PLANNING A NIGHT'S OBSERVING
And other useful resources
Weather Map (clearoutside.com)
Moon Calendar (moonphases.co.uk)
Observing calendar - update the month of interest (in-the-sky.org)
In-The-Sky (in-the-sky.org)
Visible passes of the International Space Station (heavans-above.com)
Space weather (spaceweather.com)
The Sky Live (theskylive.com)
Stuff in Space (stuffin.space)
Stellarium astronomy software (stellarium.org)
How to buy a telescope (spacecentre.co.uk)
Astronomy basics (lonewolfonline.net)
Other external resources
Space Detectives runs online events for families, schools and organisations
Our neighbouring astronomy groups: Somerset Levels Stargazers and Bath Astronomers
British Astronomical Association
British Interplanetary Society
Astrobites - daily summaries by students of the latest astronomy research
Greenway Talks Online from the Palomar Observatory in California - a fortnightly lecture series delivered by experts in their field of astronomy. The lectures are recorded and can be found at Palomar Observatory’s YouTube
The International Dark Sky Association
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please follow this link to our shop where you can pay online and we will then contact you for further details if needed.
Or contact us at [email protected]
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March
please follow this link to our shop where you can pay online and we will then contact you for further details if needed.
Or contact us at [email protected]
The membership year runs from 1st April - 31st March