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 websites listed in Selected Internet Resources on page 15 of the 2017 Observer’s Handbook.
- Access all the websites listed in the 2017 Observer’s Handbook, listed by page.
Selected Internet Resources
From Page 15 of the 2017 Observer's Handbook
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American Association of Variable Star Observers (p. 298) |
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Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (p. 221) |
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific (p. 18) |
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Astronomy magazine (p. 10) |
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Canadian Astronomical Society's education Web site (p. 16) |
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Canadian Space Agency |
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Clear Sky Chart, by Attilla Danko (p. 78) |
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David H. Levy Logbooks (p. 324) |
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Eclipse photography and safety (p. 142) |
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Hubble Heritage Site, access to HST images |
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International Astronomical Union Central Bureau (p. 7); see also www.iau.org |
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International Dark-Sky Association (p. 79) |
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International Meteor Organization (p. 254) |
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International Occultation Timing Association (p. 162) |
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, activities for adults and kids |
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Meteorites and Impacts Advisory Committee, Canadian Space Agency (p. 255) |
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NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS); bibliographic database, access to millions of articles |
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NASA eclipse site (p. 142) |
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NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (p. 334) |
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NASA space flight site giving current information on Space Shuttle missions and ISS activities |
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Observer's Handbook Web site (ifc) |
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Planetary Society – contains over 2000 pages of information about space exploration |
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The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (p. 7) |
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Saguaro Astronomy Club, includes observing list database (p. 87) |
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Satellite tracking information, including International Space Station |
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SIMBAD astronomical database |
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Sky & Telescope and Sky Publishing (p. 10) |
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SkyNews-Canada's astronomy magazine (p. 10) |
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Space Telescope Science Institute; access to Digitized Sky Survey |
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Students for the Exploration and Development of Space |
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VizieR service; access to most astronomical catalogues |
Web Resources
Page-by-Page Listing of Web Resources, other than page 15 of the 2017 Observer's Handbook
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p. 7 |
Astronomical discovery reports |
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p. 7 |
Minor planet reports |
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p. 9 |
Sara Seager bio information |
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p. 10 |
Apple iTunes |
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p. 10 |
Blackberry Apps World |
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p. 10 |
Windows Marketplace |
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p. 10 |
Android Market |
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p. 10 |
Andrew Fraknoi’s article in Astronomy Education Review |
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p. 11 |
Anglo-Australian Observatory—Siding Spring, Australia |
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p. 11 |
Mount Stromlo Observatory—Canberra, Australia |
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p. 11 |
Perth Observatory—Bickley, Australia |
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p. 11 |
Effelsberg Radio Telescope—Effelsberg, Germany |
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p. 11 |
Greenwich Observatory—Greenwich, England |
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p. 11 |
Lovell Radio Telescope—Jodrell Bank, England |
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p. 11 |
Armagh Observatory—Armagh, Northern Ireland |
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p. 11 |
“Leviathan” Great Telescope—Birr, Ireland |
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p. 11 |
Isaac Newton Telescope—La Palma, Canary Islands |
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p. 11 |
Butterpot Star Party—Butter Pot Prov. Park, Newfoundland |
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p. 11 |
Burke-Gaffney Observatory—Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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p. 11 |
Nova East—Smileys Provincial Park, Nova Scotia |
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p. 11 |
St. Croix Observatory—St. Croix, Nova Scotia |
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p. 11 |
Arecibo Observatory—Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
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p. 11 |
Paranal Observatory (ESO)—Cerro Paranal, Chile |
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p. 11 |
Las Campanas Observatory—Cerro Las Campanas, Chile |
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p. 11 |
Gemini South Observatory—Cerro Pachon, Chile |
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p. 11 |
La Silla Observatory—Cerro La Silla, Chile |
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p. 11 |
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory—Cerro Tololo, Chile |
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p. 11 |
Mont Mégantic Observatory-Mont Mégantic, Quebec |
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p. 11 |
Stellafane—Springfield, Vermont |
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p. 11 |
Bellevue Observatory —Montréal, Québec |
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p. 11 |
CAFTA—St-Timothée, Québec |
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p. 12 |
Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory—Ottawa, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
SMARTScope—Ottawa, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Algonquin Adventure—Algonquin Park, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
David Dunlap Observatory—Toronto, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Green Bank Telescope—Green Bank, West Virginia |
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p. 12 |
Hamilton Centre Observatory—Waterdown, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Allegheny Observatory—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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p. 12 |
Carr Astronomical Observatory—Collingwood, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Starfest—Mount Forest, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Winter Star Party—Camp Wesumkee, Florida |
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p. 12 |
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory—Creighton, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Manitoulin Star Party—Gordon's Park, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Hallam Observatory—Comber, Ontario |
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p. 12 |
Prairie Skies Star Party—Bourbonnais, Illinois |
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p. 12 |
Yerkes Observatory—Williams Bay, Wisconsin |
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p. 12 |
Texas Star Party—Fort Davis, Texas |
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p. 12 |
McDonald Observatory—Fort Davis, Texas |
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p. 12 |
Kalium Observatory—Regina, Saskatchewan |
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p. 12 |
Apache Point Observatory—Sunspot, New Mexico |
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p. 12 |
Sleaford Observatory—Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
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p. 12 |
Very Large Array—Socorro, New Mexico |
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p. 12 |
Saskatchewan Summer Star Party—Cypress Hills Park, SK |
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p. 12 |
Steward Observatory—Tucson, Arizona |
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p. 12 |
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory—Amado, Arizona |
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p. 12 |
Kitt Peak National Observatory—Tucson, Arizona |
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p. 12 |
Lowell Observatory—Flagstaff, Arizona |
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p. 13 |
U.S. Naval Observatory—Flagstaff, Arizona |
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| telusworldofscienceedmonton.ca/exhibits-events/rasc-observatory | p.13 | TELUS World of Science—Edmonton, Alberta |
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p. 13 |
Wilson Coulee Observatory—Okotoks, Alberta |
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p. 13 |
Alberta Star Party—Caroline, Alberta |
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p. 13 |
Riverside Telescope Makers Conference—Camp Oakes, California |
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p. 13 |
Palomar Observatory—San Diego, California |
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p. 13 |
Mt. Wilson Observatory—Pasadena, California |
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p. 13 |
Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory—Penticton, B.C. |
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p. 13 |
Mount Kobau Star Party—Osoyoos, B.C. |
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p. 13 |
Oregon Star Party—Ochoco National Forest, Oregon |
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p. 13 |
Fall Star Quest—Loon Lake, British Columbia |
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Table Mountain Star Party—Ellensburg, Washington |
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p. 13 |
Goldendale Observatory—Goldendale, Washington |
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p. 13 |
Pine Mountain Observatory—Pine Mountain, Oregon |
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p. 13 |
Lick Observatory—San Jose, California |
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Prince George Centre Observatory—Prince George, B.C. |
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p. 13 |
Gordon Southam Observatory—Vancouver, British Columbia |
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p. 13 |
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory—Victoria, B.C. |
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RASCALS Star Party—Malahat, British Columbia |
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p. 13 |
James Clerk Maxwell Telescope—Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
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p. 13 |
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope—Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
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p. 13 |
Gemini North—Mauna Kea, Hawaii |
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p. 13 |
Fiske Planetarium—Boulder, Colorado |
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TELUS Spark—Calgary, Alberta |
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Adler Planetarium—Chicago, Illinois |
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McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center—Concord, New Hampshire |
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p. 14 |
TELUS World of Science—Edmonton, Alberta |
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p. 14 |
Halifax Planetarium—Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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p. 14 |
W.J. McCallion Planetarium—Hamilton, Ontario |
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www.hmns.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=202&Itemid=7 |
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Burke Baker Planetarium—Houston |
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Samuel Oschin Planetarium—Los Angeles |
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p. 14 |
ASTROLab du Mont Mégantic—Mont Mégantic, Québec |
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p. 14 |
Planétarium de Montréal—Montréal, Québec |
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p. 14 |
Mystic Seaport Planetarium—Mystic |
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p. 14 |
Hayden Planetarium—New York |
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p. 14 |
Harry C. Kendall Planetarium—Portland |
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p. 14 |
James S. McDonnell Planetarium—St. Louis |
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p. 14 |
Ontario Science Centre—Toronto |
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p. 14 |
MacMillan Planetarium—Vancouver |
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p. 14 |
Albert Einstein Planetarium—Washington |
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p. 14 |
Northern Lights—Watson Lake, Yukon |
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p. 14 |
Aldrin Planetarium—West Palm Beach |
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p. 14 |
Manitoba Planetarium—Winnipeg |
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p. 16 |
CASCA Outreach Paper |
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p. 16 |
Private Universe Project; Seasons, scale of the Universe, Moon phases |
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p. 16 |
CASCA Solar Observing |
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p. 16 |
Building a Sundial |
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p. 17 |
Daily images of Sun |
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p. 17 |
Build a scale model of the Solar System |
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p. 17 |
Maps of the Constellations |
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www.science.gc.ca/A6F32191-9748-45E5-A449-EF6656BCD22B/activitybook1.pdf |
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Build a Planisphere |
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www.astrosociety.org/ |
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Light Pollution |
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p. 17 |
The Toilet-Paper Solar System |
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p. 17 |
The Peppercorn Earth |
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p. 18 |
Build your own Solar System |
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p. 18 |
Crazy Craters simulation |
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p. 18 |
"Creating a Comet" |
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p. 18 |
Age and Weight calculators for other planets |
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p. 18 |
Galileoscope |
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p. 18 |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Project ASTRO |
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p. 18 |
ASP teachers' newsletter |
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p. 18 |
Project STAR |
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p. 18 |
SkyNews magazine |
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p. 18 |
teaching activities |
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p. 19 |
Greek letters spelling variations |
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p. 22 |
Minor planet orbital and physical elements |
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p. 24 |
Satellite orbital and physical elements |
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p. 25 |
names of the satellites |
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www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/the-martian-moons-in-200708 |
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Martian moons locator |
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p. 28 |
CODATA physical constants |
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p. 29 |
CODATA physical constants |
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www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/ |
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Flight data |
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p. 38 |
Heavens Above satellite finder |
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p. 44 |
Radio time signals |
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p. 45 |
Daylight Saving Time information |
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p. 45 |
Canadian time zones |
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p. 45 |
U.S. time zones |
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p. 47 |
Internet time service |
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https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/services/internet-time-service-its |
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Internet time service |
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p. 47 |
Julian Date |
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p. 57 |
Visual Astronomy |
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p. 57 |
Visual Astronomy |
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www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/ |
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Spectacles for astro-viewing |
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p. 59 |
Night Myopia Diagnostic Flippers |
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p. 68 |
Sky Quality Meter Project |
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p. 68 |
LTM - LVM relationship |
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p. 71 |
Polar alignment |
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p. 73 |
Star-party weather forecasts |
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p. 74 |
Infrared satellite images |
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p. 75 |
RADAR loops |
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p. 75 |
Interactive weather maps |
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p. 75 |
Cloud forecast |
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p. 76 |
Aerosol envelope forecasts |
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p. 76 |
Aerosol envelope forecasts |
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p. 76 |
Transparency forecasts |
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p. 77 |
Seeing forecast |
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<a href="http://weather.gc.ca/astro/”weather.gc.ca/astro |
p. 78 |
Astronomical weather maps at Environment Canada |
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p. 78 |
Clear Sky Chart |
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p. 78 |
UK Weather forecast |
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p. 78 |
Australian forecast |
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p. 78 |
USA forecasts |
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p. 80 |
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America |
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p. 81 |
The World at Night |
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p. 81 |
RASC Light-Pollution Abatement Committee |
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p. 84 |
DSP and USP lighting guidelines |
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p. 84 |
RASC Light-Pollution Abatement |
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p. 84 |
Technical information |
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p. 84 |
RASC Light-Pollution Abatement Special Issue |
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p. 86 |
Sample observing form |
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p. 88 |
RASC Astrosketchers Group |
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p. 90 |
Sketching techniques |
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p. 90 |
Carol Lakomiak’s lunar tutorial |
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p. 90 |
Carol Lakomiak’s solar tutorial |
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p. 90 |
Astronomy Sketch of the Day (ASOD) |
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p. 90 |
Cloudy Nights Sketching Forums |
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p. 93 |
RASC astrophotography online forum |
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p. 93 |
Cloudy Nights online imaging forums |
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p. 93 |
RegiStax image-stacking and processing freeware |
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p. 93 |
DeepSkyStacker image-stacking and registration freeware |
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p. 93 |
Catching the Light, astrophotography page |
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p. 93 |
Tenho Tuomi’s Observatory |
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p. 95 |
Lunar Calculator program |
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p. 95 |
JPL Horizons ephemerides |
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p. 123 |
Solar eclipse figures |
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p. 123 |
Eclipse figure atlas |
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p. 129 |
Saros 120 details |
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p. 132 |
Saros 132 details |
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p. 134 |
Saros 125 details |
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p. 134 |
Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer |
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p. 142 |
Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer |
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p. 143 |
NASA eclipse home page |
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p. 136 |
Saros 137 details |
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p. 143 |
NASA eclipse home page |
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p. 143 |
EclipseWise Web site |
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p. 143 |
Eclipse photography and observing tips |
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p. 143 |
Eclipse additional information and updates |
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p. 149 |
Photographic views of the lunar surface |
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p. 149 |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mosaic |
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p. 151 |
USNO online rise/set calculator |
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p. 151 |
Online rise/set calculator |
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www.rasc.ca/observing/williamson-lunar-observing-certificate |
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Lunar-observing certificate program |
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p. 161 |
Lunar Picture of the Day |
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p. 162 |
IOTA's online observing manual |
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p. 163 |
International Occultation Timing Association |
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p. 163 |
occultation information |
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p. 163 |
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand |
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p. 163 |
Canadian topographical maps |
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p. 163 |
USGS maps |
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p. 170 |
maps |
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p. 170 |
IOTA overlays |
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p. 183 |
Canadian tide tables |
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p. 183 |
Canadian tide tables |
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p. 188 |
AAVSO solar programs |
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p. 188 |
ALPO solar astronomy site |
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science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/10jun_solarminimax |
p. 188 |
Cycle 24 Sunspot Count |
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p. 188 |
Solar-tilt software site |
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p. 188 |
NOAA solar observing |
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p. 188 |
Stonyhurst disks |
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p. 188 |
BAA solar site |
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p. 188 |
Solar Dynamics Observatory |
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p. 188 |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory |
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p. 188 |
Space Weather Prediction Center |
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p. 188 |
Solar and Planetary Astronomy for Schools |
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p. 188 |
Solar page for Ham Radio VE3EN |
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p. 197 |
Higher-ordered rainbows |
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p. 204 |
All about halos |
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p. 204 |
Water-drop optics |
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p. 212 |
Cleaning optics S&T article |
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http://www.astromax.org/activities/2003/mars2003/sketching.htm |
p. 213 |
Sketching Mars |
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p. 225 |
Great Red Spot positions |
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www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/planets |
p. 225 |
GRS transit calculator |
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www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/secret-documents-rewrite-the-discovery-of-neptune/ |
p. 229 |
Discovery of Neptune article |
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p. 237 |
Galilean satellites observing campaign |
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p. 237 |
Saturn's satellites (MacOS, Linux, and Windows) |
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p. 241 |
Dwarf and Minor Planets |
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p. 244 |
Asteroid orbital elements |
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p. 247 |
Lunar occultation information |
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p. 248 |
Asteroidal occultation report forms |
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p. 248 |
Interactive maps, star lists |
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p. 248 |
Interactive maps, star lists |
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p. 248 |
Asteroidal occultation finder |
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www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/Dokumenty |
p. 252 |
Meteor shower naming conventions |
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p. 255 |
Fireball observations |
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p. 255 |
All-sky camera network |
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p. 256 |
Fireball reports (Canada) |
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p. 256 |
Fireball reports (US) |
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p. 256 |
Fireball reports (US) |
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p. 256 |
Fireball reports (global) |
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p. 256 |
Smartphone fireball reporting app |
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p. 257 |
Meteoritical Society nomenclature guidelines |
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p. 257 |
Meteoritical Bulletin database |
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p. 258 |
Lunar meteorites |
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p. 258 |
Lunar meteorites |
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p. 258 |
Martian meteorites |
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p. 258 |
Martian meteorites |
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p. 259 |
Astromaterials Discipline Working Group |
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p. 260 |
Meteorite crater database |
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p. 264 |
Comet ephemerides |
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p. 264 |
Comet magnitudes |
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p. 264 |
Comet orbital elements |
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p. 267 |
Comet designation convention |
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p. 267 |
Comet naming convention |
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p. 275 |
Catalogue of variable stars |
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p. 287 |
RECONS database |
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p. 290 |
Solar neighbourhood |
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p. 291 |
Electronic journal for double-star observing |
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p. 299 |
Cepheid maximum predictions |
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p. 299 |
Eclipsing binaries database |
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p. 299 |
RR Lyrae database |
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p. 303 |
Visual observing manual |
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p. 303 |
Variable-star comparisons |
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p. 309 |
Star size and surface brightness |
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p. 310 |
Clusters diameters |
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p. 311 |
Open clusters lists |
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p. 312 |
Globular cluster data |
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p. 321 |
Dark nebulae information |
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p. 334 |
NED compilation |
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p. 338 |
UK Amateur Radio Astronomy Network |
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p. 338 |
Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers |
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