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This page has links to astronomy-related websites.
- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- Observing:
- BC Observing Sites
- Lower Mainland
- Other
- Star Parties
- BC
- Other
- Equipment
- General Info
- Buying your first telescope
- Marketplace sites (used telescopes and equipment)
- Vancouver Telescope Centre has consignment scopes in their store
- Astromart (US site)
- astrobuysell.com (Canadian site, but few BC listings)
- “Local” vendors
- Imaging
- Reviews
- Observing Aids
- Clear Sky Clock
- Charts
- Planetarium Software
- Free
- Commercial
- Online
- Current events
- BC Observing Sites
- General Astronomy
- News
- History
- Online Courses
- The Sun
- The Solar System
- nineplanets.org
- Mercury
- Venus
- Earth and Moon
- Mars, Phobos, Deimos
- Jupiter and moons
- Saturn and moons
- Uranus, Neptune and moons
- Other (asteroids, dwarf planets, comets, etc.)
- Stars
- Nearby Stars
- Variable Stars
- Exotics (neutron stars, etc.)
- Exoplanets (planets around other stars)
- Nebulae and Dust
- Galaxies
- Cosmology
- Cataclysmic Events
- Novae and Supernovae
- Gamma Ray Bursters
- Other Cataclysms
- Links used in the Astronomy course at Douglas College
- Chapters 8 9 10 and 11 – Stars
- Chapter 7 – The Sun
- Periodic table of the elements
- Chapter Six – Stars and Atoms
- Chapter Five – Telescopes and Light
- Chapter Four – Origins of Modern Astronomy
- Chapter Three – Cycles in the Sky
- “Useful, with a pleasant degree of humour.”
- Chapter Two – The sky – constellations, sky maps, etc.
- Chapter One – Size of the universe web links
- General astronomy web sites
- Weather Underground – forecast and good astronomy maps
- Astronomy Picture of the Day – APOD
- Clear Sky Clock – Burnaby
- NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Space Weather
- Heavens Above – where is the International Space Station?
- Fraser Valley Astronomical Society
- Stargazer University
- One Minute Astronomer
- International Space Station – ISS
- ISS timeline – from USA Today: Watch the ISS come together.
- ISS from APOD – April 10 2009
- ISS from APOD – January 16 2009
- ISS from APOD – February 28 2008
- ISS and Space Shuttle transit the Sun.
- ISS against the Moon.
- ISS from APOD – April 6 2009
- ISS from APOD – September 20 2006
- ISS from APOD – January 2 2002
- ISS from APOD – December 8 2002
- ISS from APOD – June 23 2008
- Dextre – Canadian Robotic Arm
- ISS from APOD – May 24 2008 Pictures from a small telescope.
- ISS from APOD – April 1 2008 Dextre the Robot
- ISS from APOD – July 20 2004
- ISS from APOD – February 23 1999 Construction begins
- ISS from APOD – December 10 1998
- Space station Mir – 1995 – APOD September 15 1995 Before the ISS there was Mir.
- Another Canadian in space
- ISS – Canada Space Tourist – story
- ISS – Canada Space Tourist – movie
- 3-D (Stereo Vision) pictures
- ISS from APOD – February 23 2008 – 3-D (Stereo vision)
- ISS from APOD – August 27 2005 – 3-D (Stereo vision)
- ISS view – Volcano in 3-D (Stereo Vision)
- Asteroid – Eros
- ISS astronaut portrait – APOD September 30 2006
- The Sun – APOD November 26 2005
- Phobos – one of the Moons of Mars – APOD November 20 2004
- Craters on a moon of Saturn – APOD July 10 2004
- Space Telescopes
- Resources written for Kids
- Resources aimed at Teachers
- Observatory Sites
- Museum Sites
- Links used in the Astronomy course at Douglas College
- Chapters 8 9 10 and 11 – Stars
- Chapter 7 – The Sun
- Periodic table of the elements
- Chapter Six – Stars and Atoms
- Chapter Five – Telescopes and Light
- Chapter Four – Origins of Modern Astronomy
- Chapter Three – Cycles in the Sky
- “Useful, with a pleasant degree of humour.”
- Chapter Two – The sky – constellations, sky maps, etc.
- Chapter One – Size of the universe web links
- General astronomy web sites
- Weather Underground – forecast and good astronomy maps
- Astronomy Picture of the Day – APOD
- Clear Sky Clock – Burnaby
- NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Space Weather
- Heavens Above – where is the International Space Station?
- Fraser Valley Astronomical Society
- Stargazer University
- One Minute Astronomer
- International Space Station – ISS
- ISS timeline – from USA Today: Watch the ISS come together.
- ISS from APOD – April 10 2009
- ISS from APOD – January 16 2009
- ISS from APOD – February 28 2008
- ISS and Space Shuttle transit the Sun.
- ISS against the Moon.
- ISS from APOD – April 6 2009
- ISS from APOD – September 20 2006
- ISS from APOD – January 2 2002
- ISS from APOD – December 8 2002
- ISS from APOD – June 23 2008
- Dextre – Canadian Robotic Arm
- ISS from APOD – May 24 2008 Pictures from a small telescope.
- ISS from APOD – April 1 2008 Dextre the Robot
- ISS from APOD – July 20 2004
- ISS from APOD – February 23 1999 Construction begins
- ISS from APOD – December 10 1998
- Space station Mir – 1995 – APOD September 15 1995 Before the ISS there was Mir.
- Another Canadian in space
- ISS – Canada Space Tourist – story
- ISS – Canada Space Tourist – movie
- 3-D (Stereo Vision) pictures
- ISS from APOD – February 23 2008 – 3-D (Stereo vision)
- ISS from APOD – August 27 2005 – 3-D (Stereo vision)
- ISS view – Volcano in 3-D (Stereo Vision)
- Asteroid – Eros
- ISS astronaut portrait – APOD September 30 2006
- The Sun – APOD November 26 2005
- Phobos – one of the Moons of Mars – APOD November 20 2004
- Craters on a moon of Saturn – APOD July 10 2004
- Videos
- NASA eClips
- Spitzer Youtube Channel
- Our World: Hubble History
- Our World: Arecibo – The Largest Radio Telescope on Earth
- Our World: Two Eyes on the Sun
- Launchpad: The Search for Exoplanets
- Ask an Astronomer: “What’s Between the Stars?”
- Ask an Astronomer: “Why isn’t Pluto a planet any more?”
- Ask an Astronomer: “What is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way?”
- Resources in other Languages