Astronomy & Space
396 sites
http://cvafresno.org/
The Central Valley Astronomers is an amateur astronomy club based in Fresno, California, welcoming everyone from beginners to seasoned professionals with star parties, astrophotography, and educational meetings. The site includes a club calendar, membership info, a Young Astronomer Program, star party etiquette guides, light pollution resources, and tips on purchasing equipment.
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://rc-astro.com/photography.php
Russell Croman's astrophotography site showcases stunning deep-sky images including nebulae, galaxies, star clusters, and solar system objects captured with professional-grade equipment. With sections organized by celestial type and additional resources on equipment and publications, this is a richly curated portfolio of night-sky photography spanning over two decades.
http://wikisky.org/
WikiSky.org is an interactive online sky map that lets users explore stars, galaxies, nebulae, and constellations through a virtual telescope interface with support for over 15 languages. The platform combines user-contributed content with professional astronomy data, featuring astro photography, science news, blogs, and a community forum for stargazers worldwide.
http://heavens-above.com/
Heavens-Above, developed by Chris Peat, provides real-time satellite tracking and pass predictions customized to your exact location, covering the ISS, Starlink, Hubble, and hundreds of other spacecraft. Beyond satellites, the site offers interactive sky charts, solar eclipse data, comet and asteroid tracking, and deep space mission information, making it an essential tool for backyard astronomers and satellite spotters alike.
http://planetquest.org/
PlanetQuest is a nonprofit citizen science project inviting the public to participate in real exoplanet detection research using distributed computing and a shared software platform called the Collaboratory. Visitors can download tools to search stellar light curves for transiting planets, contributing spare CPU cycles to a project affiliated with NASA's Kepler Mission.
https://in-the-sky.org/
Created by Dominic Ford, In-The-Sky.org is a richly detailed astronomy portal offering real-time night sky guides, interactive planetarium tools, satellite tracking, and event calendars for celestial phenomena like eclipses, conjunctions, and meteor showers. Visitors can explore 3D solar system maps, rising and setting times for planets, deep sky object catalogs, and even printable planispheres and astrolabes, all tailored to their geographic location.
http://ssastros.org/testsite
The South Shore Astronomical Society is a community astronomy club bringing together stargazers and space enthusiasts in the South Shore region. This appears to be the club's official web presence, serving as a hub for members and those interested in joining a local astronomical society.
http://bo.astro.it/~biblio/atlas/atlas-in.htm
Hosted by the Library of the Department of Astronomy in Bologna, this scholarly site guides visitors through a curated collection of historic celestial atlases spanning the 16th through 18th centuries, from Piccolomini's Renaissance star maps to Bode's Uranographia. Created by Davide Neri, a philosopher and physicist, it beautifully bridges the history of science and art through some of the most celebrated astronomical cartography ever published.
http://c14isawesome.blogspot.com/
Stephen Saber, an amateur astronomer, shares deep-sky observing lists, lunar phenomena like Saber's Beads, and stargazing tips on this enthusiast blog. Catalogued targets from the Messier, Caldwell, RASC, and Herschel 400 lists make it a practical resource for marathon observers hunting NGC objects.