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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www.rasc.ca/david-h-levy-logbooks
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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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www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/index.html
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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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www.lunar-occultations.com/iota
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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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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
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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.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR
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VizieR service; access to most astronomical catalogues
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Web Resources
Page-by-Page Listing of Web Resources, other than page 15 of the 2017 Observer's Handbook
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www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/DiscoveryInfo.html
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p. 7
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Astronomical discovery reports
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www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/TechInfo.html
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p. 7
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Minor planet reports
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p. 10
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Apple iTunes
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p. 10
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Blackberry Apps World
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p. 10
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Android Market
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portico.org/stable?au=pgg3ztf87mt
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p. 10
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Andrew Fraknoi’s article in Astronomy Education Review
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p. 11
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Anglo-Australian Observatory—Siding Spring, Australia
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p. 11
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Mount Stromlo Observatory—Canberra, Australia
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p. 11
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Perth Observatory—Bickley, Australia
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www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/effelsberg
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p. 11
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Effelsberg Radio Telescope—Effelsberg, Germany
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http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory
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p. 11
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Greenwich Observatory—Greenwich, England
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p. 11
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Lovell Radio Telescope—Jodrell Bank, England
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p. 11
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Armagh Observatory—Armagh, Northern Ireland
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www.birrcastle.com/things-to-do/telescope/info_12.html
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p. 11
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“Leviathan” Great Telescope—Birr, Ireland
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www.ing.iac.es/Astronomy/telescopes/int
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p. 11
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Isaac Newton Telescope—La Palma, Canary Islands
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www.stjohnsrasc.ca/star-party.shtml
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p. 11
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Butterpot Star Party—Butter Pot Prov. Park, Newfoundland
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www.smu.ca/academics/departments/astronomy-and-physics.html
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p. 11
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory—Halifax, Nova Scotia
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p. 11
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Nova East—Smileys Provincial Park, Nova Scotia
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p. 11
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St. Croix Observatory—St. Croix, Nova Scotia
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p. 11
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Arecibo Observatory—Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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www.eso.org/paranal/site/paranal.html
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p. 11
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Paranal Observatory (ESO)—Cerro Paranal, Chile
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p. 11
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Las Campanas Observatory—Cerro Las Campanas, Chile
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p. 11
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Gemini South Observatory—Cerro Pachon, Chile
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www.eso.org/sci/facilities/lasilla.html
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p. 11
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La Silla Observatory—Cerro La Silla, Chile
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p. 11
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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory—Cerro Tololo, Chile
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p. 11
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Mont Mégantic Observatory-Mont Mégantic, Quebec
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p. 11
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Stellafane—Springfield, Vermont
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rascmontreal.org/zenith/our-observatory
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p. 11
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Bellevue Observatory —Montréal, Québec
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astrosurf.com/cdadfs/cafta.html
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p. 11
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CAFTA—St-Timothée, Québec
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www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca
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p. 12
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Helen Sawyer Hogg Observatory—Ottawa, Ontario
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ottawa.rasc.ca/smartscope/smartscope.html
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p. 12
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SMARTScope—Ottawa, Ontario
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p. 12
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Algonquin Adventure—Algonquin Park, Ontario
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p. 12
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David Dunlap Observatory—Toronto, Ontario
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science.nrao.edu/facilities/gbt
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p. 12
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Green Bank Telescope—Green Bank, West Virginia
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p. 12
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Hamilton Centre Observatory—Waterdown, Ontario
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p. 12
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Allegheny Observatory—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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rascto.ca/Carr_Astronomical_Observatory
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p. 12
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Carr Astronomical Observatory—Collingwood, Ontario
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www.nyaa.ca/index.php?page=/sf15/sf.home15
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p. 12
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Starfest—Mount Forest, Ontario
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p. 12
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Winter Star Party—Camp Wesumkee, Florida
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p. 12
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Sudbury Neutrino Observatory—Creighton, Ontario
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gordonspark.com/astronomy-and-stargazing
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p. 12
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Manitoulin Star Party—Gordon's Park, Ontario
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www.rascwindsor.com/pages/hallam-observatory.php
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p. 12
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Hallam Observatory—Comber, Ontario
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p. 12
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Prairie Skies Star Party—Bourbonnais, Illinois
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p. 12
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Yerkes Observatory—Williams Bay, Wisconsin
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p. 12
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Texas Star Party—Fort Davis, Texas
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www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/mcdonald.html
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p. 12
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McDonald Observatory—Fort Davis, Texas
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http://www.regina.rasc.ca/node/9
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p. 12
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Kalium Observatory—Regina, Saskatchewan
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p. 12
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Apache Point Observatory—Sunspot, New Mexico
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www.usask.ca/rasc/sleaford.html
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p. 12
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Sleaford Observatory—Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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p. 12
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Very Large Array—Socorro, New Mexico
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www.usask.ca/rasc/starparty.html
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p. 12
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Saskatchewan Summer Star Party—Cypress Hills Park, SK
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p. 12
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Steward Observatory—Tucson, Arizona
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www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html
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p. 12
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Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory—Amado, Arizona
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p. 12
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Kitt Peak National Observatory—Tucson, Arizona
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p. 12
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Lowell Observatory—Flagstaff, Arizona
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p. 13
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U.S. Naval Observatory—Flagstaff, Arizona
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calgary.rasc.ca/tourrequest.htm
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p. 13
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Wilson Coulee Observatory—Okotoks, Alberta
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p. 13
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Alberta Star Party—Caroline, Alberta
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p. 13
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Riverside Telescope Makers Conference—Camp Oakes, California
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p. 13
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Palomar Observatory—San Diego, California
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p. 13
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Mt. Wilson Observatory—Pasadena, California
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www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/solutions/facilities/drao.html
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p. 13
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Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory—Penticton, B.C.
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p. 13
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Mount Kobau Star Party—Osoyoos, B.C.
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p. 13
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Oregon Star Party—Ochoco National Forest, Oregon
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p. 13
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Fall Star Quest—Loon Lake, British Columbia
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p. 13
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Table Mountain Star Party—Ellensburg, Washington
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www.parks.wa.gov/512/Goldendale-Observatory
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p. 13
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Goldendale Observatory—Goldendale, Washington
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p. 13
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Pine Mountain Observatory—Pine Mountain, Oregon
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p. 13
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Lick Observatory—San Jose, California
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pgrasc.org/about/tour-bookings/
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p. 13
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Prince George Centre Observatory—Prince George, B.C.
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www.spacecentre.ca/gordon-southam-observatory
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p. 13
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Gordon Southam Observatory—Vancouver, British Columbia
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www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/solutions/facilities/dao.html
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p. 13
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Dominion Astrophysical Observatory—Victoria, B.C.
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victoria.rasc.ca/events/StarParty
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p. 13
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RASCALS Star Party—Malahat, British Columbia
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p. 13
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James Clerk Maxwell Telescope—Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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p. 13
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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope—Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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p. 13
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Gemini North—Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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p. 13
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Fiske Planetarium—Boulder, Colorado
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p. 13
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TELUS Spark—Calgary, Alberta
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p. 14
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Adler Planetarium—Chicago, Illinois
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www.starhop.com/hours-cost-parking/
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p. 14
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McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center—Concord, New Hampshire
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www.edmontonscience.com/theatres
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p. 14
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TELUS World of Science—Edmonton, Alberta
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p. 14
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Halifax Planetarium—Halifax, Nova Scotia
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www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium
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p. 14
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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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p. 14
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Burke Baker Planetarium—Houston
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www.griffithobservatory.org/programs/soplanetarium.html
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p. 14
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Samuel Oschin Planetarium—Los Angeles
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www.astrolab-parc-national-mont-megantic.org
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p. 14
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ASTROLab du Mont Mégantic—Mont Mégantic, Québec
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espacepourlavie.ca/planetarium
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p. 14
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Planétarium de Montréal—Montréal, Québec
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p. 14
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Mystic Seaport Planetarium—Mystic
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www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium
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p. 14
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Hayden Planetarium—New York
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p. 14
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Harry C. Kendall Planetarium—Portland
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p. 14
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James S. McDonnell Planetarium—St. Louis
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p. 14
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Ontario Science Centre—Toronto
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p. 14
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MacMillan Planetarium—Vancouver
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airandspace.si.edu/visit/mall/things-to-do/planetarium.cfm
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p. 14
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Albert Einstein Planetarium—Washington
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p. 14
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Northern Lights—Watson Lake, Yukon
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p. 14
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Aldrin Planetarium—West Palm Beach
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manitobamuseum.ca/main/blogs/science
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p. 14
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Manitoba Planetarium—Winnipeg
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www.cascaeducation.ca/files/outreach_paper.html
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p. 16
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CASCA Outreach Paper
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www.learner.org/teacherslab/pup
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p. 16
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Private Universe Project; Seasons, scale of the Universe, Moon phases
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www.cascaeducation.ca/files/solar_observing.html
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p. 16
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CASCA Solar Observing
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www.sundials.co.uk/projects.htm
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p. 16
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Building a Sundial
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p. 17
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Daily images of Sun
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www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system
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p. 17
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Build a scale model of the Solar System
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www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
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p. 17
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Maps of the Constellations
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www.science.gc.ca/A6F32191-9748-45E5-A449-EF6656BCD22B/activitybook1.pdf
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p. 17
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Build a Planisphere
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www.astrosociety.org/
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p. 17
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Light Pollution
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www.nthelp.com/eer/HOAtpss.html
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p. 17
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The Toilet-Paper Solar System
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www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html
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p. 17
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The Peppercorn Earth
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www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system
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p. 18
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Build your own Solar System
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www.cascaeducation.ca/files/students_crazycraters.html
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p. 18
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Crazy Craters simulation
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www.noao.edu/education/crecipe.html
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p. 18
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"Creating a Comet"
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p. 18
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Age and Weight calculators for other planets
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p. 18
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Galileoscope
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www.astrosociety.org/edu/astro/astropubs/how_to.html
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p. 18
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Project ASTRO
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www.astrosociety.org/publications/universe-in-the-classroom
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p. 18
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ASP teachers' newsletter
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p. 18
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Project STAR
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p. 18
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SkyNews magazine
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www.astrosociety.org/education/
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p. 18
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teaching activities
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p. 19
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Greek letters spelling variations
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p. 22
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Minor planet orbital and physical elements
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p. 24
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Satellite orbital and physical elements
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planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Planets
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p. 25
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names of the satellites
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www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/the-martian-moons-in-200708
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p. 25
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Martian moons locator
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einstein.stanford.edu/index.html
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p. 28
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CODATA physical constants
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physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html
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p. 29
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CODATA physical constants
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www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/
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p. 37
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Flight data
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p. 38
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Heavens Above satellite finder
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maia.usno.navy.mil/search/search.html
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p. 44
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Radio time signals
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www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving
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p. 45
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Daylight Saving Time information
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www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/inms/time- services.html
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p. 45
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Canadian time zones
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p. 45
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U.S. time zones
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p. 47
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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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p. 47
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Internet time service
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day#Julian_Date
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p. 47
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Julian Date
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p. 57
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Visual Astronomy
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www.bbastrodesigns.com/visual.html
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p. 57
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Visual Astronomy
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www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/
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p. 59
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Spectacles for astro-viewing
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p. 59
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Night Myopia Diagnostic Flippers
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www.rasc.ca/lpa/sky-quality-measurement-project
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p. 68
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Sky Quality Meter Project
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www.bogan.ca/astro/optics/maglimit.html
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p. 68
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LTM - LVM relationship
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www.backyardastronomy.com/Backyard_Astronomy/Downloads.html
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p. 71
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Polar alignment
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home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~jander/starparty/starpartywx.html
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p. 73
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Star-party weather forecasts
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weather.unisys.com/satellite/infrared.php
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p. 74
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Infrared satellite images
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www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar
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p. 75
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RADAR loops
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p. 75
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Interactive weather maps
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www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/astro/clds_vis_e.html
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p. 75
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Cloud forecast
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p. 76
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Aerosol envelope forecasts
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www.nrlmry.navy.mil/aerosol/
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p. 76
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Aerosol envelope forecasts
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weather.gc.ca/astro/transparence_e.html
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p. 76
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Transparency forecasts
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www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/astro/seeing_e.html
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p. 77
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Seeing forecast
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<a href="http://weather.gc.ca/astro/”weather.gc.ca/astro
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p. 78
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Astronomical weather maps at Environment Canada
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p. 78
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Clear Sky Chart
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www.weatherweb.net/wxwebastronomy.php
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p. 78
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UK Weather forecast
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www.philhart.com/content/cloud-forecasts-astronomers
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p. 78
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Australian forecast
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p. 78
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USA forecasts
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p. 80
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Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
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p. 81
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The World at Night
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p. 81
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RASC Light-Pollution Abatement Committee
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p. 84
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DSP and USP lighting guidelines
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p. 84
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RASC Light-Pollution Abatement
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p. 84
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Technical information
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www.rasc.ca/sites/default/files/LPA_Special_Issue.pdf
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p. 84
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RASC Light-Pollution Abatement Special Issue
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www.rasc.ca/sites/default/files/obsform.pdf
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p. 86
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Sample observing form
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www.rasc.ca/astrosketchers-group
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p. 88
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RASC Astrosketchers Group
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www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus
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p. 90
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Sketching techniques
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p. 90
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Carol Lakomiak’s lunar tutorial
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p. 90
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Carol Lakomiak’s solar tutorial
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p. 90
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Astronomy Sketch of the Day (ASOD)
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p. 90
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Cloudy Nights Sketching Forums
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groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RASCAG/info
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p. 93
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RASC astrophotography online forum
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p. 93
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Cloudy Nights online imaging forums
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p. 93
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RegiStax image-stacking and processing freeware
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p. 93
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DeepSkyStacker image-stacking and registration freeware
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p. 93
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Catching the Light, astrophotography page
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p. 93
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Tenho Tuomi’s Observatory
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p. 95
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Lunar Calculator program
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p. 95
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JPL Horizons ephemerides
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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
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p. 123
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Solar eclipse figures
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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEatlas/SEatlas.html
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p. 123
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Eclipse figure atlas
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www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEsaros/SEsaros120.html
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p. 129
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Saros 120 details
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www.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEsaros/LEsaros132.html
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p. 132
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Saros 132 details
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www.eclipsewise.com/solar/SEsaros/SEsaros125.html
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p. 134
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Saros 125 details
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www.eclipsewise.com/solar/JSEX/JSEX-index.html
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p. 134
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Javascript Solar Eclipse Explorer
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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/JLEX/JLEX-index.html
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p. 142
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Javascript Lunar Eclipse Explorer
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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
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p. 143
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NASA eclipse home page
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www.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEsaros/LEsaros137.html
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p. 136
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Saros 137 details
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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html
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p. 143
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NASA eclipse home page
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www.eclipsewise.com/eclipse.html
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p. 143
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EclipseWise Web site
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www.mreclipse.com/MrEclipse.html
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p. 143
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Eclipse photography and observing tips
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eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/OH/OH2015.html
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p. 143
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Eclipse additional information and updates
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the-moon.wikispaces.com/Rükl+Index+Map
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p. 149
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Photographic views of the lunar surface
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p. 149
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mosaic
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aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php
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p. 151
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USNO online rise/set calculator
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aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.php
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p. 151
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Online rise/set calculator
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www.rasc.ca/observing/williamson-lunar-observing-certificate
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p. 161
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Lunar-observing certificate program
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p. 161
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Lunar Picture of the Day
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www.poyntsource.com/IOTAmanual/Preview.htm
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p. 162
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IOTA's online observing manual
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p. 163
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International Occultation Timing Association
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www.lunar-occultations.com/iota
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p. 163
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occultation information
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p. 163
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Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
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maps.nrcan.gc.ca/distrib_centres_e.php
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p. 163
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Canadian topographical maps
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p. 163
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USGS maps
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p. 170
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maps
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p. 170
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IOTA overlays
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www.tides.gc.ca/eng/data/predictions/2015
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p. 183
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Canadian tide tables
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p. 183
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Canadian tide tables
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p. 188
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AAVSO solar programs
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www.alpo-astronomy.org/solarblog/
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p. 188
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ALPO solar astronomy site
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science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/10jun_solarminimax
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p. 188
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Cycle 24 Sunspot Count
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www.atoptics.co.uk/tiltsun.htm
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p. 188
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Solar-tilt software site
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p. 188
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NOAA solar observing
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www.petermeadows.com/html/stonyhurst.html
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p. 188
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Stonyhurst disks
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p. 188
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BAA solar site
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p. 188
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Solar Dynamics Observatory
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p. 188
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Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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p. 188
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Space Weather Prediction Center
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p. 188
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Solar and Planetary Astronomy for Schools
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p. 188
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Solar page for Ham Radio VE3EN
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www.atoptics.co.uk/rainbows/ord34.htm
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p. 197
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Higher-ordered rainbows
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p. 204
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All about halos
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www.philiplaven.com/index1.html
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p. 204
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Water-drop optics
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www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-equipment/equipment-diy/
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p. 212
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Cleaning optics S&T article
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http://www.astromax.org/activities/2003/mars2003/sketching.htm
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p. 213
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Sketching Mars
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p. 225
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Great Red Spot positions
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www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/celestial-objects-to-watch/planets
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p. 225
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GRS transit calculator
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www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/secret-documents-rewrite-the-discovery-of-neptune/
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p. 229
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Discovery of Neptune article
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p. 237
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Galilean satellites observing campaign
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p. 237
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Saturn's satellites (MacOS, Linux, and Windows)
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www.iau.org/public/themes/pluto/
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p. 241
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Dwarf and Minor Planets
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www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html
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p. 244
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Asteroid orbital elements
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p. 247
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Lunar occultation information
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www.asteroidoccultation.com/observations
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p. 248
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Asteroidal occultation report forms
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www.poyntsource.com/New/RASC_Events.htm
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p. 248
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Interactive maps, star lists
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www.poyntsource.com/New/Global.htm
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p. 248
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Interactive maps, star lists
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www.hristopavlov.net/OccultWatcher/publish.htm
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p. 248
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Asteroidal occultation finder
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www.ta3.sk/IAUC22DB/MDC2007/Dokumenty
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p. 252
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Meteor shower naming conventions
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p. 255
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Fireball observations
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p. 255
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All-sky camera network
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p. 256
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Fireball reports (Canada)
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www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/l
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p. 256
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Fireball reports (US)
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p. 256
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Fireball reports (US)
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p. 256
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Fireball reports (global)
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www.amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/report-a-fireball
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p. 256
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Smartphone fireball reporting app
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meteoriticalsociety.org/?page_id=59
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p. 257
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Meteoritical Society nomenclature guidelines
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p. 257
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Meteoritical Bulletin database
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curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/lmc/index.cfm
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p. 258
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Lunar meteorites
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www.meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/moon_meteorites.htm
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p. 258
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Lunar meteorites
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curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/index.cfm
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p. 258
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Martian meteorites
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www.imca.cc/mars/martian-meteorites.htm
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p. 258
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Martian meteorites
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p. 259
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Astromaterials Discipline Working Group
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www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase
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p. 260
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Meteorite crater database
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www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets
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p. 264
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Comet ephemerides
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www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/CometMags.html
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p. 264
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Comet magnitudes
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www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html
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p. 264
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Comet orbital elements
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www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/CometResolution.html
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p. 267
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Comet designation convention
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www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/cometnameg.html
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p. 267
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Comet naming convention
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http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?B/gcvs
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p. 275
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Catalogue of variable stars
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p. 287
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RECONS database
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www.rasc.ca/sites/default/files/jrasc1998-10.pdf
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p. 290
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Solar neighbourhood
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p. 291
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Electronic journal for double-star observing
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www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs
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p. 299
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Cepheid maximum predictions
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www.bav-astro.de/LkDB/index.php?lang=en
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p. 299
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Eclipsing binaries database
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rr-lyr.irap.omp.eu/dbrr/dbrr-V1.0_08.php?RR%20Lyr&en
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p. 299
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RR Lyrae database
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www.aavso.org/visual-observing-manual
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p. 303
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Visual observing manual
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p. 303
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Variable-star comparisons
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p. 309
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Star size and surface brightness
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adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985cto..conf..209T
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p. 310
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Clusters diameters
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www.univie.ac.at/webda/navigation.html
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p. 311
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Open clusters lists
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physwww.mcmaster.ca/~harris/WEHarris.html
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p. 312
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Globular cluster data
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www.rasc.ca/handbook/supplements
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p. 321
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Dark nebulae information
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nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5
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p. 334
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NED compilation
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p. 338
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UK Amateur Radio Astronomy Network
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p. 338
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Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers
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