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Obscured by Clouds. The rough and ready blog of a cloud benighted biologist and amateur astronomer. Astroblog will cover my interests in astronomy, biology and Life, the Universe and Everything.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

 

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• The Pandas Thumb
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• This years astronomical events for 2024
• A year of full Moons
• Weekly Sky
• Yearly Sky past issues
• Southern Skywatch
• Astrophiz podcast
• Where to Look (the basics of observing)
• Unaided Eye Observation
• Astrophotography
• Using the freeware program GIMP for astrophotography
• Using the free simulation program Celestia
• Using the free planetarium program Stellarium
• Meteor Showers
• Eclipses
• Seeing Venus and other objects in Daylight
• Unexpected Rainbows
• Moonbows and rings around the Moon
• Exoplanets
• the Great Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught
• Astronomical events and earthquakes are they connected? (No)
• Comet ISON, a guide for the perplexed
• Comet ISON posts all in one place
• Comet Elenin a FAQ for the worried
• Viewing the Transit of Venus, 6 June 2012

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• Ediacaran
• The Austringer
• Frankenblog
• Talking Squid
• sneedle flipsock
• Starts with a Bang

Astronomy Weblogs

• Bad Astronomy Blog:The Good, the Bad, the Astronomy
• A Voyage to Arcturus:R.A. 14:15:39.7, Dec. +19°10'57"
• Astronomy Blog:UK astronomy
• Tom's Astronomy Blog
• Dirty Skies
Experiences in Urban Backyard Astronomy
• Stars Over Kansas:Kansas Astronomy News and Information from Exploration Place
• Astronomy Blogging from Far North Australia
• Megans Blog
• Comet Al Down Under cometary imaging with a twist
• Comet Al's New Blog
• Dave P's astronomy
• Top of the Lawn, Astronomy in Central Park
• Systemic the exoplanet blog
• Centauri Dreams lots of good stuff, including exoplanets
• Will Gater's science and astronomy blog
• Chris Linholt's Universe
• The e-astronomer
• The planetary society weblog with Emily Lakdawalla
• The Universe Today and Carnival of Space
• Cosmic Diary
• Peter Lake’s AARTScope Blog
• Global Rent-a-Scope News

Nice Astronomy Websites

• The Big Aussie Starhunt Beginners Guide to the Night Sky
• Global Rent a Scope telescopes for everyone
• Ice in Space Australian Amateur Astronomy
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• The latest SOHO images
• Heavens Above, Satelite prediction page - See the ISS
• Space Weather - Aurora etc.
• NASA's Satellite tracker
• Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Page
• SEDS and the 9 planet tour
• Solar System Simulator
• A 3D virtual Tour of the galaxy
• Extrasolar Planets
• Stellarium free photorealistic sky charting software
• Celestiareal time 3D space simulation
• Planet Hunters helping to search the Kepler data for exoplanets

Astronomy/Science Publications

• Sky & Space
• Australian Astronomy Almanac
• Cosmos, Australian-based Science Magazine

ABC Science Online

• Australian ABC Science Portal
• Australian ABC Science in Space
• Australian ABC Science Space News

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• Star StuffAustralian ABC Astronomy and Cosmology
• The Science Show
• Science in the City New York Academy of Sciences

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Previous Posts

Yuri's Night April 12, 2013
Geomagnetic Storm and Aurora Alert, 13-14 April (t...
Venus Meets Mars in SOHO, April 7 2013
Mercury and the Moon, 8 April 2013
The Sky This Week - Thursday April 11 to Thursday ...
International Dark Sky Week April 5-11, 2013
Carnival of Space #296 is Here!
20 Years Ago Today ....
Meteor Showers from Comet ISON? Not likely
Unexpected Rainbows, mobile phone edition part som...

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