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Associations & Clubs

The American Association of Amateur Astronomers
AAVSO - American Association Of Variable Star Observers
The Astronomy Network of Ohio
The Columbus Astronomical Society
North York Astronomical Association
SEDS Internet Party House

General Astronomy

IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
New Vistas in Astronomy - 2001 Series -- Ohio State University program presented at Perkins Observatory in Delaware, OH.
Solar Terrestrial Dispatch Homepage -- Auroral Information
Eclipse Chasers
Global Network of Astronomical Telescopes
Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: The Home Page

Light Pollution

International Dark-Sky Association
Ohio Light Pollution Advisory Committee
Cal-IDA
DarkSky - A Web Tool for Stargazing
U.S. EPA Green Lights Program
Preserve Perkins -- Perkins Observatory in Delaware, OH is threatened by encroaching development.

Software

Window 95 Astronomy Software
Project Pluto

Equipment

Star Ware (and More!) Home Page
Scotch Mount -- Double Arm
Astrophotography with a QuickCam
How to Set Up an X10 Camera to a Telescope
Microtec Encoders
Stellarvue: Stellarvue Standard Red Dot Finder
Custom Lens Mounts

SETI

The Columbus Optical SETI Observatory (COSETI Observatory) - The Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Radio Astronomy and SETI - Big Ear Radio Observatory

Star Party

Hidden hollow 2000
Stellafane Home Page
NYAA -- Starfest Homepage

Publications

SKY Online - Sky Publishing Corporation
Astronomy
The Astronomical Journal, Electronic Edition

Buy and Sell

ASTROMART - The Global Astronomy Marketplace
Astro-Ads
The Starry Messenger
Surplus Shack
Other Astronomy Classified Services
Free Astronomy Classifieds
http://www.used-telescopes.com/

Vendors

Telescope & Binocular Center Home Page
Celestron International
CapellaSoft: Innovative Astronomical Software
Collins Electro Optics - Image Intensified Astronomy
Stellarvue
ProtoStar Astronomy Products
Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird
Apogee Inc.
University Optics Telescope Accessories
Scopetronix
Scope City - Worlds Largest and most complete Optical Centers
SPACE.com
Stellarvue: Stellarvue Standard Red Dot Finder
Portable Power Stations
Lentek - Pest Control, Pet Products, Air Purification Technology - Shopping Online

Sky Views

The STScI Digitized Sky Survey
SkyView Virtual Telescope
NGC / IC Project Home Page

Observatories

Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page
STScI/HST Public Information -- This is the link to the Hubble pictures.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory Center - Gateway to the universe of x-ray astronomy!
Perkins Observatory
The Official Warren Rupp Observatory Home Page
Big Bear Solar Observatory WWW Page -- This is the Premier Solar Observatory site.
Keck Interferometer
ESO Education and Public Relations
A.A.O. IMAGES
Observatorio ARVAL - Home Page
Observatório Municipal de Campinas
Time Service Dept., Naval Observatory
University of Virginia Department of Astronomy
SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY
Contact LHO

Satellites

Liftoff Satellite J-Track -- This NASA site includes a JAVA applette that shows hundreds of satellites currently in ordit and that you can manipulate with your mouse.
Welcome to Heavens-Above
Starshine Home Page
SeeSat-L Home Page
SatPasses - Satellite Passes Over North American Cities -- A text listing you can customize.
Satellite Visibility - Home Page
Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page (US)
Satellite Observing Resources
Tracking Programs & TLEs
CelesTrak: Current NORAD Two-Line Element Sets
Satellite Tracker

Tools

Lunar Sections
Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Moon
Limiting magnitude areas
Earth and Moon Viewer
Solar System Live
Solar System Simulator
Maps of the Solar System
SOLAR SYSTEM COLLISIONS
The Astronomy Workshop
Comets and Meteor Showers
Liftoff to Space Exploration
Imagine The Universe!
Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars Page
Jillian's Guide to Black holes
Photometric Redshift Clickable Map
Deep Sky Search:Deep Sky Database:Deep Sky Objects:Galaxies:Globular Clusters:Open Clusters:Nebulae:Double Stars
Welcome to Heavens-Above
QikLinx: Science Links
#1 Astronomical and Space Calendar - CalSKY
The Sky Guide

Data bases

The NASA Astrophysics Data System Home Page
Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy
Amateur Telescope Makers (ATM) ARCHIVE: Search Page
Astro Archive
Comets Information
DoD Fireball Observations -- Data base of exploding fireballs recorded by DoD satellites.
The Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission
Space Calendar (JPL)

Links

Observatorio ARVAL - Astro Links -- This is the best collection of Astro links on the Web.  If you don't do anything else check it out!
Contents of Fourmilab
Software

Astro Photo

Space Movie Archive
Astronomical pictures & animations - An online 4 gigabytes astronomical server
Moon Animation -- An interesting time-lapse animation of lunar phases that shows libation and the change in the moon's size due to its change in distance as it rounds it's eliptical orbit.
Movies from Hubble Show the Changing Faces of Infant Stars -- Fascinating time-lapse animation of changes in young stars.
NGC 2261 - Hubble's Variable Nebula at the GAO -- Fascinating time-lapse animation of changes in this nedula.
ANTÓNIO CIDADÃO's Home-Page of Astrophotography
Astronomy Images by Michael Sparks
Ted's Astropix Main Page
Mike Godwin's Page
Michael Sparks Page

ATM

The ATM Page
Scotch Mount -- Double Arm
Astrophotography with a QuickCam
How to Set Up an X10 Camera to a Telescope
Microtec Encoders
Got Grit ? Mirror Grinding Kits and Supplies
Stellarvue: Stellarvue Standard Red Dot Finder
Custom Lens Mounts

People

Robert Burnham -- The sad story to the author of Burnham's Celestial Handbook.
John Dobson of The Sidewalk Astronomers

Weather

Current Weather Maps/Movies
NOAA's Geostationary Satellite Browse Server
GHCC - Interactive GOES-8 Visible 1 km Satellite Data Selector
GOES-8 DATA GRABBER
GHCC Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Data Viewer
Real-Time Weather Data: Home Page
World Weather Links - Latest Satellite Images
NOAA Home Page
Unisys Weather
Weather Underground: Welcome to The Weather Underground
CRWS Jet Stream Map Menu

Miscellaneous

Portable Power Stations
Lentek - Pest Control, Pet Products, Air Purification Technology - Shopping Online
Radiocontrolled atomic wristwatches, wallclocks, alarmclocks, travelclocks, weatherstations, programmable industrieclocks and displays

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