Links to Astronomy-Related Sites

Astronomy Organizations and Societies:
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
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
Syracuse Astronomical Society - Syracuse, NY
Central New York Astronomy Club
Stellafane Homepage - Springfield Telescope Makers, Stellafane, Vt.
American Association of Amateur Astronomers

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

Cards - Virtual Astronomy Cards
Virtual Astronomy Postcards

Children and Beginners
The Children's Museum of Utica NY - Welcomes you to our museum for kids!
General information from NASA for Children and Beginners - SpaceKids
Introduce children to astronomy - Kids Astronomy
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
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, Drs. 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
Finding comets on SOHO images

Equipment - New and Used
Meade Instruments - Irvine, CA new equipment
Celestron International - Torrance, CA new equipment
Astromart - ads placed to buy and sell used equipment
Gary Hand - new and used equipment
MAPUG - Meade Advanced Products Users' Group

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

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

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
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
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

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: 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

Sky Maps
Monthly Sky Maps for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Sky Watching
Sky & Telescope's The Sky at a Glance
What to look for in the current sky - day by day for the month
Monthly viewing information about the Moon, Sun, Planets, etc.- Que Tal

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

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
Roger's Breezy Fields Observatory and Web Page
Abrams Planetarium
Rose Center & Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Natural History
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

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