Internet links provided by members and friends...
From Tom Heisey on May 8, 2007
Solar System Bodies larger than 200 miles; REALLY big image with
all of the bodies with relative sizes:
http://kokogiak.com/solarsystembodieslargerthan200miles.html
From Mike Jones on September 4, 2006
A good source for 4-vane, 3-vane and curved telescope spiders,
Pyrex and quartz Newtonian diagonals, and other parts.
http://www.fpi-protostar.com/products.htm
From Mike Jones on August 14, 2006
These are some good suppliers for materials used to grind, polish
and test telescope mirrors.
Glass blanks:
http://www.newportglass.com/
Grits, polishing compounds:
http://www.gotgrit.com/
http://www.cycadproducts.com/index.htm (source for Blackgold, the best pitch
on the market)
http://www.salemdist.com/Telescope.html (source for Acculap, a clear
synthetic polymer that flows and polishes like pitch, but does not outgas VOC's
and harden) Acculap is good for flat and long radius work, but Blackgold is
better for deep mirrors.
Mirror testing:
http://home.earthlink.net/~burrjaw/atm/
http://www.stellafane.com/atm/atm_testing/atm_test_sw.htm
http://www.foucault-test-analysis.de/page_eng.htm
http://www.johnspics.com/a/spot2.html
Precision machine tools and parts:
http://www.smallparts.com/ (amazing
source for small machine parts, fasteners, etc.)
http://www.victornet.com/cgi-bin/victor/index.html
http://www.jjjtrain.com/vms/cutting_tools_hand_tap.html#6
http://www.tapcousa.com/ (can actually
buy the tap for T-mount threads)
http://www.threadtools.co.uk/unifiedtaps.htm
From Alan Sill on August 12, 2006
PCAL and LCAL: PostScript Calendar Programs
This link is for a program that generates printable postscript calendars. Scroll
to the bottom for a list of downloadable pre- generated lunar-phase ones.
Topic: Pre-Generated Lcal PostScript Lunar Calendars:
http://pcal.sourceforge.net/
From an e-mail to the webmaster on May 18, 2006
Splendors of the Sea and the Wonders of the Universe:
http://www.seasky.org/
From an e-mail to the webmaster on September 28, 2005
The Dark Sky Institute:
www.savethemilkyway.org
From Alan Sill on July 20, 2005
Thought you would be interested in the following link. Happy 36th
lunar landing anniversary!
Topic: One small step for Google...
http://www.google.com/help/faq_moon.html
From Alan Sill on June 2, 2005
Voyager 1 Spacecraft Audio and Other Space Sounds -
http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=582&Itemid=44
From Thomas Williamson, Lake Whitney Astronomy Association on May 8, 2005
We have public star parties at Lake Whitney State Park. Please
visit our web-site for a complete list of events.
http://www.whitney-astro.com/
From Tom Heisey on January 24, 2005
Downloadable Maps
Messier Telrad Maps (John Small) -
http://www.atmob.org/Articles/skymaps_jsmall.html
Weasner’s Constellation Guides -
http://www.weasner.com/etx/ref_guides/toc.html
Messier and Caldwell objects - Sherwood Observatory -
http://www.solarius.com/msas/findercharts/
Meade Alignment Star Maps -
http://www.weasner.com/etx/buyer-newuser-tips/starcharts.html
Roger Fell’s “Telescopic Companion to Messier” & NGC -
http://www.starastronomy.org/Observing/Fell/
Photographic Moon Book – Alan Chu -
http://www.hkas.org.hk/lunar-planet/moonbook/
Observing Guides
Weasner’s object observing guides -
http://www.weasner.com/etx/ref_guides/toc.html
Astronomy League Observing Clubs (logs & list available for each) -
http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/obsclub.html
On-Line Maps
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Moon (Shows phase for the day!) -
http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/index.html
Moon-Lite Atlas -
http://www.astrosurf.com/cidadao/moonlight.htm
Lunar Republic’s Moon Map -
http://www.lunarrepublic.com/atlas/index.shtml
Art Russell’s Star Hopping Guide – (including a 12 mo. Messier tour) -
http://education.gsu.edu/spehar/FOCUS/Astronomy/star-hop/
Dibon-Smith’s Constellation Guides -
http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm
Another Lunar Atlas -
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/
From Collin Smith on January 6, 2005
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2002/24/videos/a/formats/low_mpeg.mpg is
a HST time lapse photography image of the pulsar that is at the heart of the
Crab Nebula, M1. I thought it was pretty cool. The jets that one sees coming out
of the center is matter being ejected away from the pulsar's core at near the
speed of light!
This year is the WYP - World Year of Physics. They've got an official site,
www.physics2005.org
From Collin Smith on November 15, 2004
Collin suggests The Photographic Moon
Book
http://www.hkas.org.hk/subdomain/moonbook/ to familiarize yourself with our
moon. He added, "I HIGHLY recommend printing out at least the "Overview" section
of the book, since it covers a LOT of topographic information about the moon,
and you'll be ready should the skies permit."
From Alan Sill on September 19, 2004
Looking for a dark observing site to
bring your telescope? You just might find it here. This constantly
expanded continent-wide dark-sky observing site directory lists dozens of
observing sites in 33 states and four Canadian provinces, with new sites being
added regularly. These sites have all been contributed by people just like you
and me, who enjoy viewing the real universe, away from city lights and haze. http://www.philharrington.net/dssd.htm
From Kyle Vernon at Crosbyton, Texas on August 18, 2004
We are building an Astronomy Club here at Crosbyton ISD. Our first meeting
to elect officers is next week. It looks like about 15 to 20 students will be
members. Our stated goal is to fund and build a small observatory within a few
miles of Crosbyton. The fundraisers will begin in October and I'm hoping to have
the funds within five years. I will want to coordinate a visit between our club
and yours. At present we have a 6 inch dob with a 28mm objective, but we are 1/2
way finishing our second 6 inch scope. My webpage that has the Astronomy Club
Schedule is at: http://www.crosbyton.k12.tx.us/education/staff/staff.php?sectionid=39
just click on the sidebar Astronomy Club for more info. Looking forward to
having our club meet yours...
From North American Meteor Network on July 21, 2004
NAMN Notes is a monthly newsletter produced by the North American
Meteor Network, and is available both via email, and on the NAMN website each
month at: http://www.namnmeteors.org
From Tom Heisey on February 6, 2004
Telescopic Companion to the Finest
NGC's and Telescopic Companion to the Messier Objects by Roger Fell
The ATM web ring has a
wonderful set of downloads in Acrobat (PDF) format - They're flip chart sky maps
of NGC and Messier objects. Each page shows the object placement in the
sky, with various "zooms" resulting in 30*, 6*, and 1* fields.
http://www.starastronomy.org/Observing/Fell/index.html
From Tom Heisey on February 2, 2004
MER Screen Savers
NASA
has created a screen saver for the Mars Rovers that gives daily updates (via the
Internet), photos of the rovers, and history of past missions. It's pretty
cool. You can download it from the NASA site: http://robotics.nasa.gov/mer/screensaver.htm
From Alan Sill on January 15, 2004
Map of the Universe: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/?0310571
(Note: Alan printed out this map and brought it to the January meeting. It
is definitely a 'must see'.)
From Wynne Lienhardt on December 5, 2003
Earthrise Project http://www.swisr.org/earthrise.html
is a worthy endeavor focused on global understanding & outreach through
astronomy. The Earthrise Project is the brainchild of my friend, Alan Hale,
co-discover of the HALE BOPP Comet.
From Tom Heisey on October 23, 2003
Light Pollution maps:
http://www.tomheisey.com/darksky/default.htm
clearly show the levels of light pollution and
list the relative effects on the sky.
Here are my favorite NASA links I use
to create and edit my JPL Ambassador's presentations:
NASA's central pages:
http://www.nasa.gov - NASA's home page
http://www.nasa.gov/news/ NASA's
news home page
http://science.nasa.gov/ NASA &
science
Space Flight Pages:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/ -
Spaceflight central
http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/nlinks.html "Rover
Ranch" links to NASA rover sites
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/
Current mission information
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/index.cfm JPL
current mission information
Solar Info:
http://www.spaceweather.com/ -
sun spots, auroras, mass ejections, and more
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ SOHO
main page
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-update.html SOHO
real-time images - 6 panel
Hubble & Earth
http://hubble.nasa.gov/image-gallery/ NASA's
Hubble image gallery
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ -
NASA's observations of Earth
Education:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/ -
Educator's links
http://education.nasa.gov/ - NASA
in Education
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/ - Library
& index for educators
JPL links:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ -
JPL (robotic missions, solar system info)
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ - Mars
& missions home page
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ -
Photo album of the solar system
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/index.cfm current
mission information
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/technology/ JPL
technology
Space Centers
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/ Johnson
Space Center
http://www.spacecenter.org/
Johnson Space Center's Official Tourist site
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/ Kennedy
Space Center
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Goddard
Space Flight Center
http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/ Marshall Space
Flight Center
From Patrice Marshall on August 23, 2003
Perhaps this is a link we can add to the SPAC webpage? It seems
to have some good info.
http://astronomylinks.com/astrowire.htm
From Alan Sill on August 22, 2003
Here is the link for the Goddard page I covered at last night's
SPAC meeting:
"Gamma ray bursts, neutrinos and ultra high energy cosmic rays" (story
from Goddard Space Flight Center)
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0814cgro_ray.html
From Alan Sill on August 21, 2003
A link with some useful public-interest trivia-type information
about mars is below:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=435903
Might be useful...
From Patrice Marshall on August 19, 2003
Here is another excellent link for folks who are interested in
more info on Mars as it moves closer to us.
http://planetary.org/marswatch2003/observe.html
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