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Astronomy Books
Amazon- books on line
Barnes and Noble
Science News books

Astrophotography
RegiStax - free image processing software

Cards - Virtual Astronomy Cards
Virtual Astronomy Postcards

Children and Beginners
The Children's Museum of Utica NY - Welcomes you to our museum for kids!
The best of NASA material for elementary school children - The Space Place
General information from NASA for Children and Beginners - SpaceKids
Introduce children to astronomy - Kids Astronomy
Be an astronaut simulation: Station Spacewalk Game
Planets, Calendar, maps, puzzles, and send cosmic electronic post cards - Dustbunny
Space & Astronomy for Kids + hundreds of links for kids - About.com
Solar System and the universe beyond - StarChild
For older children (14 and up) - Imagine the Universe
Exploratorium - San Francisco science museum
Space Explorers for grades 3 through 12
Mars Millennium Project - create a community on Mars
Space and Science: An Online Study Guide for Kids
Syracuse Museum of Science and Technology (MOST)

College and University Astronomy Departments:
Arizona State University - Academic Programs - Main Campus - Liberal Arts - Physics and Astronomy
Colgate University - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dr. Balonek & Dr. Aveni
Georgia State University - Hard Labor Creek Observatory, Extra Galactic Astronomy, Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy
Hamilton College - Department of Physics
Michigan Technological University - Department of Physics
University of Chicago - Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Comets & Meteors
NASA Near Earth Object Program
The International Meteor Organization homepage
CalSky - Where to find Comets
Finding comets on SOHO images

Equipment & Accessories - New and Used
Telescope Reviews
Oceanside Photo & Telescope - new telescopes & accessories, Oceanside, CA
Meade Instruments - Irvine, CA new equipment
MAPUG - Meade Advanced Products Users' Group
Celestron International - Torrance, CA new equipment
Astromart - ads placed to buy and sell used equipment
Anacortes - new equipment
Gary Hand - new and used equipment
Skies Unlimited - new telescopes & accessories, Pottstown, PA
Duchek Consulting Services LLC - the little things needed, used eyepieces, plus info
Interplanetary Products - meteorites, meteorite products and more

General
More Astronomy Links
Cosmic Voyage - glossary, astrophotography, optics, observing guides
The Cosmic Mirror - A web based newspaper of space information
Astronomy - more than you may want to know
Exoplanets - latest update of discovered extrasolar planets
Black Hole Encyclopedia - latest news on black holes

Geographic Positions/Time
Geographic Namesaver - Map positions - mostly of US. latitude and longitude
Gazetter - latitude and longitude by city or zip
TouchMap of latitude and longitude
Present time across the US - official time by time zone
Official Time from the US government
Magnetic Declination from NOAA
Sunrise/set, Moonrise/set times

Light Pollution
Your Online Guide to Light Pollution: eLight Spot

History
History of Astronomy

Hubble Space Telescope
Homepage
Space Telescope Science Institute
Picture Album
Hubble and the European Space Agency

Magazines
Astronomy
Nature
Sky and Telescope
StarDate Magazinea non-profit publication of McDonald Observatory
Science
Science News
Scientific American

Member Web Pages
Kevin Wigell's Astrophotography Web Page
Chuck and Carol Higgins' Web Page

Mythology
Myths

News
Sky & Telescope latest news breaks
Aurora, Sun, Meteors, Spaceweather News
"What's New" Press Releases from NASA's Office of Space Science
SpaceRef - Space news
Space News - lists articles published daily on the internet

Objects to Observe
Messier Objects
General - NGC, planets, constellations
The Electronic Sky
Moon Maps - click on Part I or Part II for lunar regional maps

Occultations:
International Occultation Timing Organization's (IOTA)
IOTA's Yahoo discussion group

Organizations, Societies and Events:
Astronomical League - a confederation of amateur astronomers and astronomy organizations
Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Northern California professional and amateur astronomer organization
Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society on Stellar Visions Wiki
Central New York Observers & ObservingPromotes amateur astronomy and space science in Central New York
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
International Dark Sky Association
SELENE - New York State Dark Sky group
Rochester Astronomical Society- section of the Rochester Academy of Science, Rochester, NY
Rockland Astronomy Club - Suffern, NY
Syracuse Astronomical Society- Syracuse, NY
Gloucester Area Astronomy Club- Gloucester, MA
Kopernik Astronomical Society- Vestal, NY
Stellafane Homepage- Springfield Telescope Makers, Stellafane, Vt.
American Association of Amateur Astronomers
Northeast Astronomical Forum (NEAF) - Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
NEAF Solar Star Party- Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
History of the NEAF Solar Star Party by Barlow Bob

Planetariums & Observatories
3-D Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory,Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
MOST Museum Planetarium, Syracuse, NY
Portable Planetarium, Oneida BOCES, Utica, NY
Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche PlanetariumSchenectady, NY
Henry Hudson Planetarium, Albany, NY
Roberson Museum and Science Center Planetarium, Binghamton, NY
Abrams PlanetariumMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Rose Center& Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History
Kopernik Observatory and Science Center, Vestal, NY

Planets
Galileo Mission at Jupiter
Mars Exploration Rovers Mission Home Page
Mars Express Photos
Mars Cornell Athena Web Site by Jim Bell
Mars Team On Line Photo Gallery
Cassini Mission to Saturn
The Nine Planets - current findings, pictures and other data
Venus
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Extrasolar Planets: Extrasolar Planet Encyclopedia
Extrasolar Planets: Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Extrasolar Planets: University of California - Geoffrey Marcy
Lunar and planetary links
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon
Near Eros Photos

Pronunciation Guide
Astronomical pronunciation guide from the Astronomical League

Satellites
Heavens Above - track artificial satellites in your sky: time, altitude, direction, magnitude
NASA Spaceflight information
Celes Trak - orbital elements for satellites

Sky Maps
Novice: Monthly Sky Maps for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Advanced: NASA Extragalactic Database (NED) - excels for galaxies, professionals
Advanced: SIMBAD (Set of Identification, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Sky Watching
Sky & Telescope's The Sky at a Glance
Amazing Space - A look at tonight's sky
NASA's Eclipse Website
What to look for in the current sky - day by day for the month
Monthly viewing information on the Moon, Sun, Planets, etc.- Que Tal

Software and Armchair Astronomy
Google Sky - a simulation
NASA Television broadcasts
World Wide Telescope - simulated explorations of the universe
Photojournal - JPL & NASA brings the universe to you
Stellarium planetarium software

Space Flight
Spaceflight Today
Space.com - latest spaceflight news
The Planetary Society - space exploration
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Sun:
Space Weather - Solar wind velocity, density, sunspot numbers, flares, CME, aurora warnings
Big Bear Solar Observatory Images - latest images of the Sun in Hydrogen alpha , white light, etc.
Auroral Activity Map - NOAA POES satellite image
Auroral Activity  - UltraViolet Imager - What the aurora is doing today.
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory  Satellite - 24 hour surveillance of the Sun, UV images
ESA's Ulysses Satellite - surveillance of the Solar north and south poles - more and more Ulysses
GONG - Global Oscillation Network Group - a network of six world wide solar observatories
Stanford University Solar Center - lots of neat stuff here, even folklore
Solar Observatory - solar maximum, eclipses, transits, Sunspots, Auroras
Eclipse - Solar eclipse Stories
Observe the Sun - lots of information from Barlow Bob

Weather:
Weather conditions at the MVAS Observatory, Clinton, NY
Real time Weather Satellite images and movies.
Space Weather in Earth's neighborhood

Miscellaneous:
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Tom Balonek's Astronomy Links - Professor of Astronomy, Colgate University
Tom Balonek's Arecibo Night Sky Video
Roger's Breezy Fields Observatory and Web Page
SETI Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence sites
Bad Astronomy from Phil Plait
U.S. Naval Observatory Dates & times of Sun, Moon, eclipses, astro-events.
David Levy's Radio Show: Starizona
New York State Dark Sky Sites
Dark Sky Initiative