Astronomy Links
The following links are provided as references only and do not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by the Cedar Amateur Astronomers, Inc.
Organizations
- The American Association of Variable Star Observers
- Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
- The Astronomical League
- The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- The Dark Sky Initiative
- International Dark Sky Association
- Linn County Conservation Department
- NASA's Night Sky Network
Publications and Resources
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Astronomy Resource Site
- Auroral Activity Report
- Clear Sky Clock for Palisades-Dows Observatory
- Current Weather at Palisades-Dows Observatory
- Heavens-Above Satellite Tracking Website
- International Comet Quarterly
- Orion Telescope & Binoculars
- Telescopes.com
- Satellite Images of the MidWest
- Science@NASA
- Science@NASA's Satellite Tracking Applications
- Sky & Telescope magazine
- Solar Monitor at NASA's Goddard Spaceflight Center
- Spaceweather.com
- StarDate online
- Night Sky Info Weekly news about the night sky and articles on selected astronomical topics
Photo Galleries, Observatories and Star Parties
- Anglo-Australian Observatory Image Gallery
- Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- The Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute
- The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- JPL Solar System Missions Home Page
- Johnson Space Center Digital Image Collection
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- US Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
Featured Publication
Keeping Starwatch by Norma Cutsforth
The wonder and science of astronomy meld with the life and thoughts of a working
mother in this contemplative and delightful collection of essays.
Available
from PublishAmerica and barnesandnoble.com.
CAA Member Sites and Yahoo! Group
- Gary Clinch's Prairie Hill Farm website
- David Johnson's astronomy site at Polaris10
- Doug Slauson's Owl Ridge Observatory website
- CAA Yahoo! group
