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General Astronomy and Space
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the central location for finding out about NASA’s many great scientific missions, like the remote control robots they’re playing with on Mars!
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Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews
Mainly a great site for astronomy equipment reviews but also has many other articles about observing and general astronomy.
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SpaceWeather
A NASA site dealing with Solar astronomy and how it affects Earth. Notable for its display of realtime data and photography sent in by visitors to the site.
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Heavens Above
Excellent site for finding the ISS, Satellites, Iridium Flares, Asteroids, Comets and much more! This link sets the location as Belfast by default but the site has a user friendly location database for changing this.
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The Flame Trench
Excellent Space blog from Florida Today – lots of inside info from The Kennedy Space Center
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Aurora Watch UK
The Best source of UK Aurora information
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The Moon.ie
Excellent educational resource by Irish Astronomer Dr. Donnacha O’Driscoll
Sleeping Under the Stars: A Beginner’s Guide to Stargazing and Astrophotography
A good set of links from a non-Astro site for those new to the hobby.
Telescopes etc
Run by Past President of the IAA Dr Andy McCrea, North Down Telescopes provides excellent friendly advice, competitive prices and delivery to anywhere in Ireland!
Everything you need to know about binoculars and what to see with them – Excellent site by Steve Tonkin
UK wide site for trading gear
Ireland-wide Organisations
Armagh Observatory
Armagh Planetarium
Armagh Planetarium Astronotes
QUB Astrophysics Research Centre
Dunsink Observatory
Blackrock Castle Observatory
OM Dark Sky Observatory
Astronomical Science Group of Ireland
Newgrange
Inishowen Planetarium
Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies (IFAS)
The Irish Astronomical Society (IAS)
Astronomy Ireland
IYA 2009 Ireland
Astronomy & Space Magazine
Amateur Astronomers’ Websites
Irish Astronomy Clubs, Societies, Associations etc
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Galway Astronomy Club
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Kerry Astronomy Club (KAC)
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Midlands Astronomy Club (MAC)
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NUIG Astronomy Society
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Limerick Astronomy Club (LAC)
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South Kerry Astronomy Group
UK Sites
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Royal Astronomical Society
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British Astronomical Association
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Society for Popular Astronomy
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Jodrell Bank
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Jodrell Bank Visitors Centre
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National Space Centre
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Astronomy Now
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Sky at Night Magazine
Stargazers Lounge
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Binocular Sky
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Go Stargazing
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LROC Lunar Image Browswer
Software Resources
Deep Sky Stacker
Free Stacking and Processing package for Deep Sky Objects taken with a DSLR
Registax
Free Stacking and Processing package for Lunar and Planetary images taken with a webcam
Sharpcap
Free capture utility for webcam imaging.
WX Astro Capture
Free capture utility for webcam imaging. Windows and Linux versions – the Windows version can guide a scope too!
Stellarium
A Fully featured Planetarium on your Windows or Linux desktop – Free!
Cartes du Ciel
Free star-mapping and telescope control
Virtual Moon Atlas
For anyone who wants to find their way around our natural satellite, this is the tool for the job