- Google Earth
 - Google Earth shows 3D overviews of major cities, mountains, and other terrain, as well as driving directions and maps. Also includes Sky, which allows users to view stars and galaxies, and Ocean, which allows users to explore the ocean floor and surface. - Night Sky Info
- Site of amateur Romanian astronomer Emil Neata. Gives updated weekly information about the night sky, including specific planetary locations, astronomy articles, and links to other astronomy sites.
- Astronomer, The
- British magazine for advanced amateur astronomers.
- Amateur Astronomy Magazine
- News by, for, and about amateur astronomers around the world.
- Astronomy Day (11)
- Learn about Astronomy Day, an annual event dedicated to bringing astronomy to the people. Find sites for clubs, science museums, observatories, planetariums, and nature centres hosting daytime and nighttime public education activities.
- Prairie Astronomy Club: Amateur Astronomy
- Lists several ways amateurs can and do play an important role in Astronomy.
- NightSky - SPACE.com
- Astronomy observing guide that will let you know what's up in your night sky and what the major celestial events for the upcoming year will be.
- Shallow Sky, The
- For those dedicated to observing the solar system: our moon, the planets, their moons, comets, asteroids, and the sun.
- ADC for Amateur Astronomers
- Features data collections useful in looking up the properties and locations of celestial objects.
- Spaceweather PHONE
- An astronomy alert service that will give you a ring when auroras appear, spacecraft pass over head, planets align, and other celestial events occur.
- AmSky Magazine
- Gathers together news and articles from astronomy club newsletters.
- Observing Highlights - Sky & Telescope
- Guide to observing the night sky with weekly updates, seasonal and yearly highlights, sky charts, an almanac, guides for observing specific celestial objects, and an image gallery.
- International Sidewalk Astronomy Night (3)
- International Sidewalk Astronomy Night is held around the globe by amateur astronomers who share their scopes and knowledge on the streets of their cities. Find the official site and blog for the international event.
- Regulus!
- Astronomy newsletter for amateurs of all levels. Sky charts, papers, astronomical observations and sketches, photos, and other resources for amateur astronomers.
- Clear Skies On Demand
- An astronomy blog dedicated to observing the night sky.
- Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs
- Downloadable book by Bruce L. Gary. Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs is meant to help amateurs with CCD experience produce high precision light curves.
- Great World Wide Star Count
- Larn about the Great World Wide Star Count, the international event that encourages everyone to go outside, look skywards after dark, count the stars they see in certain constellations, and report what they see online.
- Major Astronomical Events 2008
- Month-by-month guide from SPACE.com to the year's celestial events -- meteor shower peaks, occultations, and eclipses.
- NightSky Sky Calendar
- SPACE.com monthly guide to observing highlights. Learn about upcoming astronomical events such as meteor showers, occultations, eclipses, and good times to view planets.
- Sky Highlights of 2008
- 2008 observing highlights -- comets, eclipses, meteor showers, and occultations -- for stargazers from Sky & Telescope.
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