Astronomy Resources

Night Sky Observer
Keep up to date with all the latest news about astronomy and space. You'll find lots more astronomy resources here as well.

The Moon Today
All the latest news about the Moon along with observing guides for the month and other moon-related resources.

Telescope Guide
Looking to buy a telescope but don't know where to start? This guide shows you what types of telescope are available and what type suits your needs and budget. Quality discounted equipment is also listed.

LunarPhase Pro
Software for predicting a wide range of lunar phenomena. Phases are presented graphically. Includes an interactive Moon Atlas and a searchable database of over 9, 200 lunar features (near and far side). Software functions are too extensive to list here.

Jupsat Pro
A software prediction tool for Jupiter and its four main satellites. The Jovian system is modelled in top-down and side views. Predicts times of Great Red Spot transits, satellite transits and occultations, shadow transits and times of mutual satellite phenomena. Other features also included.


Astronomy News


W.Va. Observatory Scans the Universe for Radio Signals (Washington Post)

19 Nov 2008 at 3:05am  How quiet is it in tiny Green Bank, W.Va.? It's so quiet you can hear clouds swirling around black holes in distant galaxies. So quiet you can detect collapsed stars the size of cities spinning like tops and make out planets revolving around faraway suns. Here, the National Radio Astronomy Observ...

Read more...


Astronomer to speak to club about witnessing solar eclipse (The Daily News)

19 Nov 2008 at 12:44am  A Southwest Washington astronomer, who witnessed the solar eclipse earlier this year in Mongolia, will be the featured program speaker at the next Friends of Galileo meeting. Sean League, owner of Sean?s Astronomy Shop in Battle Ground, Wash., will present slides and a lecture on his July trip to view the eclipse.

Read more...


Dwarfed by the Heavens in W.Va. - Washington Post

19 Nov 2008 at 12:13am  Known locally as the Great Big Thing, the Green Bank Telescope is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope. (Nrao/aui) How quiet is it in tiny Green Bank, W.Va.? It's so quiet you can hear clouds swirling around black holes in distant ...

Read more...


Pilot program offers SAHS students more classes via Internet (Souderton Indep...

18 Nov 2008 at 10:37pm  Mandarin Chinese, Advanced Placement French, Eastern & Western Thought, Music Composition & Arrangement, Sports in American Society and Astronomy are all classes Souderton Area High School doesn't have this year, but that doesn't mean students at the school won't be taking the courses.

Read more...


Astronauts step outside space station for lube job - WTOP Radio

18 Nov 2008 at 12:10pm  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Two astronauts are out on a spacewalk for an unprecedented cleaning and lube job at the international space station . Astronauts Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (stef-uh-NIHshun PIE-pur) and Stephen Bowen stepped outside the ...

Read more...