Astronomy & Space
390 sites
http://astronomy-mall.com/Adventures.In.Deep.Space
Adventures in Deep Space is a rich amateur astronomy resource built by Steve Gottlieb and collaborators, offering challenging observing projects covering peculiar galaxies, galaxy clusters, Abell planetaries, and much more. Packed with NGC/IC notes, finder charts, observing reports from star parties, and curated catalogs, it is a go-to destination for serious deep-sky observers hunting rarely seen objects.
http://bbastrodesigns.com/
Mel Bartels runs this personal hub covering amateur telescope making alongside his BBAstroDesigns venture and beekeeping with top bar hives. The site blends hands-on astronomical craftsmanship with natural observations like ice spikes, sun rainbows, and sun pillars.
https://gaac.us/
The Gloucester Area Astronomy Club (GAAC) is a casual, no-dues astronomy group founded in 2003 that meets monthly at the Lanesville Community Center in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The site features member photo galleries, ephemerides, aurora alerts, object rise/set times, and a calendar of events for anyone curious about the night sky.
http://yearinspace.com/the-week-in-space
The Year In Space is a weekly online calendar that highlights space history, sky events, and astronomical milestones, pairing each entry with detailed write-ups and NASA imagery. Each week features a featured topic such as the discovery of Ceres or the Cassini mission, alongside a day-by-day calendar of notable birthdays, launches, and celestial events.
https://rochesterskies.org/
The Rochester Astronomy Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Rochester, Minnesota, offering public night sky viewing events, member resources, and a club forum for amateur astronomers. The site features observing reports, event calendars, member blogs covering topics like Titan shadow transits and comet sightings, and outreach activities at local community events.
https://astropix.com/
Jerry Lodriguss has spent nearly 50 years photographing the night sky, and AstroPix collects his expertise into a comprehensive resource covering everything from smartphone star trails to deep-sky nebulas and total solar eclipses. Visitors will find equipment reviews, image processing tutorials, observing guides, and stunning astrophotos of planets, comets, galaxies, and celestial events spanning decades of film and digital work.
https://clavius.org/
Moon Base Clavius is a thorough, well-organized resource dedicated to debunking Apollo moon landing conspiracy theories, drawing on contributions from both amateurs and professionals. Visitors will find detailed analyses of Apollo photographs, environmental conditions, technology, space vehicles, and the logical fallacies underpinning hoax claims.
http://chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
Mike Boschat's astronomy page celebrates 60 years of stargazing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, covering lunar, solar, meteor, and noctilucent cloud observations with an impressive collection of Soviet-made telescopes and binoculars. The site includes astro images, SOHO discoveries, links to clear sky clocks, light pollution maps, and a vast collection of astronomy resources alongside the author's work with the Aeronet Sunphotometer at Dalhousie University.
http://users.erols.com/njastro/orgs/ndsos.htm
The National Deep Sky Observers Society (NDSOS) is a worldwide amateur astronomy organization founded in 1976, dedicated to those who observe galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Members receive a quarterly journal called Betelgeuse, access to professional astronomical databases, and networking with fellow deep sky enthusiasts across the globe.
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/
AuroraWatch UK is a free alert service run by scientists at Lancaster University's Space and Planetary Physics group, notifying users when the aurora borealis might be visible from the UK. The site offers real-time magnetogram plots, activity stackplots, a map, and multi-channel alerts via email, Twitter, Telegram, and more.