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)

• 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
• The Constellations and their Stars - everything you would ever want to know about the constellations, including: bright stars, deep sky objects, interactive sky charts, mythology, etc...
• 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 State College - 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: State College - sky map for State College, PA (lat = ~ 40° 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

• 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