Web Resources

Web Resources

Name	Website / Description
Go Stargazing	Go Stargazing Find public stargazing events and astronomy activities near you.
The Society for Popular Astronomy	SPA Occultations Website of the Society for Popular Astronomy.
Jim’s Cosmos	Jim’s Cosmos Website of society member Jim Cornmell – full of good observing material including star charts. In addition, if anyone fancies building an 18″ Dobsonian telescope, check out Jim’s guide.
Heavens Above	Heavens Above Real-time satellite, ISS, and Space Shuttle orbital pass information, maps, and star charts.
Aurora Watch UK	Aurora Watch UK Alerts of auroral activity. Sign up to the email alerts or their Twitter feed or Facebook group for immediate notification of increased geomagnetic activity. Site run and maintained by Lancaster University.
Spaceweather	Spaceweather Up to date details on solar activity such as flares and active regions.
Astronomy Picture Of The Day	NASA’s Astronomy Picture Of The Day A new image every day from NASA. These images are taken with some of the large space and ground based telescopes.
BBC Sky At Night	The Sky At Night The website to accompany the long running BBC TV series. Packed with additional content relating to the show.
Polar Alignment Guide	Polar Align an Equatorial Mount A website showing the entire process of how to Polar Align an Equatorial Mount.
Larry McNish’s Messier Marathon Planner	Larry McNish’s Messier Marathon Planner This web page will take your proposed date, your longitude, latitude, time zone offset from Universal (Greenwich) time, and display a complete list of Messier objects.