Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, and Satellites

North American Meteor Network
Gary Kronks meteors and comets
International Meteor Organization
Comet information NASA
Current Comets Page
Sky & Telescope's Comet Page
Viewing the International Space Station
Viewing Iridium communication satellites

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors - what's the difference?

Web Sites to Purchase Telescopes

Celestron
Meade Instruments Corporation
Orion Telescopes & Binoculars
Oceanside Photo and Telescope
Astronomics.com

Video of Foucoult Pendulum

Telescope Motels

Star Hill Inn, Sapelllo, New Mexico
Skywatcher's Inn, Benson, Arizona
The Observer's Inn, Julian, California
StarGazers Inn & Observatory, Big Bear Lake, California
COAA, southern Portugal
Fieldview Guest House, East Anglia, United Kingdom

Links to Star Parties

Nebraska Star Party in the Sandhills of Nebraska
Stellafane, in Vermont
Texas Star Party
RTMC Astronomy Expo, San Bernadino Mtns. California
Enchanted Skies Star Party, New Mexico

Magazines and Web Sites

Sky & Telescope Magazine
Sky & Telescope "Week at a Glance"
"Ask the Space Scientist" at NASA
"High Energy Astronomer" at NASA
"Ask A Scientist" for kids
Astronomy Magazine
SkyNews: The Canadian Magazine of Astronomy & Stargazing
Space.com

Associations

Astronomical League
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
British Astronomical Association

Links to Observatories and Telescopes

Sky & Telescope Hubble
Hubbles Best Photos at Space Telescope Science Institute
U.S. Naval Observatory
Meyer-Womble Observatory Mt. Evans Denver
Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona
National Solar Observatory
Georgia State University Observatory
Griffith Park Observatory Los Angeles
Mt. Wilson Observatory Los Angeles
Palomar Observatory San Diego
Kitt Peak Observatory Tucson Arizona
National Optical Astronomy Observatory who runs Kitt Peak
Mauna Kea Observatories Hawaii
Maria Mitchell Observatory Nantucket Massachusetts
National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro New Mexico
McDonald Observatory Austin Texas
AstroWeb directory of Observatories & Telescopes

Interesting Topics

Solar System Visualization
Solar System Simulator
Facts about the planets zoomwhales
Orbital speeds
Compensation for exact length of year
The Messier Catalog at SEDS
Messier Introduction at Astronomical League
Master Clock at the U.S. Naval Observatory
World Time Zones