Calendar of Events

Is the Sky Clear
at the APO?

Astronomy Software

The WILD Center

Tupper Lake

Chamber of Commerce

Kopernik Observatory

Bruce McClure's
Stargazing Page

Donor Organizations

Enjoy this list of web sites of astronomical interest:

General Information:

• Astronomy – Astronomy magazine web site
• Astronomy a Go-Go! – Download a free podcast with a monthly tour of the sky
• Heavens Above – Find out when satellites and the Space Station will appear
• S&T – Sky & Telescope magazine web site
• Skymaps.com – Free monthly skymaps!
• Space.com – News and information
• Spaceweather.com – News & info about the Sun-Earth environment
• StarDate Online – Lots of information, including a lunar phase calendar

Software:

• Cartes du Ciel – Free software to draw star charts (Windows only)
• Celestia – A free space simulator
• Google Earth – Get satellite views of the Earth, and check out the constellations as well!
• Mars24 Sunclock – Displays Mars time, and shows the location of landers and rovers
• Orbiter – A free flight simulator (Windows only)
• Starry Night – Realistic planetarium software
• Stellarium – Free, open source planetarium program
• Where is M13? – A three-dimensional galactic atlas. Find the positions of Messier objects
• WorldWide Telescope – Allows your computer to function like a virtual telescope

Photos:

• APOD – Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA)
• HubbleSite – Gallery of images from the Hubble Space Telescope
• SOHO – Solar & Heliospheric Observatory image of the Sun (ESA & NASA)

Societies & Observatories:

• AAS – American Astronomical Society
• ASP – Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Astronomical League – The world's largest Federation of Amateur Astronomers
• The Clay Center Observatory – Science & Technology center in Brookline, MA
• IAU – International Astronomical Union
• The Junction Observatory (TLHS Astronomy) – The Tupper Lake Middle/High School astronomy club
• The Kopernik Observatory – Our "sister" observatory, in Vestal, NY.
• Montauk Observatory – A public observatory on Long Island, NY!

Space Agencies:

• ESA – European Space Agency
• JPL – Jet Propulsion Lab
• NASA – National Aeronautics & Space Administration