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Astronomy Education Links
Organizations Astronomical League Youth Observing Program Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Astronomy Education Review DarkSky International Challenger Center for Space Science Education Challenger Space Science Center of Arizona European Association for Astronomy Education Euro Space Center (Belgium) International Association for Astronomical Studies (IAAS) National Space Society (NSS) Planetary Society…
Robert Naeye
Courtesy Robert Naeye. Robert Naeye was editor in chief of Sky & Telescope magazine and SkyandTelescope.com from 2008 to 2014. It was Bob’s third stint at S&T. He served as an editorial intern during the summer and autumn of 1991, when he was finishing his master’s degree in science journalism…
Online Data and Catalog Links
Astronomical Data Center (ADC) Astrophysical Data System (ADS) Canada Astronomical Data Center (CADC) Digitized Sky Survey Double Star Library JPL's Solar System Dynamics Group NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) NGC/IC Project Planetary Data System (PDS) SkyView Solar Terrestrial Dispatch Star Data Pages Strasbourg Astronomical Data…
Amateur Research Societies
The Amateur Sky Survey (TASS) American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) American Lunar Society Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers Astronomy and Astromicroscopy Center for Backyard Astrophysics Dutch Meteor Society Galilean Satellite Eclipse Timings Grup d'Estudis Astronomics (Spain) International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry (IAPPP) International Meteor Organization International Occultation Timing…
Links for Observing & More!
Observing Guides Anthony Mallama's Lunar Eclipse Page Astra's Star Gate Astronomica Langrenus Astronomical League Youth Resources Astronomy with a 60-mm Refractor Atmospheric Optics Aurora Page Astronomy and Astromicroscopy Binary Stars Ray Cash's Deep-Sky Page Comets and Meteor Showers Ben Crowell's BinoSky Deep-Sky.org Denis Fell's Astro Page Dennis Ward's "The Silicon…
Professional Research Links
American Astronomical Society (AAS) American Meteor Society Astrophysical Institute of the Canary Islands Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association (BIMA) Brown University Planetary Geology California Space Institute Canadian Space Agency Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) High…
Online Astronomy Newsletters & Web Portals
AmSky AstroNews Astronomibladet (Danish) Astronomie.com (German) Astronomy Education Review The Cosmic Mirror Dave's Astronomy Magazine The Lunar Observer Marsbugs: The Electronic Astrobiology Newsletter MeteoriteTimes.com North American Skies Regulus! Royal Astronomical Society of Canada SPACE.com SACNEWS ScienceWeek Skylights Universe Today
Magazines and Journals
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Astronomy Blogs & Podcasts
Blogs SkyandTelescope.com's Blogs Above the Clouds Aditi's Astro-Area Astronomy Blog Astroprof's Page A Voyage To Arcturus Kaustav Bhattacharya's Astro London boyruageek James Butler's Astro Diary Centauri Dreams Clear Skies on Demand Varun Khetarpal's Explore Universe Space Blog Rob Kosinski's Dirty Skies Megan's Blog Ian Musgrave's Astroblog NYC Nova Hunter Observing…
Online Star Charts
SkyandTelescope.com's Interactive Sky Chart AstroImage AstroViewer Hawaiian Astronomical Society's Storybook and Deepsky Atlas Heavens Above National Geographic's Star Chart Nearest and Brightest Stars in VRML Sky View Café Project DeepSkyMap StarGazer Java atlas Starchart Map Server Skymaps.com Weather Underground Sky Chart
A Scale of Seeing
Amateurs long have recorded the seeing quality in their observing logbooks on a rather subjective scale of 1 to 10, with 1 hopeless and 10 perfect.
Long-Lived SOHO Celebrates A Milestone
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Long-Lived SOHO Celebrates a Milestone
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~Black Hole Mass Measurement
Even though it is nearly 100-million light-years distant in the constellation Ursa Major, this Seyfert type galaxy named NGC 3516 has been observed to have a super-massive black hole lurking within it estimated to be over 10-million times the mass of the Sun.HST/ UCLA/ M. Malkan The IMAGE_1 tag will…
New Light on Dark Energy
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Black Hole Booted from Galaxy
A black hole now zipping through Ursa Major might have been dropkicked out of the galactic disk by an asymmetrical supernova.
Inside the Night Sky July/August 2006 Issue
PURCHASE PRINT ISSUE | PURCHASE DIGITAL ISSUE | DOWNLOAD BACK ISSUES | SUBSCRIBE TABLE OF CONTENTS Reflections: The Joy of Stars By J. Kelly Beatty The Sky Tonight July: Triangles at Dusk Find your way around the stars and planets by triangulating from one to the next. By Alan MacRobert The Sky…
Sunday Night's Flyby of Asteroid 2004 XP14
A small asteroid will brighten to 11th magnitude as it passes close by Earth. Here's how to find it.
Moon and Planets Parade at Dusk
Four of our solar system's bright planets are putting on a parade at dusk during the last week of June 2006, joined by the thin crescent Moon.
Planets Parade at Dusk
June 22, 2006 Contact: Alan MacRobert, Senior Editor 855-638-5388 x151, [email protected] Marcy McCreary, VP Mktg. & Business Dev. 855-638-5388 x143, [email protected] Note to Editors/Producers: This release is accompanied by publication-quality graphics and a broadcast-quality animation; see details below. As if to celebrate the change of the seasons, four of our…
