Links

This section is currently under construction. Please bear with me whilst I organise my favourite astronomy links for publication.


Equipment

Celestron (US)

David Hinds (UK Celestron distributors)

Sherwoods (Studley, Warwickshire)


Software

Starry Night by Simulation Curriculum – this is what I use on my PC.  Review to follow…

SkySafari – by Simulation Curriculum. Download from PlayStore or Apple Store.  I use the Android version on my Samsung Tab S7+ tablet and Samsung S7 Edge mobile phone and it’s fairly fast and responsive on both devices.  Review to follow…


Events

Sea & Sky Astronomy Reference Guide – full & new moons; solar & lunar eclipses; planetary and solar events; conjunctions; meteors, comets & asteroids; and other astronomy & spacecraft events.

Calendar of Cosmic Events (timeanddate.com) – astronomical events like equinoxes, solstices, meteor showers, eclipses, supermoons, etc.

Wikipedia’s List of future astronomical events – major astronomical events for the next 600 million years.  Yes, honestly!

What are meteors?  NASA and Wikipedia explain.

Meteor shower guide (Royal Observatory Greenwich)

Meteor shower calendar (American Meteor Society)

What are comets? NASA and Wikipedia explain.

What are asteroids? NASA and Wikipedia explain.


Observatories

Mount Tuffley Observatory (Gloucester, UK) – John Fletcher’s Web site on Blueyonder appears to be down but this link searches for references to his observatory in Tuffley, Gloucestershire.


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