SBAU Links & Information

Check These AU Members' Websites:

Jerry Wilson Photos of the eclipse from Australia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/132812071@N07/

Tony Galván, Birdman to the Stars unveils his fantastic Astrophotos.
http://www.dosgatos.com/astro.html

Dean Mars Sculptor and Video Photographer Electronic images.
http://www.deanmars.com

Chuck and Pat McPartlin share stories about their family, house, and cats. If you look hard enough, you'll find some astrophotos there!
http://www.west.net/~macpuzl/

The late great Paul Winn had a great page.
Filled with astrophotos, and other useful astronomical info.
http://www.astrolights.net  but it is no longer available, altho a copy of the pages may be available from TomT.

Bob Richard now has an Astrophoto Site.
http://www.imagesfromthecosmos.net

Tom Totton
My Astronomy + SBAU related Photos thru 2015 Flickr.com
Newer SBAU photo albums 2016 onward Flickr.com
 
Dale Lowdermilk is into meteorites:
http://www.speak.com/page.cfm?go2=profile&ID=3138
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/aug/stories/deserttrs.html
http://www.cs.sbcc.net/%7Ephysics/DiscoveryCamp03/meteors/index.html

Bruce Murdock's Astrophotography site.
http://www.sbtos.com/astrophotography

Jürgen Hilmer's articles:
Share Images Your Telescope Sees With Others  Dec, 2020, 10pgs.  Great personal summary, with one written page and 9 pages of camera mountings and astrophoto images.
Also referenced is a NASA guide to smartphone astrophotography:
spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/SMBooks/AstrophotographyV1.pdf
More from Jürgen Hilmer:
Astronomy finds Magnetism Attractive
Make your Dobson Newtonian go Virtual
The Astrolabe Likes The SmartPhone, Feb, 2023

Vandenberg AFB Launch Schedule

The schedule below is a composite of unclassified information approved for public release from government, industry, and other sources. It represents the Editor's best effort to produce a schedule, but may disagree with other sources. Details on military launches are withheld until they are approved for public release. For official information regarding Vandenberg AFB activities, go to http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm.

Local Astronomy Clubs

Publications

More Misc. Links

American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Asteroids
Astrology versus Astronomy
Astronomy for Beginners, co-founder: Peter Thompson
Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
Astronomy Clubs, Societies, Associations and Organizations
Astronomy: Journey to the cosmic Frontier
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Binoculars
88-constellations-and their brightest-stars
How to photograph the stars, moon, and Milky Way: a beginner’s guide to night landscape & astrophotography
Iowa State University, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Naked Eye Observing
Neutron Stars & Black Holes
Online Astronomy Education
Sketcher's Astronomical Sketches
Sounds of the Universe
Space Weather
StarDate

Astronomy Apps for Android and Apple devices

Android Apps

SolarSystem Scope  Stellarium Star Finder APOD Iridium Flares Google Sky Map  SatTracker Sky & Telescope Search for more Astronomy Android Apps

Ipad & iPhone Apps

SkyGuide SkyWalk 5 Distance Suns iFlares APOD Sky & Telescope Astronomy Satellite Tracker To Search for more Astronomy Ipad/iPhone Apps use iTunes

The MPC is responsible for the designation of minor bodies in the solar system: minor planets & comets.

---

Take a Journey from Deep Space to the Nucleus of an Atom
POWERS OF TEN

Planet and star size comparisons

Fly Through a 3D Map of the Universe

A mind-boggling 1.5 million galaxies trace outthe filaments, cluster, and voids in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's new 3D map of the Universe. Watch it here

---

Telescope Stores

 

---

Have a Link that you want me to add. Send it to webmaster@sbau.org