Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association

SAAA of Holland, Michigan
42.78N 86.11W

Astronomy Publications

• Astronomer Magazine (U.K)
• Astronomy Magazine
• Journal of the British Astronomical Association
• New Scientist: - Planetary Science
• Sky and Telescope Magazine

Astronomy Usenet Groups

• sci.astro News Group
• sci.astro.amateur News Group
• sci.astro.fits News Group
• sci.astro.hubble News Group
• sci.astro.planetarium News Group
• sci.astro.research News Group
• alt.sci.planetary - Planetary Science

Astronomy & Space News

• The Cosmic Mirror - News Events Across the Universe
• Jonathan’s Space Report - Current Space Missions & Launches
• Sky Publishing’s News Page

Astronomical and Related Organizations

• AAVSO - American Association of Variable Star Observers
• American Astronomical Society
• ALPO - Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
• Astronomical League of Amateur Astronomers
• Astronomical League Observing Clubs Pick one of these challenging lists to kick-start your night sky observing
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Educational Information and PASP Abstract Lookup
• Astronomy Search Engine - Look for People, Institute, and Addresses
• European Southern Observatory
• National Dark Sky Week
• IOTA - International Occultation and Timing Association
• NASA - Information Services via the World Wide Web
• The Planetary Society - Remember Voyager’s Engraved Plate?
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• The Space Telescope Science Institute - Home of the Hubble Space Telescope
• The Webb Society - International Society for the Observation of Double Stars and Deep Sky Objects
• Great Lakes Planetarium Association - Serving planetarians and astronomy educators around the world.

Astronomical Images

• Fotoseach Astronomy Photos - Search Image Library
• Archive of NGC Photos - From Grove Creek Observatory
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day we
  feature a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
• Hubble photos - From the Space Telescope Sciences Institute
• The Messier Catalog - Individual or by Type
• Messier Images - From the Digitized Sky Survey
• National Space Science Data Center
• The Web Nebula - Links to other digitized images…

Desktop Planetarium Software

• Bill Arnett’s exhaustive listing - Bill covers MS Windows
  PCs, Macs, OS/2, and Unix. You can’t beat this listing, with links to the authors.
• Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Software Links

Windows Screen Savers

• Sky Screen Saver
• Earth Screen Saver
• Sun Clock

NASA Sites

• Mars Missions
• The New Millenium Project Advanced NASAA Technology
• The Space Place Great for Kids

Astronomy Classes/Labs OnLine

• Collection of OnLine Courses by Reggie Hudson of Eckerd College
• General Astronomy Tutorials by Jack Troeger for Middle/High School Students
• Collection of Sites
• Project CLEA or Contemporary Laboratory Exercises in Astronomy

Astronomy Screensavers

• Moon Craters - blasts your desktop with craters
• Earth - a real time image of the earth illumination
• Sky - displays a plot of the night sky from any Earth location
• SETI at Home - search for ET with spare CPU cycles

The Night Sky Reference Guide

• Abrams Sky Watcher Diary
• The Astronomical Handbook - from the Peoria Astronomical Society
• The Aurora Page - Photos, Predictions, Recent Sightings, etc.
• Auroral Studies - at the University of Calgary
• Clementine - Image the Moon
• Collimate Your Newtonian Telescope
  • Adventure in Collimation
  • Collimating Newtonian Optics
  • Collimation FAQ
• Constellations - OnLine Guide by the Hawaiian Astronomical Society
• The Comet Page - Lots of Information, Including Current Comets
• Dark Sky - Just how dark is it where you want to observe?
• Digitized Sky Survey - Know your Coordinates!
• Ed Ting’s Telescope Reviews - Quite comprehensive!
• Information Bulletin on Variable Stars - Catalog of Published information on variable stars
• JPass - NASA’s JAVA applet to identify satellites overhead.
• JTrack - NASA’s companion JAVA applet which plots ground tracks
• JPL’s Solar System Dynamics - WWW site provides information related to all known bodies in orbit around the sun
• Meteors and Comets - The Complete Guide
• The Nine Planets - Solar System Info
• Phases of the Moon - Full, Half, or Quarter?
• Solar System Live - Shows the Current Relative Position of the Planets
• StarChart Map Server - Build your own star maps
• Sunspot Numbers
• Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures

Internet Accessible Robotic Observatories

• Robotics Telescope Facility - University of Iowa
• Bradford Robotic Telescope - University of Bradford (UK)
• Remotely Operated Telescope - University of California at Santa Barbara

Selected Observatories

• Cerro Tololo Inter-American Oservatory
• Apache Point Observatory\
• Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
• Griffith Observatory
• Grove Creek Observatory
• Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
• Kitt Peak Observatory Information
• Mees Solar Observatory
• Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
• Mount Wilson Observatory
• NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Home Page
• National Solar Observatory
• Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
• The Gemini 8m Telescopes Project
• U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO)
• UCO/Lick Observatory
• Whipple Observatory
• Yerkes Observatory

Miscellaneous Astronomical Information

• Amateur Astronomy On Line Observers Log
• Arizona Astronomy Camp
• Astromicroscopy - That’s Right, use a Microscope to View the Universe!
• History of Astronomy
• How to Computerize a Dob Telescope for CCD
• KidsWeb Astronomy & Space Page
• Web Stars - Guide to Astrophysics on the Web
• Windows to the Universe - From the University of Michigan
• Yahoo’s List of Astronomy Pages

Please send corrections and suggestions to us.