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Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all) BillFerris Post Laureate Reged: 07/17/04 Posts: 3587 Ten Most Used Astro Websites       #303214 - 01/07/05 01:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'm spinning off a thread started by Fiske in Stellar Reading about folks' top 10 astronomy books. I'd like to see your "10 Most Used Astro Websites." Here's my list in no particular order: 1. Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (ALPO) 2. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS): Messier Catalog 3. International Astronomical Union: Minor Planet Center (IAU: MPC) 4. NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) 5. NGC/IC Project Home Page 6. SIMBAD Astronomical Database 7. Skyview Virtual Observatory: Advanced Form 8. Comets and Meteor Showers 9. RAMSDIS Online (Weather satellite imagery and animations) 10. The Clear Sky Clock Home Page This selection is, shall I say, heavily skewed by my interest in observing. Feel free to take a different path and list sites you rely on for imaging, ATM'ing, astro news or some other astronomy-related interest. Regards, Bill in Flagstaff -------------------- Grand Canyon Adventure Lowering the Threshold 18" Obsession 4.5" Meade 4500 10x50 Swift Audubon Cosmic Voyage Post Extras:       jrcrilly Refractor wienie no more Reged: 04/30/03 Posts: 30716 Loc: NE Ohio Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: BillFerris]       #303287 - 01/07/05 02:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   There are astro websites besides Cloudy Nights? -------------------- John C Battle Cry of Reno http://www.wadsworthobservatory.com My Cloudy Nights gallery AT12RC AT65EDQ QSI683WSG-8 Roper Scientific Quantix 6303E "project" camera mystery EQ mount on the way Post Extras:       BillFerris Post Laureate Reged: 07/17/04 Posts: 3587 Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: jrcrilly]       #303408 - 01/07/05 05:04 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yes, but they're all a distant second Bill in Flagstaff -------------------- Grand Canyon Adventure Lowering the Threshold 18" Obsession 4.5" Meade 4500 10x50 Swift Audubon Cosmic Voyage Post Extras:       Jeremy Perez Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/12/04 Posts: 2125 Loc: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: BillFerris]       #306521 - 01/10/05 08:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well it isn't quite ten, but these are the sites I visit most frequently...except for CloudyNights, which goes without saying...like the aquaducts...and sanitation...and education...uh... SEDS Currently a great resource in my Messier observation quest. The Full Moon Atlas Until I get Rukle's Atlas, this is my main source of lunar ID information. Comet Ephemerides Latest SOHO Images I'm not a solar observer yet, but this site is great. Flagstaff Clear Sky Clock NOAA Weather for Flagstaff AZ Observing Bill Ferris' Cosmic Voyage Observations and sketches for 110 Messier, 400 Herschel, tons of NGC objects and more. Excellent sketching and observing pointers. I come here first to compare my observations and sketches. Iiro's DeepSky Sketches Another hugely comprehensive source of deep sky sketches and observations. Algorab The site is written in Spanish, but the Messier & other deep sky observations are well worth it with excellent sketches, finder charts, object data, and observational descriptions. My Spanish isn't great, but I can pick up a fair amount of what is discussed in the observations. -------------------- Orion SVP 6LT (6" f/8 Newt) || Orion XT8 (8" f/5.9 Dob) || 15x70 Oberwerk Binoculars || Coronado PST The Belt Of Venus || Sketch Gallery || Sketching Resources || Drawn to the Universe Column Post Extras:       sienarot professor emeritus Reged: 10/18/03 Posts: 708 Loc: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: Jeremy Perez]       #306719 - 01/10/05 10:59 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cloudy Nights come in first by a long shot for me, followed by Clear Sky Clock. Coming in third for me is www.spaceweather.com. Anything else after that doesn't get a whole lot of visits from me. Unless you're coming retailer websites, by which they do get a lot of visits from me! -------------------- Derrick Sky-Watcher 80ED f/7.5 Refractor Celestron C8 SCT f/10 SCT Canon EOS 20D Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 Post Extras:       Kostian sage Reged: 10/03/04 Posts: 296 Loc: Brighton, MA Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: sienarot]       #306751 - 01/10/05 11:20 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   http://www.ourdarkskies.com -------------------- www.explorethecosmos.com Equipment: 8" Hardin Dob 11x70 Oberwerk Binos Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: Kostian]       #306821 - 01/11/05 01:32 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   1) Cloudy nights 2) Jet stream forecasts http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html http://www.wunderground.com/global/Region/AS/2xJetStream.html 3) Dr. Clay Sherrod and Brian Sherrod's ASO site http://www.arksky.org/ 4) QCUIAG · QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QCUIAG/ 5) ToUcam Yahoo! Group (no one have a heart attack but I am a group moderator there http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ToUcam/ 6) Sky & Telescope online http://skyandtelescope.com/ 7) Heavens Above http://www.heavens-above.com 8) CalSky www.calsky.com and many others Post Extras:       LivingNDixie TSP Chowhound Reged: 04/23/03 Posts: 17757 Loc: Trussville, AL Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: ]       #308680 - 01/12/05 09:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Surprised nobody mentioned this place: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html (astronomy picture of the day) -------------------- Preston Meade 10in LX200R GPS UHTC blog (updated 02/15/2013) Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: LivingNDixie]       #308876 - 01/13/05 01:32 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We were waiting for you Preston Post Extras:       Blueshark928 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/19/04 Posts: 2853 Loc: Crownsville, MD Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: ]       #309231 - 01/13/05 12:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   www.cloudynights.com www.astromart.com www.ardenastrophotography.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Stellarvue/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_astro/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ImagesPlus/ www.astropix.com www.howardastro.org www.novac.com -------------------- John SV-102APO SV-80/9d Losmandy G11 HX-916 Post Extras:       Sooon Pooh-Bah Reged: 08/19/04 Posts: 1043 Loc: Lausanne, Switzerland Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: Blueshark928]       #313405 - 01/17/05 01:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cloudy Nigths http://www.heavens-above.com http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod http://www.photomeeting.de/astromeeting/_index.htm http://www.spacew.com/sunnow/index.php http://www.scopereviews.com/ http://www.astrosurf.com/cgi-ubb/Ultimate.cgi (in french) http://www.astromart.com/ http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form and http://www.spaceweather.com in no particular order (except for CN, 1st) -------------------- Philippe Tele Vue 76 / Tele Vue Panoramic Coronado PST Post Extras:       FAB Stargeezer Reged: 08/06/04 Posts: 2686 Loc: Blythe, CA USA Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: Sooon]       #372572 - 03/13/05 12:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   1. http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/index.php?Cat=0 2. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html 3. http://cleardarksky.com/c/BlthCAkey.html?1 4. http://www.astronomy.com/ 5. http://www.penpal.ru/astro/map.shtml 6. http://www.lunarrepublic.com/atlas/index.shtml 7. http://www.bbso.njit.edu/Research/Halpha/ 8. http://www.space.com/ 9. http://astro.nineplanets.org/dssm/messier.html 10. http://www.geocities.com/benoit_schillings/ngc.html FAB -------------------- Floie 10.0" Hardin Dob 6.0" Konus Refractor 3.0" Celestron Tabletop Newtonian 10X50 Binoculars Amscope T490A Trinocular Compound Microscope Amscope SM 1TZ Trinocular Stereo Zoom Micoscope http://home.earthlink.net/~blhtvl http://www.cracblythe.org/index.html Post Extras:       LesB Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/20/04 Posts: 2512 Loc: Z-Hills, FL Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: FAB]       #375610 - 03/15/05 07:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Overload!Overload!Overload!Overload!Warning! It'll take me an hour to bookmark and reorganize the info posted on this thread. But thanks, this is a goldmine! -------------------- Your DNA is like an egg timer. When it dings, you're done. Post Extras:       Chris Graham mmmm...Haggis Reged: 04/01/04 Posts: 4886 Loc: Stirling, Scotland Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: LesB]       #376028 - 03/16/05 07:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yeh this is a great post, i'm making it a sticky -------------------- -Skywatcher 8" Reflector on HEQ5 with Skyscan -Orion ED80 Refractor -70mm Guidescope/grab and go scope -Canon EOS 350D -Toucam Pro 2 Astronomy & Veggies Post Extras:       lighttrap Reged: 02/06/04 Posts: 3833 Loc: cloudy, foggy, humid NC, US Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: Chris Graham]       #376223 - 03/16/05 11:46 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, my most used sites would be Cloudy Nights, Astromart, Clearsky clocks, JPL, SEDs and Spaceweather.com. But, since those are so obvious, and since so many know of them, I'll answer in another way. On the Beginner's Forum, we've got a growing number of links which folks may find useful. You'll find them here. I would particularly draw your attention to these, listed on the first post in that thread. Since they're linked in the orig. I'm not going to re-link them here. DSO lists by telescope size Astronometrics DSOs sorted by scope size This is a simply fantastic resource. Not only does it provide short lists of targets sorted by telescope size, but the hyperlinked ones show sketches of various people's impressions of what they percieve at the eyepiece of scopes in the size range that the object is listed under. Printable Telerad charts of Messier objects Downloadable, Printable Observer's Guides & Logs Space Calendar Massive list of links to amateur astro sites Databases of 600 objects to look at/for, and where to find them Telescope & Eyepiece Simulator VERY COOL! If you want a representation of what you'll see in a particular telescope size and eyepiece size combination, this is a useful tool. Some might question it's extreme accuracy, but it's a good approximation of what the Moon, and the main planets will likely look like in a particular size telescope and particular length eyepiece. Some other links that I actually use more often would include This massive database of astro links Inconstant Moon -- Recently, I've been learning a lot off this site. If you're even remotely curious about the Moon, this is a good place to bookmark. Speaking of the Moon, if you're into that, then you likely already know of Chuck Wood's Moon site. And if you're into that, then you've just got to know about Lunar & Planetary Institute (LPI) Here's an observing blog that I like to look at. Recently, I've been spending a good amount of time pursuing links relative to amateur radio astronomy. -------------------- 18" Starsplitter II f/4.5 8" Hardin Dob f/6 C5 workhorse mini SCT f/10 or f/6.3 70mm TV Ranger dual purpose birding/astro 77mm Leica Televid APO 16x70 Fujinons on UA Deluxe Mt. 12x50 Nikon SE 8x30 Nikon E2s and many others Post Extras:       b_erdmann member Reged: 07/18/05 Posts: 46 Loc: Prescott, Arizona Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: BillFerris]       #521752 - 07/18/05 08:04 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Mine are: The NGC/IC Project - http://www.ngcic.org Nasa's Extragalactic Database - http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/index.html Astronomy Picture of the Day - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html AstroWeather - http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/astro/index_e.html SkyGX - http://www.skygx.com/ -------------------- Bob Erdmann - Webmaster & Project Team Leader The NGC/IC Project - www.ngcic.org Prescott, Arizona Post Extras:       NJ Night Sky Reged: 03/25/04 Posts: 833 Loc: Hillsborough, NJ Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: b_erdmann]       #526969 - 07/22/05 08:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   http://www.njnightsky.com http://www.ourdarkskies.com http://cloudynights.com http://cleardarksky.com http://weather.com -------------------- Jim NJ Night Sky- J&T Telescope - MicroStock Photography - Shop4Scopes Post Extras:       Thick_asa_Planck Dark Sky Hunter Reged: 09/04/04 Posts: 3342 Loc: UK Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: NJ Night Sky]       #566892 - 08/20/05 03:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cloudy Nights > www.badastronomy.com (a very informative site!) www.astronomynow.com www.spaceweather.com www.nasa.gov www.esa.int www.bbc.co.uk/space www.space.com (pretty good forum, a distant second to CN though! http://www.thespaceport.us/forum/ (a pretty good forum too) www.heavens-above.com (great for satellite locations, etc) Alex -------------------- It is often commonplace to leave the notation ambiguous - Anonymous Post Extras:       TomC10 sage Reged: 12/21/04 Posts: 279 Loc: Land of Enchantment Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: Thick_asa_Planck]       #567762 - 08/21/05 11:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hope this isn't too geeky, but for those that want to dig into some stellar astrophysics papers.. http://arxiv.org/find Try searching for author: Sagert There's a fairly easy paper "Compact Stars for Undergraduates" ..well, I thought it was cool. -------------------- ------ Tom C C10 NGT Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/14/05 Posts: 2754 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Ten Most Used Astro Websites [Re: TomC10]       #611242 - 09/22/05 02:29 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Any URL for locating the planets 'real-time' such as: http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/ -------------------- TS 130/912 (f 7.10) Triplet Apo Refractor TS 152/1200 (f 7.90) Achromatic Refractor Astrologers say the future is written in the stars but Astronomers know this more so applies to the past... http://www.flickr.com/photos/72473941@N03/ Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | (show all)

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