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USNO Moon Phase Calculator
Calculate any date and time 1800-2199 A.D.

ClearDarkSky Charts [for Tucson area dark sites]

This Week's Sky at a Glance [Sky and Telescope]

SkyWatcher's Forecast [Universe Today]

Solar, Lunar, Planetary & Satellite Activity [Heavens Above]

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

Auroral Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES

Spaceweather.com

 

Charting the Heavens

Messier's Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters

William Herschel's Catalog of Deep Sky objects

Impressions of the Deep Sky (Sketching Examples)

Cartes du Ciel (Free 'Sky Charts' Software)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon

Virtual Moon Atlas

All Splendors, No Fuzzies Observing List

 

Astronomical Data

Astronomical League

Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)

NASA Astronomical Data Center

SIMBAD Astronomical Database

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScl) Astronomy Resources

 

Astro-Imaging

Beginning Astrophotography [by Dean Ketelsen]

"Barn Door" Tracking Mount for Astrophotography [by Dean Ketelsen]

 

Other Miscellaneous

Backyard Pier [by Andrew Cooper & William Lofquist]

Jeremy Perez's Log Sheets [PDF]

Andrew Johnson's Mag 7 Star Charts [PDF]

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Astronomy Fundamentals

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Telescopes

A First Telescope

Polar Alignment [PDF]

NAA Telescope Calculator

Seeing

Antoniadi Scale for Seeing

Pickering Seeing Scale

Solar System Observations

Moon  [PDF]

Sun  [PDF]

Planets  [PDF]

Meteors  [PDF]

Deep Sky Observations

Double Stars [PDF]

Star Clusters [PDF]

Nebulae [PDF]

Galaxies [PDF]


 

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