming spring 2008)
 

Astronomy Educational Sites:

bulletAstronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
bulletConstellations and Their Stars:  http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
bulletCosmic Voyage:  http://hometown.aol.com/billferris/index.html
bulletCurious about Astronomy: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu
bullet Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Space Flight: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html
bulletHubble News/Image Archive:  http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/category/
bulletLunar Phases: http://www.calvin.edu/~lmolnar/moon/
bulletNine Planets: http://www.nineplanets.org/
bulletObservatorium: http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/core.shtml.html
bulletPlanet Quest: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/gallery_index.html
bulletSaturn Observation Campaign: http://soc.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm
bulletSciAstro http://sciastro.net/
bulletSolar Views: http://www.solarviews.com/eng/
bulletSloan Digital Sky Survey Sky Server: http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr1/en/proj/ 
bulletStanford Solar Center: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/
bulletTelescopes in Education: http://tie.jpl.nasa.gov/tie/index.html
bulletVirtual Sun: http://www.astro.uva.nl/demo/sun/kaft.htm
bulletWelcome to the Planets: http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
bulletWindows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
bullet WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/  (coming spring 2008)
bulletYerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI: http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/

Special Interest Sites:

Collaborative Research Opportunities

bullet Systemic (Finding Extrasolar Planets) - http://www.oklo.org/
 
bulletSETI @ Home (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence): http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
bulletMore on SETI ( Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence):
bulletSETI League: http://www.setileague.org/
bulletPlanetary Association: http://www.planetary.org/html/UPDATES/seti/
 
bullet StarDust @ home (finding star dust) http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

Radio Astronomy (Listening to Jupiter)

bulletRadio Jove: http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov
bulletERAC - The European Radio Astronomy Club: http://eracnet.org/workshop/index.htm

Astrophotography:

bulletAstropix:  http://www.astropix.com
bulletAstrocruise:  http://www.astrocruise.com/
bulletSkyimageLab: http://www.skyimagelab.com

Search Engine Complete Astronomy Categorical Listings:

bulletAstronomy on Yahoo:  http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Astronomy/
bulletAstronomy on Google:  http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Astronomy/
bulletAstronomy on Open Directory: http://dmoz.org/Science/Astronomy/
bulletAll Experts: http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=1360

Misc. Astronomy Link Sites (some links on these sites may duplicate links listed above)

bulletMisc Astronomy Links http://www.stsci.edu/astroweb/cat-education.html
bulletAstro Web Links: http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/astroweb.html
bullet Lowbrow Astonomers: http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/