Astronomy & Space
396 sites
http://starshadows.com/
Star Shadows Remote Observatory (SSRO) was a cooperative astro-imaging venture cofounded by Rick Gilbert, Jack Harvey, Steve Mandel, and John Pierce, producing deep-sky images from New Mexico and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile from 2004 to 2018. The archived site offers access to their gallery, equipment details, and documents from over a decade of collaborative astrophotography.
http://astronomy.net/
Astronomy.Net is a comprehensive hub for amateur and professional astronomers alike, offering articles, forums, constellation guides, sky event calendars, and equipment classifieds all in one place. Built and maintained by John Huggins since 1994, the site covers everything from telescope optics and astrophotography to meteor showers and planetary conjunctions.
https://nic.funet.fi/pub/astro/html/astro-uk.html
Hosted on the Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET), this is the national homepage for amateur astronomy in Finland, maintained by members of the Ursa Astronomical Association. It organizes links to Finnish astronomical clubs, research institutions, schools, planetaria, publications, and observation resources, reflecting a country with one of the highest per-capita rates of amateur astronomers in the world.
https://theastronomer.tripod.com/
Tammy Plotner's astronomy site is a sprawling personal observatory journal covering years of nightly observing reports, constellation starhop guides, solar and lunar photography, aurora sightings, and deep sky sketches. With content spanning from 2001 to 2007 and sections on Messier studies, planetary transits, and star parties across Ohio and beyond, this is a genuine labor of love for backyard astronomers.
https://astrorx.org/
The Astronomical Society of the Desert (ASOD) is an amateur astronomy club with resources for beginners, star party schedules, observing site information, and membership details. Maintained by Bruce G, this old-web club homepage offers a glimpse into organized community stargazing in a desert region ideal for clear-sky observing.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
The legendary NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day archive is a comprehensive chronological index linking to thousands of daily astronomy images spanning from 1995 to the present, each accompanied by expert explanations written by professional astronomers. Featuring entries on nebulae, planets, eclipses, star clusters, and deep-sky objects, this archive is an endlessly explorable treasure trove for anyone fascinated by the cosmos.
http://astrosurf.com/jordigallego
Jordi Gallego's deep sky astrophotography site showcases stunning images captured since 2008 from his private Fosca Nit Observatory in Àger, Spain, one of southern Europe's darkest sky locations. The site combines aesthetic long-integration imaging with technical depth, including full equipment and processing notes per image, plus a dedicated section for exoplanet transit photometry observations.
https://rokonshimo.neocities.org/
Tangle's personal corner of the web belongs to an autistic Australian graduate student of Space Science with wide-ranging interests and ambitious creative projects. The site features a blog, character bios, and various personal sections, all wrapped in a warm and quirky introduction that hints at much more content to come.
https://asteroidoccultation.com/
Steve Preston's long-running resource provides predictions for asteroid occultation events, listing when asteroids will pass in front of stars as seen from Earth. Covering upcoming events through 2026 with supplementary observation guides and FAQs, it serves as a reference for amateur and professional astronomers tracking these brief but scientifically valuable phenomena.
https://amsmeteors.org/meteor-showers/meteor-shower-calendar?y=2022
The American Meteor Society, founded in 1911, maintains this comprehensive resource for tracking meteor showers, fireballs, and related meteoric phenomena, including a detailed calendar of upcoming showers for 2026-2027. Visitors can report fireball sightings, browse fireball logs, explore observing programs, and access guides on photographing meteors with a DSLR.