Kearney Nebraska
Director - Mark Urwiller
Assistant Directors: Jay Rasmussen, Kay Wolfe, and Dan Glomski
Links!
Searching for links on what telescope to buy? Need some star charts or books to go along with it? Want information on astrophotography? How about links to astronomy based magazines?
Your Search Has Brought You To The Right Place!
Would You Like To Join An Area Astronomy Club? Check Out The Platte Valley Astronomical Observers (Click This Title)
Astronomy For Kids and Beginners
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/ Astronomy for Kids
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/ Another website for Children
http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html Another website for kids
What Are The Chances Of Seeing
An Auroral Display Tonight? Check It Out!Solar Terestrial Dispatch Homepage
How About A Site Which Allows You To Find Several Satellites From Your Location?
This Should Get You Off Your Seat Most Any Night!
Astronomical Magazines, Books Etc
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx Astronomy Magazine
Sky Publishing Corporation (Sky and Telescope Magazine and a wealth of other materials!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/astronomy/ A Daily Astronomy Update
http://www.astronomynow.com/ A British Astronomy Magazine
Wilmann-Bell Inc. An excellent source for astronomy books, atlases, and software!
http://www.astronomycafe.net/ The Astronomy Café
Astrophotography
http://panther-observatory.com/
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/index.html Freeware Stacking Software For Digital Astrophotography
Telescopes and Associated Equipment
http://www.wisebread.com/picking-the-perfect-telescope Advice on your 1st telescope
http://science.howstuffworks.com/telescope.htm Information on telescopes
The New Coulter Optical Company (Telescopes)
Telescopes and Associated Materials - ( The Astronomy Mall! )
http://www.astromart.com/ Astronomy Classified Ads
http://www.cloudynights.com/classifieds/index.php Astronomy Classified Ads and Telescope Reviews
http://www.obsessiontelescopes.com/ Obsession Telescopes!
www.atmsite.org/contrib/Carlin/collimation/ Telescope Collimation
http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Carlin/collimation/kolli2.htm Telescope Collimation
http://gmpexpress.net/~tomhole/blaser.pdf Telescope Collimation
Astronomical Computer Programs and Star Charts!
http://freeware.intrastar.net/astronmy.htm Freeware Astronomy Programshttp://astrotips.com/index.php Astronomy Software and Amateur Observation
http://www.midnightkite.com/software.html Freeware Astronomy Programs
http://www.dewshields.com/programs.html Freeware Astronomy Programs
http://www.davidpaulgreen.com/software.html Freeware Astronomy Programs
http://www.deepsky2002.net/ Deepsky Observing Planning Software
Carina Software - Voyager 4 and Skygazer4
http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/ Cartes du Ciel – Freeware Star Charts!
http://www.uv.es/jrtorres/triatlas.html Incredible Freeware Star Charts In 3 Versions!
http://www.astro-tom.com/messier/messier_finder_charts/messier_maps.htm Messier Object Finder Charts With Telrad Overlays
Special Interest Links In Astronomy
The NASA Homepage!
NASA Homepagehttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/main/index.html NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Site
http://hubblesite.org/ The Hubble Space Telescope Official Site
http://www.stsci.edu/resources/ The Space Telescope Science Institute
http://www.universetoday.com Universe Today - This site contains information on space exploration and astronomy news which is updated each weekday!
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/CosmicMysteryTour.html Take the Cosmic Mystery Tour
http://exoplanet.eu/ Want to know the current number of planets currently know outside our solar system?
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_astronomy/ Astronomy in different wavelengths
http://shadowandsubstance.com/ This site features shockwave simulations for current events in the sky.
http://cometography.com/ Want to know just about anything about comets? Check here!
http://www.aavso.org/ The American Association of Variable Star Observers
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/ A Source of Solar Information
http://www.michielb.nl/od95/ Basic Solar Information with videos
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ Solar & Heliospheric Observatory
http://www.walter-fendt.de/a14e/ Astronomy Applets
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~scharein/applets/ Astronomy Applets
http://www.jgiesen.de/welcomeEnglish.htm Astronomy Applets
http://jersey.uoregon.edu/ Astronomy Applets
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/splash/ Nebraska Astronomy Applet Collection
http://www.mathtools.net/Java/Astronomy/index.html Astronomy Applets
http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/astronomy/applets/Blackbody/frame.html Astronomy Applet
http://meteorshowersonline.com/index.html Information on meteors
http://www.imo.net/ The International Meteor Association
http://www.amsmeteors.org/ The American Meteor Society
http://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/ The Clear Sky Clock
To Learn About Light Pollution And What You Can Do To Control Its Spread!
Check Out Our Light Pollution Page With Its Links!
Information On Kearney And Nebraska
Links To Other Astronomy Clubs, Organizations, and Observatories
Prairie Astronomy Club, Lincoln NE
Omaha Astronomical Society
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical League
http://obs.nineplanets.org/obs/obslist.html A site containing links to other amateur observatories
http://www.griffithobservatory.org/ Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles
http://www.laas.org/ The Los Angeles Astronomical Society
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