This is obviously just a small selection of the most appropriate resources. Many more resources can be found through links from these sites or various Internet search engines.

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General Resources

• Sky Online
• The Astronomical League
• Ames Area Amateur Astronomers
• Todd Gross's Page
• "Reading the Skies" Educational Site

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Publications, Catalogs, and Commercial Sites

• Astronomy Magazine
• Sky Publishing Online
• Orion Telescope and Binocular Center
• Astronomy Mall
• Eagle Optics Mail Order
• Oceanside Photo and Telescope
• David Chandler: Deep Space software, Night Sky Planispheres, books
• SBIG CCD Cameras
• StarStuff: MorningStar Telescope Works and other information
• ICSTARS Astronomy

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Web Resources for Beginners

• Rose City Astronomers Beginner's Page
• Dubai Amateur Astronomy: Amateur Astronomy Really is Worldwide!
• Starcruiser.Com--A Place for Amateur Astronomers
• Beginner FAQ from Jay Reynolds Freeman

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Lunar Resources

• Clementine Lunar Image Browser
• ALPO Lunar Section

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Planetary Resources

• The Nine Planets--Multimedia Tour by Bill Arnett
• Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO)
• Jupiter Observing by Todd Gross
• Jupiter Ephemeris by John Sabia
• Sky Online Sights Page
• NASA's Lunar and Planetary Institute

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Stellar Resources

• American Association of Variable Star Observers

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Solar Resources

• Solar Site Index: Links Galore
• Observing the Sun in H-Alpha
• Basic Solar Observing
• Fred Espenak's Eclipse Home Page

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Cometary Resources

• Comet Observation Home Page
• Comets and Meteor Showers
• Sky Online's Comet Page
• CBAT Astronomical Headlines

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Meteor Resources

• Comets and Meteor Showers
• International Meteor Organization
• North American Meteor Network
• Sky Online's Meteor Page

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Deep-sky Observing Resources

• Deep Space Sketches
• Sky and Telescope has a few reprinted articles here.
• Herschel 400, a list with descriptions of 400 sought-after deep-sky objects first catalogued by William Herschel.
• Go back to my deep-sky pages.

 

 

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Deep-sky Object Images

• SkyView Virtual Observatory
• Hubble Space Telescope Pictures
• The Messier Objects

 

 

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Light Pollution/Night Vision

• International Dark-Sky Association
• Find your limiting magnitude

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