Astronomy & Space
396 sites
https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/nph120/astro/astlinks.html
Assembled by John S. Reid at the University of Aberdeen, this curated astronomy links page was built to support a Level 1 Astronomy class, covering general astronomy, the solar system, space missions, and observatories. With over 200 links organized into clear sections, it points students to tools like Stellarium, NASA catalogues, online textbooks, and the European Space Agency.
https://avastronomyclub.org/
The Antelope Valley Astronomy Club (AVAC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1982 to share the wonders of the night sky with families in northeastern Los Angeles County. Members range from beginners to advanced observers, and the club offers monthly meetings, school presentations, observing programs, and resources like telescope guides and DSO observing lists.
http://concordiemborealis.blogspot.com/
Stephen Saber's Concordiem Borealis is a carefully curated observing list of 400+ deep sky objects and double stars for northern hemisphere astronomers, unifying targets from the Astronomical League's Messier, Caldwell, Bino Deepsky, and Double Star programs with the RASC's Finest NGC Objects. Organized by constellation with magnitude, coordinates, and Pocket Sky Atlas chart references, it serves as a practical field companion for observers working through official observing programs.
https://delmarvastargazers.org/
The Delmarva Stargazer Society was an amateur astronomy club founded in 1993 on the Delmarva Peninsula that ran star parties at three dedicated dark sky sites until disbanding in 2019. This archived site preserves the club's history, newsletters, by-laws, and meeting minutes, and is maintained by member Michael Lecuyer who still brings telescopes out for public viewing in Wyoming, Delaware.
http://astronomical.org/
The Peoria Astronomical Society is a non-profit club for amateur astronomers in Peoria, Illinois, offering membership information, meeting schedules, constellation resources, and a newsletter archive. With links to their observatories, planetarium visits, and a learning center, this site serves as a hub for stargazers in the central Illinois community.
https://kernastro.org/
The Kern County Astronomical Society (KCAS) is a Bakersfield, California astronomy club founded in 1956 with a mission to foster interest in astronomy among members and the general public. The site offers information on star parties, meetings, membership, and a photo gallery featuring events like the Dark Skies Festival and visits to Mount Wilson Observatory.
https://starastronomy.org/
STAR (Society of Telescopy, Astronomy, and Radio) is a Monmouth County, NJ amateur astronomy club founded in 1957, offering monthly meetings, star parties, observing nights, and public outreach programs for all experience levels. The site features sections on telescope making, light pollution, a spectrogram tool, member photos, and a picture of the day, making it a rich hub for local stargazers.
https://fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
Solar System Live is an interactive web orrery created by John Walker that lets visitors visualize the entire solar system or inner planets at any date, time, and viewpoint they choose. Users can track asteroids and comets using orbital elements, generate custom star maps, and save personalized configurations as bookmarks, making it a genuinely useful tool for amateur and serious astronomers alike.
https://siriuslookers.org/
Sirius Lookers is a free, dues-free amateur astronomy club based in Sedona, Arizona, welcoming anyone with an interest in looking up at the night sky. The site lists monthly meeting schedules at the Sedona Public Library, upcoming star parties, viewing locations, moon phases, and links to dark sky resources and other astronomy clubs.
http://kellysky.net/
Al Kelly's dedicated astrophotography site showcases stunning CCD images of galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, and solar system objects captured with equipment including a Celestron CGE 1400 telescope and Orion Parsec 8300C camera. Beyond the image galleries, the site offers a CCD instruction manual, a G2V color calibration article, and links to fellow astrophotographers, making it a valuable resource for amateur astronomers interested in CCD imaging.