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The Observer's Handbook contains a number of recommended links to additional astronomy resources. This page includes live hyperlinks that will allow you to access these resources more easily. Happy exploring!

• Access the Web sites listed in Selected Internet Resources on page 16 of the 2010 Observer’s Handbook.
• Access all the Web sites listed in the 2010 Observer’s Handbook, listed by page.

Selected Internet Resources

From Page 16 of the 2010 Observer’s Handbook


www.aavso.org	American Association of Variable Star Observers (p. 291)
www.alpo-astronomy.org	Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
www.astrosociety.org	Astronomical Society of the Pacific (p. 19)
www.astronomy.com	Astronomy magazine (p. 11)
www.cascaeducation.ca	Canadian Astronomical Society's education Web site (p.  17)
www.space.gc.ca	Canadian Space Agency
www.cleardarksky.com/csk	Clear Sky Chart, by Attila Danko (p. 83)
www.MrEclipse.com	Eclipse photography and safety (p. 137)
heritage.stsci.edu	Hubble Heritage Site, access to HST images
cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html	International Astronomical Union Central Bureau (p. 10); see also www.iau.org
www.darksky.org	International Dark-Sky Association (p. 89)
www.imo.net	International Meteor Organization (p. 250)
www.lunar-occultations.com/iota	International Occultation Timing Association (p. 162)
www.jpl.nasa.gov	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, activities for adults and kids
miac.uqac.uquebec.ca	Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee, Canadian Space Agency (p. 252)
cdsads.u-strasbg.fr	NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS); bibliographic database, access to millions of articles
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov	NASA eclipse site (p. 128)
nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu	NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (p. 325)
spaceflight.nasa.gov	NASA space flight site giving current information on Space Shuttle missions and ISS activities
www.rasc.ca/handbook	Observer's Handbook Web site (p. 6)
planetary.org	Planetary Society-contains over 2000 pages of information about space exploration
www.rasc.ca	The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (p. 10)
www.saguaroastro.org	Saguaro Astronomy Club, includes observing list database (p. 95)
www.heavens-above.com	Satellite tracking information, including International Space Station and Space Shuttle
simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad	SIMBAD astronomical database
skyandtelescope.com	Sky & Telescope and Sky Publishing (p. 11)
www.skynewsmagazine.com	SkyNews-Canada's astronomy magazine (p. 11)
www.stsci.edu	Space Telescope Science Institute; access to Digitized Sky Survey
www.seds.org	Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
vizier.hia.nrc.ca/viz-bin/VizieR	VizieR service; access to most astronomical catalogues

 

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Page-by-Page Listing of Web Resources

Other than page 16 of the 2010 Observer’s Handbook 

www.astronomy2009.org	p. 9	International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)
www.100hoursofastronomy.org	p. 9	100 Hours of Astronomy
www.rasc.ca/iya	p. 9	RASC's IYA Web page
www.galileoscope.org	p. 9	The Galileoscope Web page
www.astronomy2009.ca	p. 9	Canada's Web page for International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009)
www.coolcosmos.net	p. 9	Toronto Transit System posters
www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html	p. 10	astronomical discovery reports
www.aao.gov.au	p. 12	Anglo-Australian Observatory—Siding Spring, Australia
www.mso.anu.edu.au/home.php	p. 12	Mount Stromlo Observatory—Canberra, Australia
www.wa.gov.au/perthobs	p. 12	Perth Observatory—Bickley, Australia
www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/effelsberg	p. 12	Effelsberg Radio Telescope—Effelsberg, Germany
www.rog.nmm.ac.uk	p. 12	Greenwich Observatory—Greenwich, England
www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk	p. 12	Lovell Radio Telescope—Jodrell Bank, England
www.arm.ac.uk/home.html	p. 12	Armagh Observatory—Armagh, Northern Ireland
www.birrcastle.com/index.asp	p. 12	“Leviathan” Great Telescope—Birr, Ireland
www.ast.cam.ac.uk/ING	p. 12	Isaac Newton Telescope—La Palma, Canary Islands
www.sji.ca/rasc/star-party.html	p. 12	Butterpot Star Party—Butter Pot Prov. Park, Newfoundland
halifax.rasc.ca/ne/home.html	p. 12	Nova East—Smileys Provincial Park, Nova Scotia
halifax.rasc.ca/sco.html	p. 12	St. Croix Observatory—St. Croix, Nova Scotia
www.naic.edu/index.htm	p. 12	Arecibo Observatory—Arecibo, Puerto Rico
www.eso.org/paranal/site/paranal.html	p. 12	Paranal Observatory (ESO)—Cerro Paranal, Chile
www.lco.cl	p. 12	Las Campanas Observatory—Cerro Las Campanas, Chile
www.gemini.edu	p. 12	Gemini South Observatory—Cerro Pachon, Chile
www.ctio.noao.edu	p. 12	Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory—Cerro Tololo, Chile
www.astro.umontreal.ca/omm	p. 12	Mont Mégantic Observatory-Mont Mégantic, Quebec
www.stellafane.com	p. 12	Stellafane—Springfield, Vermont
www.astro.wesleyan.edu	p. 12	Van Vleck Observatory—Middletown, Connecticut
membres.lycos.fr/cdadfs/cafta.html	p. 12	CAFTA—St-Timothée, Québec
www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca	p. 13	Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory—Ottawa, Ontario
ottawa.rasc.ca/smartscope/smartscope.html	p. 13	SMARTScope—Ottawa, Ontario
toronto.rasc.ca/content/aaa10.shtml	p. 13	Algonquin Adventure—Algonquin Park, Ontario
www.theDDO.ca	p. 13	David Dunlap Observatory—Toronto, Ontario
www.gb.nrao.edu/gbt	p. 13	Green Bank Telescope—Green Bank, West Virginia
www.hamiltonrasc.ca	p. 13	Hamilton Centre Observatory—Waterdown, Ontario
www.pitt.edu/~aobsvtry	p. 13	Allegheny Observatory—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
toronto.rasc.ca/content/CAO.shtml	p. 13	Carr Astronomical Observatory—Collingwood, Ontario
toronto.rasc.ca/content/CAO.shtml	p. 13	Carr Astronomical Observatory—Collingwood, Ontario
www.nyaa.ca/index.php?page=starfest	p. 13	Starfest—Mount Forest, Ontario
www.scas.org/wsp.htm	p. 13	Winter Star Party—Camp Wesumkee, Florida
www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/sno	p. 13	Sudbury Neutrino Observatory—Creighton, Ontario
www.gordonspark.com/astronomy.html	p. 13	Manitoulin Star Party—Gordon's Park, Ontario
www.rascwindsor.com/pages/history.php	p. 13	Hallam Observatory—Comber, Ontario
www.chicagoastro.org/af/node	p. 13	Astrofest—Kankakee, Illinois
astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes	p. 13	Yerkes Observatory—Williams Bay, Wisconsin
www.texasstarparty.org	p. 13	Texas Star Party—Fort Davis, Texas
www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/mcdonald.html	p. 13	McDonald Observatory—Fort Davis, Texas
telescope.ras.sk.ca	p. 13	Kalium Observatory—Regina, Saskatchewan
www.apo.nmsu.edu	p. 13	Apache Point Observatory—Sunspot, New Mexico
homepage.usask.ca/~ges125/rasc/sleaford.html	p. 13	Sleaford Observatory—Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
www.vla.nrao.edu	p. 13	Very Large Array—Socorro, New Mexico
homepage.usask.ca/~ges125/rasc/starparty.html	p. 13	Saskatchewan Summer Star Party—Cypress Hills Park, SK
skycenter.arizona.edu	p. 13	Steward Observatory—Tucson, Arizona
www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html	p. 13	Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory—Amado, Arizona
www.noao.edu/kpno	p. 13	Kitt Peak National Observatory—Tucson, Arizona
www.lowell.edu	p. 13	Lowell Observatory—Flagstaff, Arizona
www.nofs.navy.mil	p. 14	U.S. Naval Observatory—Flagstaff, Arizona
calgary.rasc.ca/tourrequest.htm	p. 14	Wilson Coulee Observatory—Okotoks, Alberta
calgary.rasc.ca/asp.htm	p. 14	Alberta Star Party—Caroline, Alberta
www.rtmcastronomyexpo.org/	p. 14	Riverside Telescope Makers Conference—Camp Oakes, California
www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar	p. 14	Palomar Observatory—San Diego, California
www.mtwilson.edu	p. 14	Mt. Wilson Observatory—Pasadena, California
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/hia/drao-visitors.html	p. 14	Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory—Penticton, B.C.
www.mksp.ca	p. 14	Mount Kobau Star Party—Osoyoos, B.C.
www.oregonstarparty.org	p. 14	Oregon Star Party—Ochoco National Forest, Oregon
www.merrittastronomical.com	p. 14	Fall Star Quest—Loon Lake, British Columbia
www.tmspa.com	p. 14	Table Mountain Star Party—Ellensburg, Washington
www.perr.com/gosp.html	p. 14	Goldendale Observatory—Goldendale, Washington
pmo-sun.uoregon.edu	p. 14	Pine Mountain Observatory—Pine Mountain, Oregon
mthamilton.ucolick.org	p. 14	Lick Observatory—San Jose, California
www.vts.bc.ca/pgrasc/tour.html	p. 14	Prince George Centre Observatory—Prince George, B.C.
www.hrmacmillanspacecentre.com/observatory.htm	p. 14	Gordon Southam Observatory—Vancouver, British Columbia
www.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/dao/index_e.html	p. 14	Dominion Astrophysical Observatory—Victoria, B.C.
victoria.rasc.ca/events/StarParty	p. 14	RASCALS Star Party—Malahat, British Columbia
www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT	p. 14	James Clerk Maxwell Telescope—Mauna Kea, Hawaii
www.cfht.hawaii.edu	p. 14	Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope—Mauna Kea, Hawaii
www.gemini.edu/public	p. 14	Gemini North—Mauna Kea, Hawaii
www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org/planetarium_sched.html	p. 14	Lodestar Astronomy Center—Albuquerque
fiske.colorado.edu	p. 14	Fiske Planetarium—Boulder
www.calgaryscience.ca	p. 15	Telus World of Science—Calgary
www.adlerplanetarium.org/home.shtml	p. 15	Adler Planetarium—Chicago
www.starhop.com/home.html	p. 15	Christa McAuliffe Planetarium—Concord
www.edmontonscience.com/pages/WhatsOn	p. 15	Telus World of Science—Edmonton, Alberta
www.hmns.org/see_do/planetarium.asp	p. 15	Burke Baker Planetarium—Houston
www.griffithobservatory.org/bsoplanet.html	p. 15	Samuel Oschin Planetarium—Los Angeles
www. astrolab-parc-national-mont-megantic.org	p. 15	ASTROLab du Mont Mégantic—Mont Mégantic
www.planetarium.montreal.qc.ca	p. 15	Planétarium de Montréal—Montréal
www.mysticseaport.org	p. 15	Mystic Seaport Planetarium—Mystic
www.amnh.org/rose	p. 15	Hayden Planetarium—New York
www.omsi.edu/visit/planetarium	p. 15	Harry C. Kendall Planetarium—Portland
www.oldwebsite.laurentian.ca/ physics/planetarium/doranenglish	p. 15	Doran Planetarium—Sudbury
www.ontariosciencecentre.ca	p. 15	Ontario Science Centre—Toronto
www.spacecentre.ca	p. 15	MacMillan Planetarium—Vancouver
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/hia/centre-universe.html	p. 15	Centre of the Universe—Victoria
www.nasm.si.edu/visit/theaters/planetarium	p. 15	Albert Einstein Planetarium—Washington
www.northernlightscentre.ca	p. 15	Northern Lights—Watson Lake, Yukon
www.sfsm.org/planetarium.html	p. 15	Aldrin Planetarium—West Palm Beach
www.manitobamuseum.ca/pl_info.html	p. 15	Manitoba Planetarium—Winnipeg
www.cascaeducation.ca/files/outreach_paper.html publications/tnl/44/lightpoll.html	p. 17	CASCA Outreach Paper
www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup	p. 17	Private Universe Project; Seasons, scale of the Universe, Moon phases
www.cascaeducation.ca/files/solar_observing.html	p. 17	CASCA Solar Observing
(www.mos.org/sln/wtu/activities/patterns.html	p. 17	Building a Sundial
sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov	p. 17	Images of Sun
(tinyurl.com/earthmoonscale	p. 18	Build a scale model of the Solar System
www.www.seds.org/Maps/Const/constS.html	p. 18	Maps of the Constellations
tinyurl.com/cdnplanisphere	p. 18	Build a Planisphere
www.astrosociety.org/ education/publications/tnl/44/lightpoll.html	p. 18	Light Pollution
www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/class_acts/ CratersTe.html	p. 18	Cratering activity for the classroom
www.nthelp.com/eer/HOAtpss.html	p. 18	The Toilet-Paper Solar System
www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html	p. 18	The Peppercorn Earth
www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system	p. 19	Build your own Solar System
www.cascaeducation.ca/files/students_crazycraters.html	p. 19	Crazy Craters simulation
www.noao.edu/education/crecipe.html	p. 19	"Creating a Comet"
www.exploratorium.edu/ronh	p. 19	Age and Weight calculators for other planets
www.astrosociety.org/education/ astro/project_astro.html	p. 19	Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Project ASTRO
www.astrosociety.org/education/ publications/tnl/tnl.html	p. 19	ASP teachers' newsletter
www.starlab.com	p. 19	Project STAR
www.skynewsmagazine.com	p. 19	SkyNews magazine
www.astrosociety.org/education/ activities/astroacts.html	p. 19	teaching activities
planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/append7.html	p. 25	satellite names information
physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html	p. 33	CODATA physical constants
webexhibits.org/daylightsaving	p. 49	Daylight Saving Time information
time5.nrc.ca/webclock_e.shtml	p. 50	Internet time service
www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq.	p. 50	Internet time service
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/inms/time-services.html	p. 51	Canadian time zones
www.time.gov	p. 51	U.S. time zones
www.go.ednet.ns.ca/~larry/astro/maglimit.html	p. 71	LTM - LVM relationship
weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_hem.html	p. 79	infrared satellite images
www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html	p. 80	RADAR loops
www.intellicast.com	p. 80	interactive weather maps
www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/astro/clds_vis_e.html	p. 80	Cloud forecast
toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/aerosols/today_aero.html	p. 81	Aerosol forecasts
jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov	p. 81	Aerosol envelope forecasts
www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol/ #currentaerosolmodeling	p. 81	Aerosol envelope forecasts
www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/ astro/transparence_e.html	p. 81	Transparency forecasts
www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/astro/seeing_e.html	p. 82	seeing forecast
www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/astro/index_e.html	p. 83	Astronomical weather maps at Environment Canada
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_irsat.html	p. 83	UK Forecast
www.philhart.com/content/cloud-forecasts-astronomers	p. 83	Australian Astronomical weather forecast
astroforecast.org:8080/	p. 83	Worldwide Astronomical weather forecast
www.iesna.org	p. 88	Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
www.rasc.ca/committees/lpa.shtml	p. 89	RASC Light-Pollution Abatement Committee
www.starlight-theatre.ca/LT-POLLUTION.HTM	p. 92	Starlight Theatre Light-Pollution site
www.rasc.ca/handbook/obsform.pdf	p. 94	sample observing form
www3.telus.net/public/aling/ lunarcal/lunarcal.htm	p. 97	Lunar Calculator program
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html	p. 125	solar eclipse figures
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas.html	p. 125	solar eclipse atlas 2000 BC to AD 3000
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros141.html	p. 129	Saros 141 details
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros131.html	p. 129	Saros 131 details
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html	p. 129	2010 annular eclipse bulletin
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros120.html	p. 129	Saros 120 details
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros146.html	p. 130	Saros 146 details
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2010/TSE2010.html	p. 130	2010 total solar eclipse bulletin
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEsaros/LEsaros125.html	p. 131	Saros 125 details
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JSEX/JSEX-index.html	p. 136	Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JLEX/JLEX-index.html	p. 136	Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/RPrequest.html	p. 136	NASA solar eclipse bulletins
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/bulletin.html	p. 137	NASA eclipse bulletins
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html	p. 137	NASA eclipse home page
www.MrEclipse.com	p. 137	eclipse photography and observing tips
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2010.html	p. 137	eclipse additional information and updates
www.eclipser.ca	p. 147	eclipse weather information
www.rasc.ca/williamson/index.shtml	p. 161	lunar-observing certificate program
www.poyntsource.com/IOTAmanual/Preview.htm	p. 162	IOTA's online observing manual
www.occultations.org	p. 162	International Occultation Timing Association
www.lunar-occultations.com/iota	p. 162	occultation information
occsec.wellington.net.nz/sitemap.htm	p. 163	Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand occultation data
maps.nrcan.gc.ca/distrib_centres_e.php	p. 163	Canadian topographical maps
terraserver-usa.com	p. 163	imagery and maps
maps.google.com	p. 165	online maps
www.timerson.net/IOTA	p. 165	IOTA overlays
www.lau.chs-shc.gc.ca	p. 181	Canadian tide tables
(www.aavso.org/observing/programs/solar	p. 185	AAVSO solar observing
www.alpo-astronomy.org/solar	p. 186	ALPO solar observing & Carrington numbers
eo.nso.edu/dasl/Lessons/Stony/index.htm	p. 186	Stonyhurst disk animation
radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov	p. 186	Solar and planetary radio astronomy
sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html	p. 186	real-time solar images
www.aavso.org/observing/programs/solar/	p. 186	AAVSO solar programs
www.alpineastro.com/Solar_Observation/Solar_Observation.htm	p. 186	solar observation and imaging products
www.alpo-astronomy.org/solar	p. 186	ALPO solar astronomy site
www.atoptics.co.uk/tiltsun.htm	p. 186	solar-tilt software site
www.petermeadows.com/html/stonyhurst.html	p. 186	Stonyhurst disks
www.noaa.org	p. 186	NOAA solar observing
www.solarcycle24.com	p. 186	site devoted to solar cycle 24
www.atoptics.co.uk	p. 201	atmospheric optics
www.meteoros.de/haloe.htm	p. 201	all about halos
www.philiplaven.com/index1.html	p. 201	water-drop optics
ralphaeschliman.com/id22.htm	p. 219	Mars resource
www.damianpeach.com	p. 222	Damien Peach's Caribbean expeditions
www.cpac.org.uk/docs/planets202.zip	p. 237	Java platform "The Planets"
www.merid.cam.org/meridian/index.html	p. 237	Saturn's satellites (Windows software)
www.midnightkite.com/dansoftware.html	p. 237	Saturn's satellites (DOS software)
www.asteroidoccultation.com/observations/NA	p. 244	asteroidal occultation report forms
www.asteroidoccultation.com/obervations	p. 244	asteroidal occultation information
www.poyntsource.com/New/Global.htm	p. 245	interactive maps, star lists
www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/Dokumenty /shower_nomenclature.php	p. 248	meteor shower naming conventions
www.imo.net	p. 250	International Meteor Organization
www.spaceweather.com/glossary/ nasameteorradar.html	p. 251	radio detection of meteors
miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/fireball.php	p. 252	fireball reports (Canada)
www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/report.html	p. 252	fireball reports (US)
www.imo.net/fireball/report.html	p. 252	fireball reports (global)
www.namnmeteors.org/fireball_form.html	p. 252	North American Meteor Network (visual fireballs)
www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm	p. 253	Meteoritical Society
tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor	p. 253	Meteoritical Bulletin database
curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/lmc/index.cfm	p. 254	Apollo asteroid samples
www.meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites.htm	p. 254	lunar asteroid samples
curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/index.cfm	p. 254	Martian meteorite samples
http://www.imca.cc/mars/martian-meteorites.htm	p. 254	Martian meteorite samples
www.eas.ualberta.ca/adwg	p. 255	Astromaterials Discipline Working Group
www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase	p. 256	meteorite crater database
www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets	p. 260	comet ephemerides
www.recons.org/	p. 281	RECONS database
www.jdso.org	p. 285	electronic journal for double-star observing
www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs	p. 292	Cepheid maximum predictions
www.oa.uj.edu.pl/ktt/rocznik/rcznk.html	p. 292	eclipsing binaries data
www.CitizenSky.org/content/10-star-training	p. 296	Citizen Sky tutorial
obswww.unige.ch/webda	p. 298	open clusters lists
physwww.mcmaster.ca/~harris/WEHarris.html	p. 299	globular cluster data
www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html	p. 302	Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
www.aavso.org/observing/programs/ sn/supernovasm.shtml	p. 302	AAVSO supernova observing program
www.rasc.ca/handbook/resources.shtml	p. 322	dark nebulae information
nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu	p. 325	NED compilation
www.ukaranet.org.uk	p. 329	UK Amateur Radio Astronomy Network
www.qsl.net/SARA	p. 329	Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
CloudyNights.com	p. 330	Cloudy Nights activities
www.store.rasc.ca	p. 341	RASC eStore