Suburban Sky Watching - Web Links

Astronomy Tools -

Sky View Café - My favorite app on the web; Sky Chart, Moons of Jupiter & Saturn and more!
Skymaps - Free downloadable monthly maps with calendar; printable
Heavens Above - Great tool for tracking the ISS and other man made objects; printable sky chart

Getting Started Guides -

Sky & Telescope’s Getting Started Guide - Printable PDF set of 6 sky maps and moon map
Astronomy’s Getting to Know the Night Sky - Entry point to the magazine’s observing introduction guide
Astronomy Essentials from EarthSky - News & Views, Space & Astronomy

Astronomy Weather -

Fernbank Clear Sky Clock - Atlanta area clear sky clock, an essential tool; pick your own site from over 4000 locations
Space Weather - Solar astronomy updates, aurora alerts and more
Time & Date Astronomy - Monthly highlights, nightly sky guide, solar system & lunar details

Astronomy Web Sites -

Fernbank Science Center - Planetarium and observatory run by Dekalb County Schools in Atlanta
Night Sky Network - Joint site from NASA and ASP with very good educational resources
Calendar of Cosmic Events - Very handy calendar from timeanddate(dot)com

Meteors
Int’l Meteor Organization - The IMO meteor shower calendar
Best Meteor Showers - Article and eBook from Sky & Telescope
Best Meteor Showers - Great HowTo article from Space.com

Planets
Naked Eye Planets - Expansive information and charts
In The Sky - Planets (and more)
Heavens-Above - Planet Table

Wikipedia Web Links -

Astronomy Portal - great starting page for all things Astronomy
Constellations - great reference to all 88 Constellations, including star maps
Scientific Revolution - detailed account of the development of science in Europe during the 16 & 17th centuries

Buyers Guides -

S&T Types of Telescopes - S&T Article on Telescopes; links to other articles
Astronomy’s Buying a Telescope - Astronomy’s guide to buying a scope

Software -

Virtual Moon Atlas - Free download for serious moon observers
Stellarium - Free download planetarium software; limited but very easy to use

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V1.1 - Initial content, 8-4-26; edited on 8-5-26