Amateur Astronomy
My primary telescope is a Celestron NexStar 5.
I am in the process of building a 16" Dobsonian. Construction is in progress.
Viewing forecast (clear sky clock):
clear sky clock -- thumbnail image:
My astronomy book list (BibTeX format)
Astronomy-related links
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Miami Valley Astronomical Society
John Glenn Astronomy Park
Reddit Astronomy pages
Space-Track.org [TLE lists]
NASA Night Sky Network
Spaceweather.com
Willman and Bell Great source for books
Sky & Telescope Contemporary astro-news and gear
Amateur Astronomy THE amateur astronomy quarterly
SEDS One-stop educational site
Astromart Jumping-off point, cool classifieds
Galaxy Images (Steve Mandel)
XEphem -- Astronomical Software Ephemeris
Skymaps.com downloadable 2-page sky maps with lists of interesting things to see (naked eye, binos, and scopes).
Google Sky
The Sky Live
Stellarium Astronomy Software
Places to See
Kitt Peak (Tucson, AZ)Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ Excellent Native American exhibits
Maui observatory
- Green Bank Telescope
- NRAO Main web
- Green Bank Wikipedia page
Images
Great Venus transit images taken by Dr. Bill Marshak in 2004:
Great Messier object images taken by Paul Lennous in 2004
This is M27, the dumbell nebula:
This one is M31, the Andromeda galaxy
