Some Astronomy links

Here are some links to other places with interesting Astronomy resources, mostly of fairly wide interest (i.e. not too professionally specialised).

• Campaign for Dark Skies
• Astronomy Now magazine
• Sky and Telescope magazine
• Your Sky will produce a map of the sky for any time and location on Earth
• the IAU's Minor Planet and Comet Ephemeris Service will generate a table of predicted sky positions for any minor planet or comet that has been discovered and studied enough for its orbit to be reasonable well-known. Extremely useful, although you will need a planetarium program or detailed star atlas to translate them into positions among the constellations.
• The Astronomer, a magazine for advanced amateur astronomers
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space have an excellent WWW site with images, news and information on Astronomy and space exploration.
• The Astronomical League, an organization for American amateur astronomers, have some useful information about practical observing on their site
• Worried the moon landings were a hoax? Can't figure out why there are tides twice a day? Was it really a good idea to blow up that comet in Deep Impact? Check out Bad Astronomy.
• Tom Polakis' Sky Photography page shows what impressive results can be obtained with simple equipment. There are also links to other astrophotography pages.
• The International Space Station is big, now, and is visible as it passes over, if you know where and when to look. This page will tell you exactly those things, where and when to look (you will need to be running a version 4 or above web browser).
• The Bradford Robotic Telescope: a telescope equipped with a CCD camera, operated remotely by computer and usable by anyone, after registration, via the WWW. This facility is in a state of reconstruction at the moment, but keep an eye on it if this appeals.