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There are many astronomical websites available to the amateur astronomer, but where are the best ones? We attempt to highlight a new astronomical delight each month with a website that is informative, easy to navigate and something to come back to again and again.
Each website is awarded a gold emblem for helping to promote astronomy as an enjoyable and thoroughly rewarding pastime to the wider community.
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| 2006 - Website of the Month - 2006 | ||
January 2006 Mike Weasner's Mighty ETX website A vast collection of articles and information relating to the Meade ETX series telescopes
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February 2006 Autoguiding and CCD images in the 1970s - this anateur astronomer has been at the cutting edge of technology for over 30 years. |
March 2006 Join the Star-Hunting Party during March 22 –29, 2006! A worldwide census on the state of light pollution.
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April 2006 Astrophotography from the Phillipines Amazing images of planets captured with a ToUcam Pro
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May 2006 Seiichi Yoshida's Small Planetary Bodies A wealth of information relating to observable comets and asteriods |
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| 2005 - Website of the Month - 2005 | ||
January 2005
Carsten is an active member of QCUIAG, the webcam imaging group and is on the development team of Registax, the image stacking software. He has taken many wonderful images of the night sky and shares his techniques in great depth on his website. |
February 2005 The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth from 1961 through the present.
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March 2005 This massive website has everything covered from light pollution, the latest Armagh weather observations, to some detailed technical articles on solar physics and more. Take time to delve into this site and you will be there for hours. |
April 2005 The CfDS is a campaign to preserve the beauty of the night sky by campaigning against inefficient lighting. This is the single most important campaign for all astronomers and eco-friendly people and warants our full support. |
May 2005 Astronomical Society of South Australia Great society website with many articles, how-tos, and strangely familar constellations - but all upside down! |
June 2005 Calculated Sky - CalSky A truly unique resource for observers. Find out about space weather, eclipses, satellites, planets, comets, asteroids, meteor showers, and more with dynamic sky charts generated for your location and and a fully customisable email alert manager. |
July 2005 Home of David Kolb's Astronomy website showing off David's amazing imagery with his varied optical instruments. |
August 2005 Damian Peach - Views of the Solar System Damian Peach must be just about the best astrophotographer in the country. Located in Norfolk, Damian appeared recently on the BBC Sky At Night star party and is a member of the BAA. |
September 2005 An amateur run website full of practical resources and tutorials for astronomers. |
October 2005 An incredible website with photos of atmospheric and meteorological optics, with downloadable freeware to simulate effects. |
December 2005 Not the most stunning of website designs but the content of amateur astrophotography is just incredible. |
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| 2004 Website of the Month 2004 | ||
January 2004
Learn about the starry sky for budding beginners and amateur astronomers
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March 2004 Daily coverage of features of the moon, perfect for learning about our closest celestial body
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April 2004 Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies THE place to go if you want to discuss astronomy with Ireland based astronomers
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May 2004 BBC: Science and Nature: Space Excellent resource for learning about space, the solar system and more with games, quizzes and plenty more.
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June 2004 Comprenhensive website with the latest astronomy software reviews, photo pages and help forums.
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July 2004 Excellent resource for budding astrophotographers detailing the trial and errors of an amateur astronomer, Jan Timmermans, in capturing many excellent images from his backyard in Holland.
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August 2004 Amateur astronomy club based in Ireland's MidWest that meet every month in Limerick and host the Annual Whirlpool Star Party.
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September 2004 Jim Thommes Unconventional Astrophotography Jim Thommes is at the forefront of long exposure webcam images and captures some incredible DSO images from his home near San Diego, California, USA.
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October 2004 Learn about ancient astronomy in Ireland and how adept celtic observers were in studying the movements of the heavens.
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November 2004 The ESA website is full of amazing information about Human Spaceflight, Observing the Earth, Launchers, Navigation, Space Science, Spacecraft operations, Telecommunications and much more. |
December 2004 CfDS is a campaign to preserve the beauty of the night sky by campaigning against inefficient exterior lighting.
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| 2003 WSOTM 2003 | ||
April 2003 The Big Bear Solar Observatory Their main interest is the physics of the Sun and they observe solar phenomena every day with their own dedicated telescopes and instruments |
May 2003 A bed and breakfast guest house in British Columbia that also captures superb deep sky & solar photographs |
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July 2003 Brian Lula presents his CCD astro-photos of many wonderful deep sky objects in amazing detail and colour |
August 2003 Amazing imaging using film and CCD capture. Check out his M42 image - I've never seen it like that before!!! |
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October 2003 Learn something new about the heavens above with a daily photo and short text in an easy to understand format |
November 2003 Excellent definitive resource for telescope and astronomy equipment reviews |
December 2003 "Let's Talk Stars" Online Radio Daily radio broadcast by David Levy for visual astronomers Daily learning about what's in the night sky
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