Resources for Finding Neat Stuff at
Night
These pages are primarily geared to the beginning astronomer, and/or give
particularly interesting information. For a few of these pages, it may be
necessary to enter the Latitude/Longitude of your observing site, and/or the
Universal Time (also called Greenwich Mean Time or UT) you are planning to
observe. (This page is always under construction)
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For State College, PA...
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Latitude = 40° 47' 54" N (or +40.7983°)
Longitude = 77° 51' 44" W (or -77.8622°)
UT = 24 hour local time at Laramie (EDT) + 4 hours (+5 hours when
on EST)
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(i.e. 9:00pm EDT = 21:00 EDT = 1:00 UT on the next
day)
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Find coordinates for any US site via:
the
US Gazetteer, or
other sites
More info
on UT time and conversions
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- Sky
Maps - how to find out what to see in the sky right now (or at
any time)
- Constellations
and Stars - info on specific constellations, mythology, trivia, and
pronunciation guides
- Earth,
Moon, and Planets - including man-made satellites, eclipses, times
of sunrise/set, moonrise/set, moon phases, moon maps, Solar activity,
positions of the planets in the Solar System, ...
- Galaxies,
Star Clusters, Nebula, and other things - Messier Object Database,
multiwavelength images
- Weather
Links - find out what
the weather will be like from your favorite observing site
- Bad Astronomy - have you seen
"Deep Impact" or "Armageddon" and wondered if that could
really happen? how about some of those sci-fi shows on TV? have you wondered
why the sky is blue? and what causes the seasons? - for the answer to these
and many more questions, AND to find out all about "bad" astronomy
spread by the media you have to check out this site!
- Information about
star naming and "buying" a star
Last Updated: Jun 15, 2009.