Just when you
thought there was
too much to explore in outer space! Professional and
amateur astronomers now have a virtually infinite amount of
astronomical
information at their finger tips in cyberspace.
No listing of astronomical World
Wide Web pages can be complete, but we've tried to compile the ones
which we think are most useful and interesting. Instead of listing them
in alphabetical order, like other links pages, we've group them by
subject. Just like the yellow pages in the phone book.
Amateur
Telescope Making
(ATM)
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Astronomy Clubs and
Organizations
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Local
(Michigan)
Regional
(Illinois / Indiana / Ohio)
National
(and Canada)
International
Manufacturers
Kendrick
Astro
Instruments
Dew
controllers, solar filters, and power supplies.
Losmandy
Fine German
equatorial mounts and astrophotography accessories.
Meade
Instruments
Corporation
Telescopes and
accessories for beginners and advanced amateurs.
Obsession
Telescopes
Larger
aperture Dobsonian telescopes for obsessed observers.
Optical
Guidance Systems
Research
grade Ritchey-Chrétien Telescopes.
Parks
Optical
Reflecting
telescopes, spotting scopes, binoculars, and more.
RC Optical
Systems
High-end Ritchey-Chrétien
telescopes.
Santa
Barbara Instrument
Group
Major
manufacturer of CCD cameras and accessories.
Software
Bisque
Makers of the
Paramount ME, TheSky, and more.
Stargazer
Steve Telescopes
Hand crafted
Newtonians reflectors.
Starlight
Instruments
Feather Touch
Focusers for telescopes.
Stellarvue
High quality
refractors and accessories.
Takahashi
Top notch
refractors, astrographs, and more.
Tele
Vue
Beautiful
refractors and highest quality eyepieces in the world.
Thousand
Oaks Optical
Solar filters,
dew heaters, and deep sky filters.
University
Optics
Eyepieces and
ATM supplies from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
William Optics
Fine
refractors, eyepieces, and other accessories.
Willmann-Bell
Astronomy
books, atlases, and software.
Vendors
Astrophotography
/ CCD Imaging
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Detailed
information and images on hundreds of planetary nebulae.
Kids
Astronomy
Interactive
sections on the solar system, deep space, and much more.
NASA's
Kids Club
Feature
educational games, picture dictionary, and much more.
Space Place
Games,
projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
Meteorites,
Meteoroids, & Meteors
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Astronet
News on
astronomy, space research, space flight, and more.
AstroPhoto Insight
Monthly
newsletter dedicated to astrophotography.
Prime
Focus
Monthly
newsletter of the Kalamazoo Astronomical Society.
Regulus!
The astronomy
newsletter for Amateurs of all levels.
Local
Radio
Optical
Orbiting
Observing Programs [of
the Astronomical League]
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Introductory
Constellation
Hunter
An orientation
to the night sky for novice astronomers.
Lunar Club
Observe 100
lunar features with eyes, binoculars, and a telescope.
Lunar
II Club
Observe
another 100 lunar features.
Sky
Puppy
Observing
program designed for younger observers.
Universe
Sampler
Designed to
expose beginners to many different types of
objects.
Binocular
Telescopic
Topical
Cassini-Huygens
Cassini
currently orbiting Saturn; Huygens landed in Titan in 2005.
Dawn
Mission to orbit asteroids
Vesta and Ceres.
Juno
New Frontiers Mission to
Jupiter - due to launch in 2011
Mars
Exploration
Program
NASA's main
site for the exploration of the red planet.
Mars
Express
Mission of the
European Space Agency - currently in orbit.
MESSENGER
Mission to
Mercury due to arrive in 2011.
New
Horizons
Due to fly by
the Pluto-Charon system in 2015.
STARDUST
Collected
samples of Comet Wild 2 and returned them to Earth in 2006.
Venus
Express
Mission of the
European Space Agency - currently in orbit.
Voyager
Project
Home
Page
NASA's
legendary planetary probes now heading into interstellar space.
Astrocast
Video blog
with the latest news in astronomy and space exploration.
Astronomy
a Go-Go!
Monthly tour
of happenings in the night sky.
Astronomy Cast
Weekly
discussions on a variety of astronomical topics.
Hearts
of Space
Slow
music for
fast times - free on
Sundays only.
Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory
Periodic
podcast on various current events of astronomical interest.
Planetary Radio
Weekly podcast
of the Planetary
Society.
Science@NASA
Covers
the latest news and discoveries in astronomy and space science.
Sky
Tour
Monthly
highlights of the night sky by Kelly Beatty of Sky
& Telescope.
SkyWatch
Learn about
the latest discoveries from a Hubble scientist.
Slacker
Astronomy
The latest
astronomical news and interviews.
StarDate
A production
of the University of Texas McDonald
Observatory.
Starline
Monthly
podcast by Abrams
Planetarium.
Universe Today
Covering
the latest space news from around the Internet.
Heavens
Above (Iridium
Flares, ISS)
Predictions
for the space station, iridium flares, and more for your
area.
Visual
Satellite
Observer's
Provides
information on all facets of visual satellite observation.
Commercial
Deepsky
A collection
of observer friendly software tools.
Distant
Suns
3D flight
simulation, live Earth cloud data, and more.
Earth
Centered Universe
A planetarium
and telescope control program for Windows.
Guide
A powerful
general-purpose charting/desktop
planetarium tool.
Moonrise
Provides
rise/set data and phase information.
NGCView
An
astronomical observing suite for Windows.
SkyMap
Create custom
star chart and observing lists.
Starry
Night
Multi-tasking
program with versions for all user levels.
Freeware
Astrophotography
Software
Several
programs by Michael Covington.
DeepSkyStacker
Simplifies all
the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures.
Cartes du Ciel
Great desktop
planetarium and star charting program.
FocusMax
Auto focus
your CCD based telescope
quickly and precisely.
GIMP
Free image manipulation
program.
Iris
Multi-faceted
imaging processing program.
K3CCDTools
Controls your
webcam for lunar and planetary imaging.
RegiStax
Automatically
aligns and stacks your best webcam images.
Sky View
Café
Java-based
program that turns your web browser into a planetarium.
Stellarium
Colorful
desktop planetarium program.
XEphem
A star-charting,
sky-simulating, ephemeris-generating virtuoso.
General
Mars
Catalog of Anaglyph
Images
3D Images from the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Mars
Web page by
the National
Air and Space Museum.
Marsoweb
Provides
information and images on current and future missions.
Moon
Sun
Space Agencies &
Space Centers
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