La Société Guernesiaise

Astronomy Section links page

SOME OF OUR OWN PAGES

Astronomy Section Members Group Closed Facebook page

The Guernsey Liberation Monument

A personal account of an eclipse expedition

Quotations about eclipses (also at the Mr Eclipse website) 200 quotations about eclipses, from ancient Chinese to the present day

Calendars

Choosing a telescope or binoculars

Star of Wonder about the Star of Bethlehem (pdf file)

Mars hoax

The Curious Case of Johannes von Gumpach (1814-1875)

Our Venus Transit Pages

The next transits of Venus by David Le Conte.

Transits of Venus by Peter Langford.

From 1882 to 2004 - a transit of Venus by Debby Quertier.

The Transit of Venus 2004 by David Le Conte.

Some other Venus transit links:

European Southern Observatory - Coordinating worldwide observations, of which we were a part.

AND SOME OTHER PAGES WHICH WE HAVE FOUND USEFUL

Guernsey

States of Guernsey The Government of Guernsey

La Société Guernesiaise Our parent organisation, the local studies society

Channel Islands Astrophotography Group (Facebook)

WEA Guernsey Adult education courses, including our annual Star Gazing course - click on Environment

Guernsey Museums and Art Gallery

States Archives Service Official records centre

Priaulx Library Local studies centre, including genealogy

Guille Allès Library The public lending library

The Guernsey Society The society for ex-patriots, and locals

Lé Coumité d’la Culture Guernésiaise Promotes Norman - Guernsey culture and language

Digimap Digital maps of Guernsey

Donkipedia Information about Guernsey

The Guernsey Tapestry The island’s community millennium project

Guernsey Press News and information

Channel Television Covers the Channel Islands

Island FM Guernsey commercial radio

BBC Guernsey Radio and television

Channelisles.net Provided our domain name

Weather

Guernsey weather forecast from Jersey Meteorological Department

Guernsey weather forecast from BBC

Guernsey Meteorological Observatory

Metcheck Astronomy weather forecast for Guernsey Astrophotography Group

Weather forecast sites from Guernsey Digimap

UK Met Office

WindGuru

Rain today

Astronomical information

Star chart Current chart by Heavens Above, including planets.

Bad astronomy page Dispels the myths.
The constellations Mythology and description of each constellation.

Monthly sky maps
Space Science and Astronomy news
Zoom Astronomy A very educational site, including an online astronomical dictionary.
Powers of Ten The scale of the universe, dynamically illustrated.

Space.com Masses of information.

Space Scoop Astronomy for kids.

Sunset and sunrise for Guernsey by timeanddate.com.

Time and date Time, calendars, etc. An excellent site, with lots of information.

Astronomical organisations

Royal Astronomical Society

British Astronomical Association
European Space Organisation
Federation of Astronomical Societies
Campaign for Dark Skies Campaigning against UK light pollution.
International Astronomical Union

Society for Popular Astronomy
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Lots of information and resources.

British National Space Centre

UK Astronomy Directory
The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux

NASA

NASA Home Page

Astronomy picture of the day

International Space Station sightings Predictions for Guernsey.

Spaceweather Another excellent NASA site about the Sun-Earth environment. With regular emailings.
Human spaceflight orbital tracking – positions of the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, etc.

NASA Missions All the information about past, current and future spacecraft missions.

Observatories and probes

Space Telescope Science Institute – The operations centre of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Astronomical publications

Sky Publishing Corporation One of the best websites for astronomical information. And you can get free weekly emailings of the latest astronomical news.

Astronomy magazine Good US based publication.
Astronomy Now magazine UK based publication.

BBC Sky at Night magazine
New Scientist
The Astronomer Online The website of The Astronomer magazine.