Keene Amateur Astronomers Club

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September, 2010:

The September 2010 business meeting will be held will take place on Friday the 10th at 7pm at th KSC Student Union Center. After the meeting, we will adjourn to classroom (380) in the Science Building, where Past President Keith Goodale will do a presentation on "GALAXY ZOO". This is a presentation on identifying all the galaxies in the universe through the Hubble telescope and how we can be a part of this process. All members and interested non-members are invited.

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Amateur Astronomy Clubs and Resources

Amateur Astronomy Clubs and Museums in New England

Christa McAuliffe Planetarium (NH)
Southern Vermont Astronomy Group (VT)
Astronomical League(ME)
Galileo Society (ME)
Big Bear (NJ)
New Hampshire Citizens for Responsible Lighting (NH)
Springfield Telescope Makers with Stellafane Observatory (VT)
Vermont Astronomical Society (VT)
Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (MA)
American Association of Variable Star Observers (Cambridge, MA)
Amherst Astronomy Association (MA)
Astronomical Society of Southern New England (Rehoboth, MA)
Boston University Astronomical Department

EcoTarium including Alden Planetarium (Worcester, MA)
Maria Mitchell Association Museums, Research, and Public Observatory (Nantucket Island, MA)
North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club (MA)
Pittsfield Astronomy Club (MA)
Springfield Stars Club (MA)
Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford (CT)
Westport Astronomical Society (CT)
The Skyscrapers (RI)
Find an Observatory in New England All the New England Observatories with contact information.

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AstronomyExpert A unique reference point on improve your knowledge of Astronomy
Internet Public Library Univ. of Michigan collection of quality web resources
Hubblesite Extensive catalog of Hubble images and information
RefDesk.com Extensive list of links - sorted by website "title"
AstronomyOnline Links/references to a variety of astronomy-related topics
Space Telescope Science Institute Resource page
World of Astronomy lots of definitions, facts, and references
"Bad Astronomy" Examples in the media
Spitzer Podcasts From NASA/CalTech
Astrophotography - Tony & Daphne Hallas Information on printing services
Explore the Moon Tours to discover its features
Auroras What auroas look like
Atmospheric Optics A host of visual spectacles
Halosim (Used to produce simulations in Atmospheric Optics website above)
Satellite Observing All facets of visual satellite observation
Tales of The Lazy Star Gazer Some Humor and Some Seriousnes
Time Display Converting to Universal Time and More
Galaxy Classification Project All you need to know

Sky Charts

Abram's Sky Calendar - sheet for each month takes the form of a calendar, the reverse contains a star map of the month's evening sky, available by subscription and received quarterly through the mail
Abram's Sky Calendar - sheet for each month takes the form of a calendar, the reverse contains a star map of the month's evening sky, available by subscription and received quarterly through the mail
AstroViewer - AstroViewer is an interactive night sky map that helps you to find your way in the night sky quickly and easily.
The Dome of the Sky - Constellations, Mythology, Stars, and interactive maps for locations around the world
A Galactic Chart - "This map is a plot of all the stars visible with the naked eye"
MyStarsLive - generates horizon view sky maps for sites all over the world
Observing the Sky - "Your skyblog for astronomical observations", things to look for in the sky
Que Tal? in the Current Sky - an Earth in Space Monthly Newsletter
Sky Watch - Monthly Star Maps
A Planisphere - make your own planisphere
Sky Chart - make a sky chart for any time/date and any location on the earth (this requires user input of the latitude and longitude of the location, and Universal/Greenwich Time), also includes a virtual telescope
SkyGlobe Download - one of many sites from which the SkyGlobe Planetarium Shareware Program can be downloaded, it is an excellent program in my opinion (runs on PCs only)
Sky Chart for Keene, NH - courtesy of the Heavens Above Satellite Prediction Page, VERY easy to use! It even has black and white option for printing!
Starchart Map Server - produces detailed postscript, Adobe PDF, or PNG sky maps of constellations or regions of the sky (you will need Ghostscript to view the postscrip charts, or Adobe Reader to read the pdf charts - they are both free downloads)
Skymaps.com - 2-page monthly guide to the night skies of the northern and southern hemispheres including a sky chart and a short descriptive article
StarCalc - planetarium and star mapping shareware program for PCs (Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP) and PocketPCs
Uncle Al's Sky Wheels - make-it-yourself planisphere (constellation map good for any time of night, any night of the year - I believe it is for ~40° N latitude)
Weather Underground Sky: Keene, NH - sky map for Keene, NH (lat = ~ 42° N); date, time, and direction can be easily changed
Weather Underground Astronomy - get a map specifically for your location by entering the zipcode of your observing site here
Wikisky - The NEWS@SKY (Space&Science) is a unique opportunity to browse hundreds of scientific and popular science Internet site

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