Resources

Astronomy

MANUFACTURERS

• Celestron - manufacturer of telescopes and accessories, product catalog, technical information, dealer list
  
• Meade - manufacturer of telescopes, and accessories, product catalog, technical information, dealer list
  
• Orion Telescopes & Binoculars - manufacturer of telescopes, binoculars and accessories, product catalog,
  
• Tele Vue Optics - manufacture of telescope, and accessories, product catalog, technical information, and dealer lists
  
  

WEB SITES

• Astronomy.com
  
• Constellations and their Stars - Information on stars, constellations, star lore, the planets, etc.,
  
• CVC's Astronomy Freeware & Shareware - Lots of links to shareware/freeware, Satellite visibility locator,
  
• NASA or
• NASA - Satellite tracking for your area, astronomical information
  
• Virtual Telescope - Your Sky's interactive virtual telescopes allows you to look at various objects in the sky
  
• Satellites and constellations
  
• United States Naval Observatory - astrometric catalogs, astronomical data, software, almanacs, publications and time services
  
• Your Sky - interactive star chart generator for any location in United States
  
• Sky Maps Excellent monthly sky maps and other information
  
  

COMPUTER BASED PLANETARIUMS

• CyberSky - 21 day trial available, $30.00 to register
  
• Sky Map
  
• Stella Theater Pro - 14 day trial, $48.00 to register
  
• Stellarium 0.9.0 - a free open source planetarium
  
• Astronomy Software - freeware, shareware and public domain software for Windows and McIntosh computers
  
  

PUBLICATIONS 

• Amateur Astronomy Magazine
  
• Sky & Telescope Magazine - monthly magazine dedicated to amateur astronomy, monthly star charts, technical articles, astronomy equipment dealer ads, astronomy tips
  
• Astronomy Magazine monthly magazine dedicated to amateur astronomy, monthly sky charts, technical articles, telescope and accessory dealers advertisements
  
• "Astronomy Merit Badge Pamphlet", Boy Scouts of America, No. 33303
  
• "The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide", Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer
  
• "North Star to Southern Cross", Will Kyselka and Ray Lanterman, University of Hawaii Press, 1976 ISBN 0-8248-0419-8 pbk An introduction to identifying stars and constellations
  
• "Monthly Sky Guide", Ian Ridpath & Wil Tiron
  
• "Native American Astrology The Wisdom of the Four Winds", Winfried Noe, Sterling Publishing Co, 1997, ISBN 0-8069-4234-7. Native American cosmology, totems and astrology.
  
• "National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Constellations", Gary Mechler and Mark Chartrand, Alfred A nopf, 1998, ISBN 0-679-77998-1 Very good constellation identification field guide
  
• "Norton’s 2000.0 Star Atlas and Reference Handbook", Ian Ridpath
  
• "Peterson Field Guide to Stars and Planets", Jay M. Pasachoff and Donald H. Menzel, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992, ISBN 0-395-53759-2 (pbk), A field guide to identifying stars, constellations and the planets.
  
• "Peterson First Guides Astronomy", Jay M Pasachoff, Houghton Mifflin Press, 1988, ISBN 0-395-46790-X, Pocket guide to astronomy, stars and constellations.
  
• "The StarLore Handbook", Geoffrey Cornelius