Contents
Local weather forecast
- Astronomical Seeing in Kendal
- Kendal weather forecast from the Met Office
Recommended sites
- Glendale Aurora Alert App – aurora alerts for your area when you register. Currently popular with EAS Members.
- Aurora Watch – warnings of likely future aurora events for the UK
- Ian Morison’s Night Sky this Month on the Jodrell Bank site
- Cumbrian Sky Blog – Stuart Atkinson’s personal view of astronomy in Cumbria
- BBC Stargazing Live Flickr Pages – thousands of amateur photos
- Heavens Above – times of International Space Station transits, satellites, Iridium flares …
- Society for Popular Astronomy – aimed particularly at beginners and amateurs
- SpaceWeather.com – forthcoming aurora warnings and information about the sun
- Unmanned Spaceflight – online discussions about space
Astronomy Information
- British Astronomical Society – supporting observational astronomy at all levels
- Cloudy Nights – articles, forums, reviews
- NASA Home Site – superb photos
- Open University astronomy pages – lots of interesting snippets
- Planet Quest – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- The Messier Catalogue – index of Messier objects
- The SETI Institute – patiently searching for alien life
- Go Stargazing – Dark Shy sites and events
Software used by members
- Adobe Lightroom – free for a trial period
- Deep Sky Stacker – free stacking software, Microsoft only
- Pixinsight – not cheap, highly recommended for colour correction using a star catalogue
- Registax – free stacking software
- Sequator – free stacking and alignment software, Microsoft only
- StarStaX – image stacking and blending software
- Startrails – free stacking software, Microsoft only
- PhD2 – free autoguiding software
- Sequence Generator Pro – astroimaging camera and telescope control
Choosing telescopes
- Choosing Your Equipment – buyer’s guide by Sky and Telescope Magazine
- Hobby killers – specifically what not to buy by Sky and Telescope Magazine
- So you want to buy a telescope? – the Telescope Review site by Ed Ting
- Beginners Telescope Buying Guide – by UK supplier Rother Valley Optics
Astronomical News
- Astrobites a daily astrophysical journal written by graduate students in astronomy
- Astronomy Now
- BBC Sky At Night Magazine
- Sky and Telescope