This page has links to astronomy-related websites.
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Observing
The Canadian Magazine of Astronomy and Star Gazing
Star Parties
BC
- Astronomy in the Park (Sechelt)
- Merritt Star Quest – time varies
- Mount Kobau Star Party – August
- Victoria RASCals
Other
- RASC sponsored Star Parties
- SkyNews list of star parties in Canada
- Clear Sky Clock for North American Star Parties
- Sky and Telescope’s list of Astronomy Events
- “World’s Top Ten” Star Parties (YMMV)
- Astro-Observer list of North American Star Parties
Equipment
- General Info
- Buying your first telescope
- Marketplace sites (used telescopes and equipment)
- “Local” vendors
- Imaging
Observing Aids
- Clear Sky Clock
- Charts
- Planetarium Software
BasicS of AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
- Home Science Backyard Astronomy
- Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
ONLINE
- Google Sky – pretty pictures, easy
- NASA/JPL Ephemeris Site (very complete, but quite technical)
- Microsoft WorldWide Telescope (web client is unusably slow from my 2008 Mac Mini)
Current events
General Astronomy
- News
- Space Exploration
- 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
- NASA – History as a Public Administration Agency
- 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
- HubbleSite.org
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Spitzer site at JPL
- Spitzer Youtube Channel
- Solar Dynamics Observatory
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Resources written for Kids
- The Eight Planets
- Guide of Astronomy Activities for Kids
- Astronomy Magazine Kids Site
- Bring Science Home – Activities for parents to do with kids from Scientific American
- News Sites
- Observatory Sites
- Museum Sites
- Canadian Virtual Museum: Astronomy
- H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
- Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation
- Exploratorium
Resources aimed at Teachers
- Observatory Sites
- Museum Sites
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?”
Does anyone at RASC know what’s going on with Vancouver Telescope? I have consignment and repairs there but they have not answered my emails since early February. I know they are closed but what happened to the stock? Any useful info would be much appreciated as all of my inquiries are going nowhere.
They are opening slated for August Long weekend. Kingsway and Knight.
Markanian Fine Optics opened today September 16 on Kingway in Vancouver.
Congrats to Harout and his team and look forward visiting in the net future.
Mark Eburne