La Société Guernesiaise

Astronomy Section links page

SOME OF OUR OWN PAGES

The Guernsey Liberation Monument

The Guernsey Sundial Trail

Quotations about eclipses 200 quotations about eclipses, from ancient Chinese to the present day.

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.

Transit of Venus.org - Including loads of good links.

David Sellers's site

Heinz Blatter paper on calculations (pdf file).

Armagh Observatory site

NASA site

University of Central Lancashire

Online parallax calculator - and more.

AND SOME OTHER PAGES WHICH WE HAVE FOUND USEFUL

Weather

Guernsey weather forecast from Jersey Meteorological Department

Guernsey weather forecast from BBC

UK Met Office

Eumetsat satellite images

Astronomical information

International Year of Astronomy, 2009

Atlas of the Universe The scale of the universe.
Bad astronomy page Dispels the myths.
BBC Online - Space Usual BBC comprehensive information.

The constellations Mythology and description of each constellation.
Formula by Tom Lougheed Optical formulae for eyepieces, etc.

SkyTonight.com by Sky and Telescope
Jupiter's Great Red Spot transit times By Sky and Telescope.
Jupiter’s moon events Transits, etc of Jupiter’s moons.
Monthly sky maps
Naming of stars The International Astronomical Union's authoritative view.
Space Science and Astronomy news
Sun or Moon Rise/Set Table for One Year
Zoom Astronomy A very educational site, including an online astronomical dictionary.
Night Sky Observer Practical information from Dublin.
Powers of Ten The scale of the universe, dynamically illustrated.

Space.com Masses of information.

Sunset and sunrise for Guernsey by timeanddate.com.

Time and date Time, calendars, etc.

Astronomical organisations

Royal Astronomical Society

BBC index of astronomical societies Includes us.
British Astronomical Association
European Space Organisation ESO outreach site.
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
Astroplace Listing of astronomy societies worldwide, and lots of other information.

NASA

NASA Home Page

APOD A new daily picture for your desktop wallpaper, with explanations.

Astronomy picture of the day

International Space Station sightings Predictions for Guernsey.

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

NASA Space Science Headlines Excellent site for recent space news. Keep up to date with regular emailings.

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

Satellite tracking Resources for tracking satellites.

Observatories and probes

Space Telescope Science Institute – The operations centre of the Hubble Space Telescope.
US Naval Observatory Good site, including the sky this week, accurate time, etc.
Galileo at Jupiter
The Infra Red Space Observatory (ISO)

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.

Astronomy related products and suppliers

Equipment suppliers A UK list by PPARC (Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council).

Starlight Xpress CCD cameras.
True Technology Telescopes, CCD cameras, software.
SCS Astro Telescopes, etc.
Telescope House
Venturescope Telescopes,solar filters, etc.

Evergreen Optics Suppliers of Celestron, Meade, Konus, Sky Watcher and Hilkinson Telescopes.

Astronomy software

Heavens above Excellent site for satellite predictions.

SkyMap Pro

Starry Night
Astronomy Software Collection Freeware, shareware and commercial.

Washington & Jefferson College Planisphisphere Make your own, with templates.

Satellite tracker

Astronomy Section Home Page

About the Astronomy Section

About the Observatory

Diary of events

Astronomical events this year

Newsletters

International Space Station Visibility predictions

Image gallery

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