Astronomy Links
Please email cuas@cuas.org if you find a link that is broken. Thanks! —webmaster
Links to CUAS Members' Websites
- Mike Lockwood (former CUAS president): http://bi-staff.beckman.uiuc.edu/~melockwo/index.html
- Jeff Bryant (former CUAS president): http://members.wri.com/jeffb/
Museums and Planetariums
- William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College link verified 9-14-07
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics link verified 9-14-07
- Bishop Museum Planetarium link verified 9-14-07
- Adler Planetarium link verified 9-14-07
- Cernan Earth and Space Center (Triton College) link verified 9-14-07
- Saint Louis Science Center (scroll down the page for "James S. McDonnell Planetarium") link verified 9-14-07
- Strickler Planetarium at Olivet Nazarene Univ link verified 9-14-07
Neat Sites
- Dark Sky Initiative link verified 9-14-07
- World of Astronomy link verified 9-14-07
- Astronomy In Your Hands link verified 9-14-07
- Arkansas Sky Observatories link verified 9-14-07
- CUAS Observatory Clear Sky Clock link verified 9-14-07
- NASA SkyView Virtual Observatory
- American Association of Amateur Astronomers - AL Observing Programs
- Ron Muir's Deep Sky Guide
- Hubble Heritage Project
- Solar System Simulator
- exoScience - SCIENCE of SPACE - astronomy, exobiology, astrophysics
- Real (not reel) deep impacts
- U of I's Stardial Camera
- Mars Pathfinder Mission
- SEDS Internet Headquarters
- Hubble Data Archive
- World's largest scale model of the Solar System
- IAU: Minor Planet Center
- The Original Astrolink to the Astroprairie Home Page
- Meade #395 Web Page by Luis Arguelles
- Find our SETI dish on the map
Publications
- SKY Online - Your Astronomy Source on the World Wide Web
- ASTRONOMY Magazine
- Astronomy Throughout the Net - A Free Monthly E-Zine with Current Astronomy News, Product Review, and more.
- The Universe Today - Space Exploration News from Around the Internet
Clubs
- Champaign Park District
- U of I Astronomical Society Home Page
- Northwest Washington Astronomical Society
- Peoria Astronomical Society
- Bradley Amateur Astronomy Club
- Lake County Astronomical Society
- The Astronomical League
- Astronomical Society of Harrisburg
- Twin City Amateur Astronomers
- Hawaiian Astronomical Society
- The Jordanian Astronomical Society (JAS)
Tools
- This Month's Chart with real-time moon phase and Jupiter's satellite display.
- The Aurora Alarm
- Champaign-Urbana Weather
- Mathematica Astronomical Science Tools
- NASA Solar System Exploration (SSE) Launches and Events Calendar
- Space Calendar (JPL)
- Looking For Satellites
- Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page
- How to Collimate Newtonian Optics
- Jupiter Events
- Amateur Astronomy Observers Log
- Ken's Telescope Calculator
Software
- Relative Data - Makers of My Stars planetarium software.
- SkyMap Software
- Dan's Astronomy Software
Dealers
- Orion Telescopes
- Meade Telescopes
- Celestron Telescopes
- Big Binoculars - Lowest Prices in the Universe
- MURNAGHAN Instruments - Makers of the Coulter Odyssey.
- Novosibirsk Instrument-Making Plant - Russian manufacturer and exporter of amateur telescopes, binoculars, and other optical devices.
- Astromart Astronomy Classifieds
- SciBid scientific auction
- StarMaster Portable Telescopes
- Virgo Astronomics

