Astronomy & Space
396 sites
http://www1.phys.vt.edu/~jhs/astroclb/index2.html
The Astronomy Club of Virginia Tech hosts this homepage for students and enthusiasts interested in stargazing, telescope use, and observing events at the Prices Fork Observatory. Visitors will find meeting schedules, officer contacts, club photos, and a curated set of observing tools including Messier maps and monthly sky charts.
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://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos
COSMOS is a comprehensive astronomy encyclopedia produced by research astronomers at Swinburne University's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, covering topics from the Planck Length to galaxies for a general but detail-hungry audience. The encyclopedia is an evolving reference used by major astronomy outlets including Universe Today, Astronomy Cast, and Astronomy Picture of the Day, making it a trusted hub for astronomical knowledge.
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://stellafane.org/
Stellafane is the historic home of the Springfield Telescope Makers of Vermont, hosting one of the oldest and most celebrated amateur telescope making conventions in the world. The site offers comprehensive guides on building Dobsonian telescopes and grinding mirrors, a rich archive of convention history, an astrophoto gallery, and resources for beginners getting started in amateur astronomy.
http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html
DeepSkyStacker is a free software tool designed for astrophotographers who want to stack and process deep-sky images to reveal faint celestial objects. The site offers downloads, screenshots, a user manual, FAQ, technical details, and tutorials for getting the most out of the application.
http://astronomylinks.com/
astronomyLINKS is a comprehensive curated directory of over 1000 astronomy and space-related links organized into categories like astrophotography, black holes, deep-sky objects, telescopes, and astronauts. Running since 2002, it serves as a one-stop portal for amateur and professional astronomers seeking resources, news, software, and community connections from around the world.
https://macastro.org.au/
The Macarthur Astronomical Society serves amateur astronomers in Sydney's south west, offering field nights at multiple observation sites, astro imaging workshops, citizen science projects, and a Deep Space Hunt program. With resources like the Messier and Caldwell lists, ISS tracking, sky conditions, and a 2028 Solar Eclipse planning page, this is a well-rounded hub for a genuinely active local astronomy club.
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https://ap-i.net/skychart//en/start
Skychart, also known as Cartes du Ciel, is a free open-source planetarium program that lets users draw detailed sky charts using star and nebula catalogs while also displaying the positions of planets, asteroids, and comets. This multilingual wiki serves as the official documentation and download hub for the software, supporting Linux, Windows, and macOS with both stable and beta releases.
http://astronautix.com/
Encyclopedia Astronautica is a massive reference work by Mark Wade covering the complete history of human spaceflight, with over 79,000 pages on rockets, spacecraft, astronauts, cosmonauts, launch sites, and engines from every spacefaring nation. Spanning Soviet secret programs to cancelled American spacecraft, it is one of the most comprehensive space history archives ever assembled on the web.