Links to Astronomy Resources on the Web

Observing resources:

Star Party Etiquette

Dark Sky Directories

Weather

General events

Projects

Online star maps

  • Skymaps.com - Print out their quality all-sky maps for learning the constellations. Also provides list of deep sky objects visible.
  • Hawaiian Astronomical Society Sky Maps - Awesome site with descriptions of constellations and specific deep sky objects, all-sky maps, and detailed maps.
  • Heavens-above - all-sky map Specifically for Berkeley
  • Starchart map server - Generates star maps in Postscript format files; good for printing

Objects, Local and Solar System

Objects, Extra-solar system

Links to other useful astronomy resources:

Tips for beginners

Newsgroups

  • sci.astro.amateur - For amateur astronomers.
  • sci.astro
  • sci.astro.ccd-imaging
  • sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe
  • alt.binaries.pictures.astro
  • Deja.com You can read and search through newsgroups using this site

Mailing lists

  • TAC - A network of Bay Area amateur astronomers.
  • Astronomy News by E-mail from S&T - One list informs you of the latest astronomical news and discoveries. The other informs you of the latest sky events.
  • Contact list run by Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC) -Informs list members of various Bay Are club activities.
  • Astro Archive - A searchable database of messages posted on various astronomy mailing lists
  • Yahoo! Groups - There are many astronomy-related mailing lists here. Try doing a search to see which group matches your interest.

Magazines

Software links

Bay Area / N. California organizations and clubs

Equipment & techniques:

Introduction

Review

Equipment buy and sell

Equipment maintenance and techniques

Astro Imaging:

Pro

Amateur

Video / Non-conventional Astronomy

Others:

Theory

Links to links:

Administrative/ Others: