BillFerris
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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
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Grand Canyon Adventure
Lowering the Threshold
18" Obsession
4.5" Meade 4500
10x50 Swift Audubon
Cosmic Voyage
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie again
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Loc: NE Ohio
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There are astro websites besides Cloudy Nights? 
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John C
Urban Observatory
Tele Vue Pronto
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 152ED F/9 "APO"
152mm F/10 achromat
Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
LXD750, EM-200, CI-700
ST-10XME
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BillFerris
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 07/17/04
Posts: 2582
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Yes, but they're all a distant second 
Bill in Flagstaff
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Grand Canyon Adventure
Lowering the Threshold
18" Obsession
4.5" Meade 4500
10x50 Swift Audubon
Cosmic Voyage
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Jeremy Perez
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Reged: 08/12/04
Posts: 1676
Loc: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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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.
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Orion SVP 6LT (6" f/8 Newt) || Orion XT8 (8" f/6 Newt) || 15x70 Oberwerk Binoculars
The Belt Of Venus || Astro-Sketch Gallery || Astro-Sketching Resources || Astro-Photo Gallery
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sienarot
professor emeritus
Reged: 10/18/03
Posts: 708
Loc: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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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! 
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Derrick
Sky-Watcher 80ED f/7.5 Refractor
Celestron C8 SCT f/10 SCT
Canon EOS 20D
Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000
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Kostian
sage
Reged: 10/03/04
Posts: 296
Loc: Brighton, MA
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http://www.ourdarkskies.com
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www.explorethecosmos.com
Equipment:
8" Hardin Dob
11x70 Oberwerk Binos
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Anonymous
Unregistered
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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
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LivingNDixie
Lord of Ferrets
Reged: 04/23/03
Posts: 15796
Loc: Hoover, AL
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Surprised nobody mentioned this place:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
(astronomy picture of the day)
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Preston
Celestron 11" Nexstar GPS XLT
Lunt LS60T/Ha 60mm f/8.33 (on order)
It’s not finishing something when your tank is empty that makes you a stronger person. It’s brushing yourself off and refacing the foe that defeated you with the same determination and willingness to fight that you had when you began your journey.
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Anonymous
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We were waiting for you Preston
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Blueshark928
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Posts: 2853
Loc: Crownsville, MD
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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
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John
SV-102APO
SV-80/9d
Losmandy G11
HX-916
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Sooon
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 08/19/04
Posts: 1036
Loc: Lausanne, Switzerland
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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)
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Philippe
Tele Vue 102 / Losmandy GM8
Tele Vue 76 / Tele Vue Panoramic
Meade ETX 90
Coronado PST
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FAB
Carpal Tunnel
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Posts: 2324
Loc: Blythe, CA USA
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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
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Floie
10.0" Hardin Dob
6.0" Konus Refractor
3.0" Celestron Tabletop Newtonian
10X50 Binoculars
Bristoscope 772212 Microscope
http://home.earthlink.net/~blhtvl
&
http://home.earthlink.net/~astroclub
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LesB
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Reged: 12/20/04
Posts: 1687
Loc: Z-Hills, FL
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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! 
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"The genius of humanity is to establish an identity which lies at an ever-increasing distance from our organic nature." Ray Tallis
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Chris Graham
mmmm...Haggis
Reged: 04/01/04
Posts: 4869
Loc: Stirling, Scotland
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Yeh this is a great post, i'm making it a sticky
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-Skywatcher 8" Reflector on HEQ5 with Skyscan
-Orion ED80 Refractor
-70mm Guidescope/grab and go scope
-Canon EOS 350D
-Toucam Pro 2
Astronomy & Veggies
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lighttrap
Reged: 02/06/04
Posts: 3833
Loc: cloudy, foggy, humid NC, US
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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.
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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
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b_erdmann
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Posts: 46
Loc: Prescott, Arizona
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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/
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Bob Erdmann - Webmaster & Project Team Leader
The NGC/IC Project - www.ngcic.org
Prescott, Arizona
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NJ Night Sky
Reged: 03/25/04
Posts: 833
Loc: Hillsborough, NJ
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http://www.njnightsky.com
http://www.ourdarkskies.com
http://cloudynights.com
http://cleardarksky.com
http://weather.com
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Jim
NJ Night Sky- J&T Telescope - MicroStock Photography - Shop4Scopes
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Thick_asa_Planck
Dark Sky Hunter
Reged: 09/04/04
Posts: 3341
Loc: UK
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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
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It is often commonplace to leave the notation ambiguous - Anonymous
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TomC10
sage
Reged: 12/21/04
Posts: 239
Loc: Land of Enchantment
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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.
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Tom C
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PhilCo126
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/14/05
Posts: 1300
Loc: coastline of Belgium
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Any URL for locating the planets 'real-time' such as:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
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TS 152/1200 ( f 7.90 ) Achromatic Refractor
Saving/Looking for 180/1620 ( f 9 ) Refractor
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