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Science and Astronomy Links

Member Web Sites

• Keith Payea's Web Site - Scroll down to the Amateur Science section

• Burt Katzung's Web Site

Astronomy

• Andy's Shot Glass (Great site, lots of video articles)

• Arkansas Sky Observatory  (nice observing guides, videos. lots to see)

• AstronomyCast Hear fascinating audio programming on many astronomical topics. This is a great site!

• Astronomy Picture of the Day You can now view A.P.O.D directly on the IPOD Touch or IPHONE. Go to the ITUNES application store and search for Astronomy Picture of the Day. It's FREE.

• Night Sky Network Find astronomy clubs throughout the US

• Aurora Sentry

• Clear Dark Skies Clock for Santa Rosa, CA

• Heavens Above

• Seeing in the Dark (PBS)

• Spaceweather.com

• Swedish Institute for Solar Physics

Getting Started in Astronomy

Also see our article on this subject.

• Choosing a Telescope for Astronomy

• Beginner Articles at "Cloudy Nights Telescope Review" Site

Space-Based Astronomy

• Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite

• Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)

• Hubble Heritage Project

• Swift - Video on how Swift's mission and operation

• XMM-Newton  

Used Equipment

• Astromart

General Science and Science Entertainment!

If you didn't think science can be musical (and fun), check out Lynda William's website Science Entertainment.!  Also check out Lynda's site on Space Ecology. 

Also Check out Prof. Timothy Ferris website to learn more about his books, films. interviews, and great science links. 

• How Stuff Works

• National Geographic Society

• PBS NOVA

• Society of Amateur Scientists

Magazines

• Astronomy

• Astronomy Now (United Kingdom)

• Sky and Telescope

• Star Date

• Cosmos Online (Australia)

• Night Sky Observer

• SkyNews

Optics and Raytracing

• Articles About Optics from InternetPhysics

• Applets for Optical Calculations (toward bottom of page)

• Downloadable Optics Software from Lambda Research

• The Optics Project

• Software for Optical Design and Analysis from Telescopes.ru

Equipment Reviews

• Astromart Review

• Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews

• Ed Ting's Scope Reviews

• Excelsis

Spectroscopy

• Emission and Absorbtion Lines

• UV and Visual Absorption Spectroscopy

Telescopes, Telescope Making, DIY

• Historic Dearborn Telescope Low "Pollution" Lighting SCAS member Tom Burrows (now residing in Colorado) provides some great advice on home lighting that reduces light pollution. Check it out by clicking HERE

• McCormick Observatory's 26" Clark Refractor

• Roger Ceragioli's Refractor Construction Page

• Ronchi Testing by MM Research

Groups

• Binoviewers

• Orion Telescopes

• Meade Advanced Products User Group (MAPUG)

• Mead "Uncensored" (no opinion squashed)

• Refractor Telescope Group

• Stellarvue Telescopes

• Telescopes (general)

• Telescope Eyepieces

Vendors

• Anacortes

• Antares

• Apogee

• Astro-Physics

• BES Optics Inc.

• Celestron

• Coronado

• Denkmeier Binoviewers

• Discount Binoculars (Their retail store is Out of this World in Mendocino, on Main Street)

• Hands On Optics

• Helix (University Optics Orthos, Konigs, etc.)

• Meade

• Oceanside Photo and Telescope (OPT)

• Orion Telescopes and Binoculars

• Thor Labs

• Scope City

• Scope Stuff (Specializes in best bang-for-the buck accessories - shipping included in price!)

• Stellarvue

• Surplus Shed

Web Based Astronomy Education

• http://www.astronomycast.com/

• Electromagnetic Waves by David P. Stern and Mauricio Peredo

• Physics Demonstration Resources Online for Science Educators

Page last modified April 27, 2010