Astronomy Tools and Links

Listed below are Web sites you may find interesting and helpful. If you know of any other astronomy Web sites that may be of interest to the membership, please send your suggestions and comments to: Webmaster

Heavens Above

Associations/Societies

• http://www.atmjournal.com Amateur Telescope Makers Association
• http://www.aavso.org/ American Association of Variable Star Observers
• http://www.amsmeteors.org American Meteor Society
• http://www.astrosociety.org/ Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
• http://www.atmpage.com AmateurTelescope Making Page
• http://www.casca.ca Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
• http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca Canadian Space Agency
• http://www.darksky.org International Dark Sky Association (IDSA)
• http://www.imo.net International Meteor Organization 
• http://www.occultations.org/ International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) 
• http://namnmeteors.org North American Meteor Network
• http://www.marssociety.org The Mars Society
• http://planetary.org/ The Planetary Society 
• http://www.ras.org.uk Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) 
• http://www.seds.org Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Astronomy Clubs - Ontario

• http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrieastro Barrie Astronomy Club 
• http://www.drastronomy.com The Durham Region Astronomical Association 
• http://amateurastronomy.org Hamilton Amateur Astronomers
• http://www.gateway-to-the-universe.org/ North Bay Astronomy Club
• http://www.nyaa-starfest.com North York Astronomical Association 
• http://www.rascbelleville.ca RASC - Belleville Centre
• http://www.hamiltonrasc.ca RASCHamilton Centre
• http://www.kingston.rasc.ca RASC - Kingston Centre
• http://www.kw.rasc.ca  RASC - Kitchener-Waterloo Centre
• http://www.rasclondon.ca  RASC - London Centre
• http://www.ottawa.rasc.ca/ RASC - Ottawa Centre 
• http://web.me.com/richardweatherston/Sarnia_RASC/Welcome.html RASC - Sarnia Centre
• http://www.tbrasc.org RASC - Thunder Bay Centre 
• http://www.toronto.rasc.ca RASC - Toronto Centre
• http://www.rascwindsor.com   RASCWindsor Centre 
• http://www.ogorman.ca Sudbury Astronomy Club 
• http://www.yorku.ca/yuac/ York University Astronomy Physics Club
• http://www.ysaa.ca York-Simcoe Amateur Astronomers 

RASC Centres in other Provinces

• http://www.stjohnsrasc.ca St. John's
• http://www.rasccharlottetown.ca Charlottetown
• http://halifax.rasc.ca/ Halifax
• http://www.nb.rasc.ca  New Brunswick
• http://rascmontreal.org   Montreal
• http://www.winnipeg.rasc.ca Winnipeg
• http://www.ras.sk.ca  Regina
• http://usask.ca/rasc Saskatoon
• http://www.calgary.rasc.ca Calgary
• http://www.edmontonrasc.com/ Edmonton
• http://www.vts.bc.ca/pgrasc/ Prince George
• http://www.ocrasc.ca Okanagan
• http://www.rasc-vancouver.com Vancouver
• http://victoria.rasc.ca/ Victoria

Educational Links

• http://www.seds.org SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Dev. of Space
• http://www.the-solar-system.com The Solar System in Pictures 

Magazines

• http://www.astronomy.com Astronomy
• http://www.astronomynow.com Astronomy Now
• http://www.skynewsmagazine.com SkyNews
• http://www.skypub.com Sky & Telescope

Observational Astronomy / Other

• http://www.astromart.com AstroMart
• http://www.astronomy-mall.com Astro-Net Astronomy Mall
• http://www.absolutebeginnersastronomy.com/ Beginner's Home Page
• http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca  Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
• http://www.ne.jp/asahi/stellar/scenes/skymap_e/aumap_e.htm The Clickable Map
• http://cloudynights.com Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews
• http://messier45.com/cgi-bin/dsdb/dsb.pl The Deep Sky Browser
• http://www.heavens-above.com Heavens Above
• http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html   Integrated Space Weather Analysis System
  
• http://www.mysky.org/mysky/ mySky.org
• http://www.maa.mhn.de/Maps?Const/constS.html The Munich Archive Astromaps
• http://www.sky-watch.com SkyWatch
• http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html  NASA eclipse website
• http://stdatu.stsci.edu/dss/dss_form.html The Space Telescope Digitized Sky Survey
• http://www.spaceweather.com    Spaceweather.com
  
• http://spaceweather.gc.ca/index-eng.php   Spaceweather Canada
• http://www.spaceweather.gc.ca/sh-eng.php   Spaceweather Canada Help
  
• http://www.scopereviews.com/ The Telescope Review Web Site
• http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/transit/venus0412.html Transit of Venus -  2012
• http://www.swpc.noaa.gov Space Weather Prediction Centre
• http://aurora.usask.ca   University of Saskatchewan All SkyAurora Imager
  

The Sky This Month

• http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance This Week's Sky at a Glance

Weather Sites

• http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/scripts/citygen.pl?client=ECCDN_e&city=YSN Environment Canada
• http://cleardarksky.com/c/Niagarakey.html Niagara Clear Sky Clock
• http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cancities_en. The Weather Network
• http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/local/CAXX0416 The Weather Channel
• http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/71262.html Weather Underground