Links

Club Member's Web Sites:

Clubs:

Bays Mountain Astronomy Club

Foothills Astronomical Society

Greensboro Astronomy Club

Lucile Miller Observatory

Northern Virginia Astronomy Club

Ohio Valley Astonomical Society

Roper Mountain Astronomers

Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society

Professional Organizations:

Pisgah Astronomical Reasearch Institute (PARI)

Software:

Cartes du Ciel - A great, FREE astronomy charting program. It rivals comercial programs costing over $100 ( Megastar is still worth the price, though). Be sure to download the "add-ons" that display the Milky Way, Planetary Satellites, more stars, neblae, etc.. Did I say it's free?

Planets202 - A great Jovian moon simulator from an English astronomy club! It includes shadow transits and Great Red Spot location. It also includes Saturn and a Solar System orrery, both Earth centered (like Ptolemy!) & Sun centered. Freeware

Software List Compilation - on SEDS.

Educational Organizations:

Starlab Planetarium - Planetarium programs as well as Laser Light shows open to the general public, also working with schools..

Other:

Amateur Telescope Making (many links from here)

SEDS - Messier list w/photos, interactive NGC catalog, etc

Clark's Astronomy Links (many links here, too)

List of Astronomy Clubs

The Nature of the Stars (University of Illinois)

The Science of Stars (BBC)

Good Article on rating "Seeing" (Meteorlogical Service of Canada)

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