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Links to other astronomy related websites
Index
News, Magazines, Blogs & Information Portals
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Naked Astronomy
- don't worry...this isn't an x-rated site. Just some interesting
podcasts about the latest astronomy projects and space missions |
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astronomy - Google News -
Google's news clipping service, showing results for "astronomy" |
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ScienceCasts - NASA
- short videos about fun, interesting, and unusual science topics
encountered by NASA’s science missions. |
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Astronomy - Stack Exchange
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have a question about astronomy or cosmology? Find the answer here on
this peer edited wiki. |
| Uncle Rod's
Astro Blog - Rod Mollise's down-to-earth blog is mainly about
astronomy equipment and observing on a budget |
| Gary Seronik
- a
place for stargazing enthusiasts. Gary writes for Sky & Telescope magazine
and Skynews magazine |
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The Universe in Mind- Ivan Semeniuk’s Embedded Universe -
weekly podcast & blog profiling scientists working on exploring the cosmos |
| Lunar Photo Of
the Day - LPOD gives us a photo of our nearest celestial neighbour
to look at every day |
| SkyNews
- a Canadian astronomy magazine |
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Alan Dyer - SkyNews Blogs - well-known Canadian astronomy author and
master at multimedia keeps us current |
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theamazingsky's Channel
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Alan Dyer's online video gallery of sky phenomena, featuring lots of night
sky as well |
| Portal
to the Universe
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learn about astronomical discoveries that don't always make it to the news |
| International Year of Astronomy
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Space Blogs - Discovery Space - Discovery Channel - astronomy,
cosmology, physics, NASA, space travel, aliens & more |
| Professor
Astronomy's Astronomy Blog - wide variety of topics covered |
| AstroPilot
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astronomy information source for aircraft navigators, pilots, and passengers |
| Simostronomy
- Mike Simonsen an amateur astronomer thinks astronomy is fun...it can even
be funny if you look hard enough. |
| SpaceRef - Space News As It Happens |
| SpaceRef Canada - Your Space Reference |
| HubbleSite -
images and lots of info about Hubble |
| NASA-ESA
Hubble Space Telescope - European home page for Hubble |
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BBC - Science & Nature - Space - The Sky At Night - Patrick
Moore, hosting online broadcasts |
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Atmospheric Optics
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ice halos, ray & shadows, water droplets, rainbows, other atmospheric
phenomena |
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SkyNews Magazine
-The Canadian Magazine of Astronomy and Stargazing |
| The Astronomer |
| Sky Publishing
(Sky & Telescope)
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| Astronomy Magazine |
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Canadian Astronomy Education |
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Discover Magazine - space news, articles and outer space pictures |
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Careers in Canadian Astronomy - answers the question: "Why study
astronomy?", and shows what opportunities exist in Canada for a career in
astronomy. |
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Explore
The Universe - Smithsonian Air & Space Museum - online exhibitions
featuring amateur astronomy, online lectures (webcasts), news about the
Smithsonian's observatories, Q&A's, exhibition highlights, the history of
astronomy (Dibner Collection). |
| History
of Astronomy |
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Space Topic on Monsters and Critics - all the latest news, media and
review on space |
| NASA |
| SpaceWeather.com
- NASA's Space Weather Bureau - sunspots & Solar activity, aurora, meteors |
| SETI@home - join the
RASC Team |
| StarDate
- short radio clips on astronomical topics, along with other useful resources
- has been running since 1995! |
| Starry
Messenger - An Electronic History of Astronomy |
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Forecast for Victoria, Canada - HAMweather - try the 3 hour
interval for forecasts |
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The Weather Network · Stargazing · Victoria · British Columbia · Canada |
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Bad Astronomy Blog
- debunking myths about astronomical subjects by Phill Plait |
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Astronomy Cast -
weekly audio podcasts on a broad range of astronomy subjects |
| STScI
Digitized Sky Survey
- the entire Palomar Observatory/National
Geographic Sky Survey online and free |
| NASA-IPAC
Extragalactic Database - NED
- an online database of nearly 200
million extragalactic objects - useful to find those obscure objects |
| CalSKY
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the most comprehensive online calculator for timing astronomical
observations |
| StarDate Online - weekly stargazing tips from the McDonald
Observatory, University of Texas |
| Space Weather
Radio - audio news and information about sunspots, solar flares and
meteor showers |
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NASA Sun-Earth Connection Media Viewer Live Solar Images - requires
Flash Player |
| Sky Channels - a choice
of worldwide online observatories, live and available for your viewing
pleasure |
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The Sky This Month - star charts and narrative highlighting
currently-visible celestial objects from RASC |
| The Night Sky
Guy - a
very comprehensive collection of current information to help observers find
celestial objects |
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Taki's Star Atlas - 12 B&W charts, large scale, wide coverage, small
distortion, large overlap |
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Free Mag 7 Star Charts - printable in B&W or colour on normal printers |
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Human Space Flight (HSF) - Sightings - International Space Station (ISS)
and Space Shuttle sightings listing for next 3 days for Victoria |
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Human Space Flight (HSF) - Realtime Data - tools for your computer from
NASA |
| An Atlas of The
Universe - series of maps to show the scale of the universe |
| Galaxy Zoo - amateur
astronomers classify galaxies for researchers |
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Skywatcher's Diary
- Abrams Planetarium |
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Learn Identify constellations, stars, planets and how to navigate at night
- a 5 minute interactive lesson |
| Comets and meteor
calendar and information |
| Comet
Chasing from Skyhound |
| The Double
Star Observer |
| Extrasolar
Planets Website - Geoffrey Marcy |
| Jack Horkheimer - Star Gazer - video download page.
Note: Jack died
in August 2010, so no new episodes are available. |
| MyStarsLive - print your own
star charts |
| Near Earth Objects
- asteroid tracking info |
| Heavens-Above
- satellite predictions |
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South Vancouver Island Stargazing - a map showing local observing
sites |
| The
Official Sidewalk Astronomers Organization |
| San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers |
| faintfuzzies.com
- downloadable observing guides |
| North American
All Sky Cameras - spotted a fireball? Report it here. |
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Naked eye astronomy
- a
good article from BBC News for those starting to observe |
| Citizen Sky - Take
part in Citizen Science!
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Everyone, regardless of science background, can play a role in the Citizen
Sky Project… discover yours! Get involved. |
Software & Astrophotography
| The Planets
ASP app - Castle Point Astronomy Club
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run this app in your web browser to show Jupiter's moons, transits & GRS
predictions, Saturn's moons & rings, animated solar system, & full ephemeris
for our Moon, Sun, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn |
| JPL Solar System
Simulator - generates views of any of our planets or their moons from
any perspective |
| J-Track -
track satellites |
| Stellarium - planetarium software (GNU General Public License) |
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Catching the Light
- all about astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss |
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Enjoy! Digital
SLR camera - very informative intro into dSLRs, how to choose one and
how to use them. Slanted toward Canon's DSLRs, but still a good resource.
Website requires
Adobe Flash. |
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Hartman mask template generator - generates a template for a mask to
help focus your scope |
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Bahtinov Focusing Mask Generator
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generates a template for a mask to help focus your scope - undoubtedly the
best way to achieve perfect focus for astrophotography |
| ImagesPlus
- astro image acquisition and processing software by MLUnsold Digital
Imaging for Windows |
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DeepSkyStacker
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free astrophotography processing software |
| Startrails
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free software to create a star trails image from a series of images, also
created time lapse video |
| FITS
Liberator
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the "official" software supporting the FITS format from European Space
Agency - free download for Windows or Mac |
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Photographing Star Trails
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discusses composition, technique and tools - by Dan Heller |
| CCDSoft
- astro image acquisition and processing software by Software Bisque for
Windows |
| MaxIm
DL - observatory integration, astro image acquisition, and processing
software by Diffraction Limited for Windows |
| Neat Image -
noise reduction for digital cameras and scanners. Standalone Windows software or
plug-ins available for graphics software. |
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Nebulosity - astro image acquisition and processing software by
Stark Labs for OS/X and Windows |
| PHD Guiding -
sub-pixel guiding software by Stark Labs for OS/X and Windows |
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