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This category lists sites specifically for the non-professional areas of astronomy. Amateurs are also known as "backyard astronomers."

Subcategories

• Amateur Contributions to Science
• Amateur Telescope Making
• Astrophotography and CCD Imaging
• Beginners
• Binocular Astronomy
• Chats and Forums
• Classifieds
• Constellations
• Deep Sky Observing
• Events
• Observatories
• Organizations
• Personal Pages
• Product Reviews
• Radio Astronomy
• Satellites
• Sky Calendars
• Sky Maps and Atlases
• Software
• Solar System Observing
• Spectroscopy
• Star Parties
• Telescope Owner Resources

Resources in This Category

• 365 Days of Astronomy

  http://365daysofastronomy.org/
  Project to provide an astronomy podcast every day of the year, written, recorded and produced by people around the world.

• Amateur Astronomy and Space Website

  http://www.astronomer.org.uk/
  Images, CCD information, buy and sell, and links.

• Ask an Astronomer

  http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/
  Questions answered by graduate students, including a question and answer archive, information on the solar system, the universe, SETI, observational astronomy, careers and history.

• Astro World

  http://astroworld.atspace.com/
  Provides studies, images, movies, and equations.

• Astronomical Observatory

  http://www.fonovic.com/fmr.html
  Visual and CCD photomety, including classic and digital astrophotography. Presents equipment and resources. Located near Plomin in eastern Istria, Croatia.

• Astronomy Awards

  http://www.astronomy-awards.org/
  Supporting the hobby related web sites throughout world.

• Astronomy Boy

  http://www.astronomyboy.com/
  Getting started, CG-5 mount, SAA 100 list, constellation portraits, barn door tracker, comet Hale Bopp, homemade eyepieces, EQ mount tutorial, millennium rant, and biography, home.

• Astronomy Cast

  http://www.astronomycast.com/
  Weekly podcast providing discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology.

• Astroscopic Labs

  http://www.licha.de/
  Includes galleries, equipment reviews, articles, observation planning, and links.

• Backyard Astronomer

  http://www.backyard-astro.com/
  Contains sections for equipment, the beginner, books, the solar system and deep sky, web log, and links.

• Backyard Astronomy with Paul Mortfield

  http://www.backyardastronomer.com/
  Photo gallery, discoveries, details about personal observatory, and chart of large solar flare activity.

• Clear Skies On Demand

  http://www.backyard-astro.com/blog/
  An online astronomy journal by Math Heijen, backyard astronomer from the Netherlands. Observing logs from Sun, Moon and Deepsky, digital lunar and solar images, equipment reviews, links, books etc. Articles about the Sun, Moon and Deepsky.

• Digital Astronomy Gallery

  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rt6k-okn/
  Images, star enhancement processing, equipment information, and what's new.

• Eagles Eye on the Sky

  http://www.eagleseye.me.uk/Sky/Diary.html
  Monthly guide to what's up in the sky.

• Rick Costello Space Art Paintings

  http://www.costellospaceart.com/
  Gallery, about the artist, and essays.

• Space

  http://www.space.com/
  Offers space, astronomy and technology content, including information, education, entertainment and business news.

• Space and Telescope.com

  http://www.space-and-telescope.com/
  Contains current space news, useful astronomical utilities and information, and amateur images. Includes clickable Messier and Caldwell object tables.

• Star Stryder

  http://www.starstryder.com/
  Blogging the sky one sidereal day at a time.

• Stargazing Network

  http://www.stargazing.net/
  What's new, mini-FAQ, and table of contents.

• StarJunkie

  http://www.starjunkie.com/
  Equipment, astrophotography, terms, forum, photo archives, chat, and links.

• Summer Stargazing - Night Sky in the Northern Hemisphere

  http://www.gorp.com/weekend-guide/travel-ta-summer-stargazing-sidwcmdev_115593.html
  An article written by Philip Harrington.

• Sundial, Calendar and Khmer Temples

  http://www.sundial.thai-isan-lao.com/
  Experimental astronomy applied on research of solar orientation of the temples in SE-Asia.

• The Astro Pages

  http://theastropages.com/
  Astrophotos, articles, discussion boards, telescope making, observer's logs, and calendar.

• The Astronomy Cafe

  http://www.astronomycafe.net/
  The menu is appetizers, specials, and main course.

• The Edge of Nowhere

  http://www.edgenowhere.com/
  Images, events, news, information, games, awards, and links.

• The Silicon Sky

  http://siliconsky.com/
  Project links, weather, comet observing, interest links, minor planets, and resources.

• Urban Astronomer

  http://www.urban-astronomer.com/
  Practical and educational articles to help the urban and armchair astronomer get the most out of the hobby.

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