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Astronomy Links

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Resources

Astronomy News

Heavens Above: Information on what celestial objects can be observed, where and when.

Space weather: News and information about the Sun-Earth environment.

Sky & Telescope: News covering all aspects of astronomy.

Solar System

The Known Universe: A video showing the scale of the known universe.

Eyes on the Solar Systems: An interactive program that let’s you fly through the solar system and locate all the spacecraft and their exact location.

Solar System Explorations: for kids under 10 years old: Have you ever wished to travel through the Solar System? Now you can, at least virtually, in this cool NASA web site.

The Nine Planets: Despite the title of the program, a very complete and entertaining web site about the planets of our solar system.

Tips For Buying a Telescope or Binoculars

Sky and Telescope: This web site is filled with tips for stargazing equipment. Make sure to check out the whole site.

Tips for Buying Binoculars: A website explaining what makes a good pair of binoculars.

Skymaps: Once you have some equipment, what do you look for? This site has great sky maps to get you started. Planning a trip? This site shows sky maps for other locations as well.

Stars and Constellations

The Constellations and their Stars: All about the constellations, from interactive sky charts to pictures and frequently asked questions.

General Astronomy Topics

Bad Astronomy: A funny and educative site that uses astronomy misconceptions shown in movies, books or the media to teach astronomy.

Women Astronomers: Information on past and current women astronomers.

NASA Science for Citizen Scientists: Did you thought that only scientists can do research? This NASA web site shows you that you can too!

Images and Maps

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Each day, NASA presents one spectacular astronomical picture, with a brief explanation about it.

Big Bear Solar Observatory: The latest images from the Sun taken at the Solar Observatory located in Big Bear Lake, California.

Geostationary Satellite Images: Visible and infrared satellite pictures of Wisconsin.

Hubble Gallery: The best pictures of the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Full Moon Atlas: An interactive map of the Moon.

Magazines

Astronomy Magazine: American monthly magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, based near Milwaukee in Waukesha.

Sky & Telescope: American monthly magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy.

Local Societies and Special Events

Great Lakes Planetarium Association: The oldest regional planetarium association, with members from over 30 states.

International Planetarium Society: The International Planetarium Society is a global association of planetarium professionals with nearly 700 members from 35 countries around the world.

Milwaukee Astronomical Society:  Astronomy club which possesses several telescopes and CCD cameras which available to all members.

Northern Cross Science Foundation: Association dedicated to the pursuit of astronomy and related sciences on an amateur level. Several meeting points near Milwaukee.

Pewaukee Astronomy Club: Association that operates the Harken Observatory perched atop thePewaukee Public Library.

Racine Astronomical Society: The Racine Astronomical Society was established in 1956 to promote interest in astronomy among amateurs and the Racine area public.

Urban Stargazers: Not a club, but a gathering of individuals with a common interest in learning and practicing the hobby of amateur astronomy. They meet near the Urban Ecology Center (Milwaukee).

Wehr Astronomical Society: Group of amateur astronomers with programs geared to the beginner. The meetings are usually held at the Wehr Nature Center (Franklin).

Software

Celestia: Free software that simulates the space in 3D and lets you explore the universe. Runs on GNU-Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

Google Sky: Software to browse and explore the Earth and Universe, also online.

Stellarium: Free software that simulates the space in 3D and lets you explore the universe. Runs on GNU-Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

 

For Kids

Younger Kids (Under 10 Years Old)

NASA Kids' Club: Do you like games? Do you like astronomy? Then this is the site for you!

NASA Science for Kids: Lots of games and fun facts about the Earth, the Sun and the Universe.

Solar System Explorations: Have you ever wished to travel through the Solar System? Now you can, at least virtually, in this cool NASA web site.

The Space Place: More NASA funny games and activities about space and technology.

Starchild, a Learning Center for Young Astronomers: Do you want to know more about our Universe? Then you should check out this site.

Older Kids (Over 10 Years Old)

NASA for Students: Stories, videos, games, experiments and much more in this NASA site.

Imagine the Universe!: This is a cool NASA web site to learn about the Universe. And if you have any questions, you can always ask an astrophysicist.

NASA Quest: Interactive activities about space science.

 

Visually Impaired

Blind Science: Several resources that enable blind people to learn about the Universe.

Resources for teaching blind students: List of links about about teaching blind students.

Space Sounds: A site where you can listen the sounds of the Universe.

Space Vision 2004: Astronomy hand on activities for the visually impaired.

En Español

Astronomía para niñas y niños: Juegos, actividades y curiosidades en esta página para los más pequeños.

Instituto Astrofísico de Canarias: Recursos educativos para profesores.

Pregúntale a un astrónomo, para niños: Las preguntas más frecuentes sobre astronomía están en esta web, con respuestas sencillas.

The Space Place (en español): Si tienes entre 8 y 13 años, ¡esta página te va a encantar! Tiene muchísimas actividades y juegos para conocer mejor nuestro Universo.

Astronomical Twitter Pages

UWMPlanetarium: Follow us on Twitter!

Astronomy Picture Of The Day: Check out these amazing photos and pictures!

 

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