Members Sites & Content
- Glenn and Gail’s Astronomy Section
- Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn’s Weather and Sky Photography
- Bob Christmas’ Astronomy Photo Gallery
- Bob Christmas’ Comet Gallery
- Don Pullen’s presentation on Amateur Radio Astronomy. (PowerPoint ~7MB)
- Peter Wolsley’s Astrophotography Site
- Large Amounts of Data: Planetary Imaging – Adam Gesjorskyj (YouTube Video)
- Hamilton Amateur Astronomers Club Member Interactive Facebook Page
- Solar Observing by Brian Whitman
Star Party Contacts
- Starfest
- Black Forest Star Party
- Cherry Springs Star Party
- Stargazing Manitoulin and Manitoulin Star Party
- NEAF – Northeast Astronomy Forum
- Winter Star Party
- Stellafane Star Party
- Astroblast Star Party
- Almost Heaven Star Party
- Exposing PseudoAstronomy
Astronomy and Astrophotography Podcasts, Websites and YouTube Channels
- Astrobackyard.com and AstroBackyard YouTube Channel
- Astronomycast
- The Jodcast; from The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory (UK)
- Planetary Society
- 365 Days of Astronomy
- StarTalk Radio with Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse from NightSkyPix
HAA Sponsored Organizations
Calendars
- CALSKY Astronomical and Space Calendar
Publications
- SkyNews
- Dot to Dot Books by Joan Marie Galat
Stores
- Celestron
- Diffraction Limited
- Firefly Books
- Kendrick Astro Instruments (Toronto).
- Khan Scope Centre
- KW Telescope (Kitchener)
- Meade Telescopes
- Mountain Equipment Co-op
- Sky Shed Roll-Off Observatory Plans, SkyPOD, Kits and Telescope Piers.
- Starlight Theatre
- Unihedron Posters and Sky Quality Meter.
- SkyWatcher
- Baader Planetarium Product
- Scope Stuff
- Canada-Wide Astro Buy & Sell
- Stargazer Steve
- Orion Telescopes
- Ontario Telescope and Accessories
- Telescopes Canada (Georgetown)
Portals
- National Weather Service Space Weather Prediction Center
- Stanford University Solar Center’s SID Database (Now includes LOFAR II data!!)
- The Hamilton Association for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art
- Astronomy photos & Images
- Night Sky Info: Weekly information about the night sky, astronomy articles and observations.
- Astronomy In Your Hands Hands-on astronomy activities.
- Amazing Space features familiar Amazing Space activities plus dozens of new tools for educators!
- SkyandTelescope.com Calendar
- SpaceWeather Science news and information about the Sun-Earth environment.
- W.J. McCallion Planetarium
- Canadian Astronomy Data Center
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA
- Johnson Space Center
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- National Space Science Data Center
- All Engineering Schools comprehensive database of U.S. engineering schools.
- Graphing Algebra Equation software Solve graphical equations the fastest way with a downloadable algebra software.
- Portable Planetariums Home
- Interactive and Multimedia Astronomy experience
- A Student’s Guide to Solar and Lunar Eclipses
- AAA State of Play – Astronomy Resources for Kids
- Messier Marathon Order (astro-tom.com) – Courtesy of Astro Tom
Physics
Interactive Astronomical Tools
- Stellarium
- Deep Sky Stacker
- RegiStax
- From Julian Date Calculator Written by Doug Welch
- To Julian Date Calculator Written by Doug Welch
- Planetary Photographic CalculatorWritten by Charles W. Baetsen
- Cartes du Ciel Free star-charting program for MS-Windows
- Virtual Moon Atlas
- Consolidated Lunar Atlas
- Telescope and Camera Field Of View Calculator
- CaLIGHTs DSO Astrophotography Calibration Tool Written by Peter Wolsley
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