Blackpool & District Astronomical Society Welcome page Who we are and how to find us Meetings for this year Imminent and planned Starmaps and weather forecasts for Blackpool Members' astrophotography Other interesting sites Contact the Society
Welcome page Who we are and how to find us Meetings for this year Imminent and planned Star maps and other guides Members' astrophotography Other interesting sites Contact the Society

Astronomy on the web

Astronomy Guides

www.nightskyinfo.com / Constellation families / StarDate online / Space.com

Lunar observing

The Lunar 100 / Consolidated lunar atlas

Planetary observing

 

Deep sky observing

The Messier catalog / Deep sky astronomy / Deep sky database / Deep Sky Browser / Skyhound / Messier visible database / Seven ultimate challenges / More deep sky catalogues

Publications

Astronomy / Astronomy Now / BBC Sky at Night magazine / Practical Astronomer / Sky & Telescope

Imagery

Astronomy Picture Of the Day / Top 10 Sun images from SOHO / Cassini-Huygens

Astrophotography techniques

Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss / Long exposures with web cams / Starizona's guide to CCD imaging / astronomy LINKS /

Societies and Associations

British Astronomical Association / The Royal Astronomical Society (UK) / International Occultation Timing Association

Interesting sites and articles

How a barlow lens works / Bad astronomy / 10th planet discovered / Minor planet observer / Mars Exploration Rover Mission / Woman astronomers / Visual satellite observation / Earth seen at night from space / Heavens above / Java for astronomy / Why hurricanes and galaxies are spiral / Your weight on other worlds / SpaceWeather.com / Optical phenomena / International Dark-Sky Association / Nine planets / Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hits Jupiter / The whole NGC / Estimate your limiting magnitude / Common deep sky catalogs / 4,000+ observation reports / AstroWeb: 3000+ links / Google astronomy directory

Members' websites

Pete Franklin's Carleton House Observatory / Chris Lord's Brayebrooke Observatory
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