Astronomy & Space
390 sites
http://newastro.com/
Ron Wodaski's companion site to his book 'The New Astronomy' offers a comprehensive online guide to CCD astrophotography, covering everything from focusing and exposure to advanced image processing. With ten full chapters available online by subscription, plus sample content and a community discussion group, it serves as a practical resource for beginner and intermediate amateur astronomers.
https://skokievalleyastronomers.org/
The Skokie Valley Astronomers was a beloved Illinois-based amateur astronomy club that ran for over 50 years, hosting public meetings, presentations, and events dedicated to stargazing and sky watching. The site serves as a farewell archive and resource hub, featuring newsletters, images, and links to other local astronomy clubs for members and enthusiasts to continue their passion.
https://astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
Hosted at the University of Bonn's Argelander Institute for Astronomy, this long-running site by Wolfgang R. Dick serves as a curated hub for the history of astronomy, linking to resources on history of science, notable events like the Simon Marius symposium, and the Working Group for the History of Astronomy. Created in 1995 and maintained for decades, it bridges academic astronomy with historical scholarship in both English and German.
https://daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/40_Eridani.html
David Darling's encyclopedia entry on 40 Eridani covers the nearby trinary star system in Eridanus, including its white dwarf, red dwarf, and orange main-sequence components, with detailed discussion of habitability and its famous role as Vulcan's star in Star Trek. Part of a broader astronomy encyclopedia, this page blends rigorous stellar data with engaging science fiction connections, complete with NASA imagery and comparisons to our own solar system's habitable zone.
http://starrywonders.com/
Steve Cannistra's StarryWonders is a deep-dive into astrophotography, featuring stunning CCD images of nebulae and galaxies alongside detailed technical guides on subexposure time, binning, CCD cooling analysis, and bicolor Ha/OIII processing. The site is a treasure trove for serious amateur astronomers, combining a rich image gallery with spreadsheets and tutorials that go well beyond typical hobbyist pages.
http://rvasclub.org/
The Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society (RVAS) is a Virginia-based astronomy club offering monthly meetings, observing sessions, newsletters, and astrophotography resources for members. The site includes clear sky charts, a DSO of the month feature, member pages, and meeting announcements with guest speakers covering topics like astrophotography techniques.
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.
http://aerith.net/index.html
Seiichi Yoshida's comprehensive comet resource site offers extensive catalogs, weekly bright comet updates, light curves, and thousands of photographs tracking comets from around the world. Yoshida is a notable amateur astronomer who even had a minor planet named after him, and his MISAO project leverages global imagery to detect and track remarkable astronomical objects.
https://people.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds
The British Astronomical Association Comet Section is a dedicated resource for tracking newly discovered comets, periodic comets, and observational reports from contributors worldwide. Maintained by director Nick James and visual observations coordinator Jonathan Shanklin, the site features comet ephemerides, discovery news, observing guides, and an archive of the newsletter 'The Comet's Tale'.
https://whatcomastronomy.org/
The Whatcom Association of Celestial Observers (W.A.C.O.) is a community astronomy club founded in 1988 in Bellingham, Washington, dedicated to making amateur astronomy accessible and enjoyable. The site offers a calendar of meetings, member resources, observing programs, photos, and local astronomy links for the Pacific Northwest region.