Popular Internet Links for Astronomy (Update 10/12)

[fillerupmac]

I thought I would start a handy thread for popular astronomy links. Please feel free to add to this, when I have time, I'll do some editing, and keep the links in the first message, for simplicity...

Colo Springs Astronomical Society
http://www.csastro.org
forums:
http://www.csastro.org/forums

Rocky Mountain Star Stare (annual Star Party hosted by CSAS, usually attended by 300+ amateur astronomers))
http://www.rmss.org

Member Photos
http://www.telescopes.cc/
http://gmayfield.com/
http://www.wheeland.us/astro/
http://www.cloudbait.com/

General Photo Hosting, but lean towards astronomy
http://www.astrophotogallery.org/
http://www.astrobin.com/

Live Broadcast of Observing
http://www.nightskiesnetwork.com/

A fairly definitive list of software is available here:
http://www.midnightkite.com/software.html

Astronomical League (our parent organization)
http://www.astroleague.org
and list of observing awards...
http://www.astroleague.org/observing.html

For board members, past or present
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-officers/

Free Planetarium Software
http://stellarium.org/
NEW! http://archive.eso.org/cms/tools-docume ... ve-browser
(plug-in for Stellarium)
http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/index.html
http://www.thinkastronomy.com/M13/index.html
NEW! http://www.davidpaulgreen.com/tumol.html
database with much information on Messier Objects - the Ultimate Messier log

Android apps
http://www.google.com/mobile/skymap/
Vortex Planetarium - search Market for "Vortex"
Heavens Above - also in Market

Free Moon Software (now also for MAC)
Virtual Moon Atlas - http://www.ap-i.net/avl/en/start
Moon maps - (Android) - in Market, only fair, not nearly as good as
Virtual Moon Atlas

Planetarium Software
http://www.bisque.com/sc/
http://www.starrynight.com/
http://www.skyhound.com
http://www.ilangainc.com/astroplanner/ (free, or ridiculously cheap)

Clear Sky Clock
http://cleardarksky.com/csk/

Tonight�s Sky
http://www.whatsouttonight.com/

Satellite, ISS passes
http://www.heavens-above.com

Auroral Activity
http://www.analemma.de/english/auranews.html

Comets
http://cometography.com/
http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/

Forums:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCOM-talk
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/astroplanner
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/CG5
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_astro
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/nexstar
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkyCommander
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/skytools
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SoftBisqUser
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/star ... telescopes
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/StarryNight
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stellarvue
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/televue
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/zambutomirrorgroup


Just all kinds of stuff: Articles, Yellow Pages, White Pages, Classifieds...
http://www.amsky.com/contents/

Sizes of Stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH ... _embedded#!

Space Simulation Software (not really planetarium)
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ (Free)
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/ (Addons to Celestia)
http://www.universesandbox.com
http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-conten ... y_2006.swf (very cool orrery - our solar system)


Telescope/Mirror Makers
http://bi-staff.beckman.uiuc.edu/~melockwo/index.html
http://www.meade.com/
http://www.celestron.com/c2/index.php
http://www.telescope.com/jump.jsp?itemI ... =HOME_PAGE
http://stellarvue.com/
http://starmastertelescopes.com/
http://www.obsessiontelescopes.com/

Man in the Moon Links
http://wfmh.org.
http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/mim.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon


For the internet shopper:
http://www.willbell.com/ Willmam-Bell: an excellent source of books on astronomy, particularly for the telescope maker

http://www.astromart.com/ AstroMart, source of used astronomy products. (Note that Astromart now charges a $12 registration fee for their classifieds...)

http://cloudynights.com/ Reviews of all types of astro equipment, and classifieds as well

http://store.starrynightlights.com/ Source of Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting

[KHarrell]

http://www.heavens-above.com

[Chad Wagoner]

Auroral Activity

http://www.analemma.de/english/auranews.html

[agorski]

Thanks for everyone that posted these links. We are working on new member packets and this will help with the original list that probably should be tested.

[fillerupmac]

List of most astro software...

I just ran across this fairly complete list of software and added it to the list above...

http://www.midnightkite.com/software.html

[Floyd]

Unfortunately, the HTML format is not allowed as an attachment through this Forum so; attached is a ".txt" (a.k.a. ASCII) file that you must change into an HTML file.

When you click on the "Download" button, another window will appear. You must show your machine where to save the ".txt" file. Once it is saved (wherever you want on your machine)*; go there and change/rename ".txt" suffix to ".htm" on the filename.

Then load it onto your favorite browser. (use file:///C:/{path} to get to the renamed file). * You may want to use a short {path} when saving; to reduce typing a long {path} chain.

As always, there is a catch: I am not responsible for any content on any website(s) which I do not personally own. I have visited all of these sites and found nothing objectionable when I did so - but the World Wide Web is always in a state of flux, and they may have changed since I visited them - again, this is NOT under my control. If the site offends you, I am sorry, but only you can decide that. You have been warned.

[Mike F]

Space Simulation Software (not really planetarium)
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ (Free)
http://www.celestiamotherlode.net/ (Addons to Celestia)

How about a link in your list to a major event in the area:
http://www.rmss.org

[fillerupmac]

I thought I would start a handy thread for popular astronomy links. Please feel free to add to this, when I have time, I'll do some editing, and keep the links in the first message, for simplicity...

Comets
http://cometography.com/
http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/

I added the two comet links today. The first also includes some history about each comet. The second is a good resource to see what is currently visible, comet wise!

Enjoy!

Al S

[fillerupmac]

Updated the popular links thread today.
http://csastro.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7314#7314

Added astro-officers forum, and other forums I know of...

Al S.

[fillerupmac]

A couple new links were added to the links thread.

One thing that is missing is some good apps for the new ipod/ipad/droid/etc machines

How about some suggestions? Please specify for what device, and I'll get them added to the list.

Al

[Ginger]

Google Sky Map - Android

Ginger

On 3/7/2011 4:26 PM, fillerupmac wrote:

One thing that is missing is some good apps for the new
ipod/ipad/droid/etc machines

[cswisher]

FYI, there is a page on the website called "Astronomy Links" that has
most, if not all these links... and the ability for people to add
their own for review. You might want to add the ones you put in the
forums on the website as well...

Regards,
Cindi

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:26 PM, fillerupmac <skyguy@compdyna.com> wrote:

A couple new links were added to the links thread.

One thing that is missing is some good apps for the new ipod/ipad/droid/etc
machines

How about some suggestions? Please specify for what device, and I'll get
them added to the list.

Al



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[fillerupmac]

Google Sky Map - Android

Ginger

On 3/7/2011 4:26 PM, fillerupmac wrote:

One thing that is missing is some good apps for the new
ipod/ipad/droid/etc machines

Thanks Ginger!

Any more out there?

Al

[Patrick Harper]

Just a few cool comparisons and Diagrams I have found.
http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-conten ... y_2006.swf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH ... _embedded#!