Useful Links

N13 June 13, 2008

Plan Observing

 

ROG Blog sky tonight

 

John Griffiths’ sky notes

 

OU Open2.net sky notes

 

Sky & Tel. Observing Highlights

 

Sky & Telescope Interactive Chart

(Greenwich 9pm)

 

Jodrell Bank Night Sky Page

 

Heavens-above.com

 

Moon’s Phases

 

Sun & Moon rise and set etc.

 

Current Comets

 

Eclipses on-line portal

 

 

Solar Activity

 

Latest SOHO images

 

Sunspots from SOHO

 

Spaceweather.com

 

 

Judge the cloud cover with

 

Met Office 5-day Forecasts

 

Metcheck forecasts

 

Weather.co.uk

 

BBC Weather England S.E.

 

Met Office Satellite Imagery

 

METEOSAT image (animation)

 

Met Office UK rainfall animation

 

 

Radio & TV Programmes

 

Cosmic Quest — Radio 4

 

The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide

 

Stardate

 

Space Odyssey

 

Light Fantastic

 

What we still don’t know

General Astronomy & History

 

John Harrison, Longitude, Navigation & Timekeeping links

 

Royal Observatory Greenwich

 

National Maritime Museum

 

Mauna Kea Observatories

 

European Southern Observatory

 

Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

 

Birr Castle

 

Leeds Astronomical Society

 

Orpington Astronomical Society

 

Crayford Manor House Astro Soc

 

Royal Observatory Edinburgh

 

United States Naval Observatory

 

British Astronomical Association

 

Society for the History of Astronomy

 

Federation of Astronomical Societies

 

Society for Popular Astronomy

 

Royal Astronomical Society

 

Royal Institution of Great Britain

 

Royal Society

 

Cambridge Relativity & Cosmology

 

The Official Time (USNO)

 

The Animated Virtual Planetarium

 

John Mill’s Astronomical Pages

 

Astrospaceweb