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Local public astronomy

San Diego Astronomy Association The R. H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego Griffith Observatory, overlooking Hollywood and the rest of LA Mt. Wilson Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains Star Parties on the mountain with the Orange Country Astronomers (not affiliated with the Observatory)

Images

AAO Images Astronomical Image Library Astronomical Pictures and Animations Astronomy Picture of the Day CCD Images of Galaxies Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures NSSDC Photo Gallery The Observatorium Image Gallery Planetary Image Finders Planetary Photojournal: NASA's Image Access Home Page SEDS Space Images Archive

Light pollution

San Diego City and County Light Pollution ordinances links courtesy of Cliff Haas -- see the complete list :  Light Pollution Awareness Website   International Dark Sky Association (IDA)   New England Light Pollution Advisory Group (NELPAG)   British Astronomical Association Campaign for Dark Skies   Campaign For Dark Skies   Light Pollution and Development Committee - AAAP   Sensible & Efficient Lighting to Enrich the Nighttime Environment (SELENE)   Light Pollution Page - Eastern Michigan University Astronomy Club   Energy Efficient Lighting Association (EELA)   The Online Planetarium Show - Comments: Light Pollution   Save our Sight -- Cran Cowan' Light Pollution Website   Nighttime Lights of the World -- NOAA DMSP satellite photos of Earth at night   Dark Skies by Jack Troeger   Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Light Pollution - Page 1, Page 2   Outdoor Lighting Control: A Win-Win Situation!

Skygazing and Astronomy News

Sky & Telescope's What's Up Astronomy Magazine's Sky Events Stardate Online Raymond Reid's Updated Compendium of Astronomy StarLore Universe Today

Newsgroups and newsletters

S&T Weekly News Space on the Run Astronomy Throughout the Web sci.astro sci.astro.amateur sci.astro.planetarium sci.astro.research sci.physics sci.physics.research sci.research.careers sci.research.postdoc sci.space.news sci.space.policy sci.space.science sci.space.shuttle sci.space.tech

Indices

Stellar Link Space Links

Observatories

Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) Apache Point Observatory (APO) Armagh Observatory Bologna Astronomical Observatory Bradford Robotic Telescope Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) Deep Space Network (DSN) Dominion Astrophysical Observatory (DAO) European Southern Observatory (ESO) Gemini Observatory Jodrell Bank Kitt Peak National Observatory McDonald Observatory Mills Observatory Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories National Astronomical Observatory of Japan National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO) National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Observatiore de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) Observatoire de Paris Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) Pine Mountain Observatory Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility United States Naval Observatory (USNO) Yerkes Observatory