Software
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Webcams
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Imaging Tutorials
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Other Astronomers
- Jan Timmermans -- http://www.firmament.tk -- This excellent site from the Netherlands has many pages of information, hints and tips, as well as his images
- Carsten Arnholm -- http://www.arnholm.org -- Carsten images from Norway, his web site includes much useful information and many images including supernovas in other galaxies
- Robin Leadbeater -- http://www.leadbeaterhome.fsnet.co.uk/astro.htm -- Robin shows what amateur astronomers are capable of these days, including imaging the crab pulsar and proving the expansion of the universe via spectroscopy!
- Eric Jamison -- http://home.fiam.net/ericjThis astronomer's site has some excellent drawings and descriptions of Saturn and Jupiter, their atmosphere and rings, and other objects in the sky.
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Online Communities
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Astronomical Pictures
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General Astronomy
- Heavens-above -- http://www.heavens-above.com -- Get a map of the sky from any location and time, satellite preditions, and more
- Hawaii Astronomy Society -- http://www.hawastsoc.org -- Not just for Hawaiians, this site has comprehensive information on constellations and many aspects of the sky, including some excellent star maps.
- Sky and Telescope Magazine -- http://www.skyandtelescope.com -- Many pages of information, including a Java applet that will show the sky from any location and time, in realtime.
- Stargazing -- http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm -- An online astronomy textbook covering all aspects of the science.
- ALPO -- http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~rhill/alpo/alpo_index.html -- The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers.
- Nasa Solar System Simulator -- http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/ -- Simulates a view of any major solar system body, or the solar system itself, from any other major solar system body.
- The Planets -- http://www.cpac.org.uk/ -- A Useful Java applet from Castle Point Astronomy Club showing the position of Jupiter and Saturn's major satellites, and the Great Red Spot.
- Milky Way -- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/stellar/scenes/english/milky.htm -- A guide to objects in the Milky way.
- The second 100 -- http://www.astronomical.org/portal/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=146 -- Lots of resources from the Peoria Astronomical Society, including this list of a second 100 "Messier" objects to observe.
- 50 Brightest Stars -- http://www.cosmobrain.com/cosmobrain/res/brightstar.html -- A reference of basic astronomical and astrophysical data for the 50 brightest stars visible from Earth.
- Constellations -- http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/const.html -- Detailed reference and descriptive information about the astronomical constellations, from Jim Kaler's STARS Pages.
- Classic Star Atlas Pages -- http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/aatlas.html -- Pages from such classics as Johannes Bayer's Uranometria of 1603, and John Flamsteed's Atlas Coelestis of 1729.
- Out of this World -- http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/stars/toc.htm -- Historical information about celestial cartography.
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Lunar observing
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Weather
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