Celestron's Super C8 Astonomy

Bill's C8 Astronomy

"The Cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be"

Carl Sagan, (1934 - 1996)

I have added a link for our local weather,

Hope you like it......

After all, using a telescope is all

about working with the

local weather conditions......


NOAA National Radar	NOAA Water Vapor Satellite Image

http://cleardarksky.com/c/KnxvllTNkey.html?1

Is it a good night for observing, use this method to see

http://sctscopes.net/Observing_with_an_SCT/Learning_to_See/UMi_-_Viewing/umi_-_viewing.html

Tonight's sky

Horsehead Nebula

Our Earth

Andromeda Galaxy


	Our Moon Current Phase of our Moon		Current Sun Spot Activity

Thinking of buying a used SCT, or want to identify your scope, try these links

Identifying your Celestron or Meade SCT (Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope)

Uncle Rod's Used SCT Buyers Guide

Link to Official US atomic clock web site

http://nist.time.gov/

Here are 3 Links to ONLINE sky maps

Knoxville's latitude 35.9 Degrees

Amazing Space Stargazer Heavens above

The Constellations and the Stars

Constellation Pronunciation Guide

Start your own Messier Marathon

SEDS Home Page

SEDS Messier Catalog Index

Click-on Any Messier Object for information

"M1 - M110"

A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System:

Menu

My C8 images and my personal journey		Hubble Space Telescope
My C8 Useful Information
My Super C8 Polar Alignment
My Telrad finder information
My Favorite Astronomy software
My Comprehensive List of Astronomy Software
My favorite astronomy images
More astronomy images
Stargazing, A handbook for the Night Sky Tour Guides
The Constellations and their stars, an interactive star atlas
Peoria Astronomical society Web site
http://www.inconstantmoon.com/
Favorite reprints of beginners articles
1. How to use a scope and where to point it
2. 10 rewarding steps to stargazing
3. Unpacking the jargon
A great Celestron resource links
The Unofficial Celestron Homepage
Rod Mollise's Astro Land!
Celestron Contact info
(310) 803-5955, or (310) 803-0253 Fax
Meade Contact info
(800) 626-3233, or (949) 451-1460 Fax
Telescope basics
http://www.starizona.com/basics/basics.cfm
Building your own observatory
http://obs.nineplanets.org/obs/obslist.html
http://www.orednet.org/~jgarlitz/geodome.htm
Building your own telescope links
http://www.efn.org/~mbartels/tm/tm.html
Glossary of terms
http://www.starizona.com/basics/glossary.html
Links to Telescope vendors
Vendor List
Comprehensive info on our Nine Planets
http://www.nineplanets.org
Links to Astronomy local clubs:
http://www.smokymtnastro.org
http://www.knoxvilleobservers.org/
http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/obs/
http://orionridge.home.att.net/
http://www.astronomyclubs.com/USA/Tennessee/State44.htm
http://www.astronomyclubs.com/
http://tnsky.com/
Links to Nasa images:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
Molecular Expressions and powers of ten:
http://powersoften.com/events/p10play_320.html
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
Wonderful sites on Physics and Astronomy:
http://www.uwlax.edu/faculty/sallmen/phy155/lecs/lectures.html
http://www.astronomynotes.com/index.html
Why not join SETI@home and share in the search...........
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/download.html

Enjoy the Hubble images!

What am I "REALLY" looking at?

(Click on the above link)

Suggested Books for your library

Yellow text are hyperlinks too......

1. A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, Houghton Mifflin Company publishers
2. The Stars, by H. A. Rey, Houghton Mifflin Company publishers...
3. The Star Guide, by Robin Kerrod, John Wiley & Sons, Inc publishers...
4. How to identify (the) Night Sky, by Wil Tirion, Storm Dunlop publishers...
5. The Great Atlas of the Stars (Spiral Bound), by Serge Brunier, Akira Fujii , Firefly Books Ltd publishers...
6. Burnham's Celestial Handbook, (3 Volumes) by Robert Burnham Jr., Dover publications...
7. The Night Sky Observers Guide, (2 Volumes) by George Robert Kepple and Glen Sanner
8. Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope, by Rod Mollise
From Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series (Springer-Verlag)...
	http://www.willbell.com Highly recommended "ONLINE"* bookstore / publisher for astronomy.*
Here is a link to a great resource which lists many good books on astronomy http://sctscopes.net/Observing_with_an_SCT/Books/books.html For those unfamiliar with the sad tale of Mr. Robert Burnham Jr. I have provided links here. http://cometography.com/biographies/burnhamr.html http://www.frostydrew.org/observatory/columns/essays/burnham.htm Knowledge can be taught, But talent and vision are God given gifts. One can aspire to numerous degree's, and honors in academia, and never accomplish anything of significance. The world is full of self important bureaucrats. The real proof of a man, is what he leaves behind. For me personally, Mr. Burnham's books have brought to the world far more than the directors of the Lowell Observatory ever knew. He brought astronomy to the masses. Can anyone aspire to a more worthy epitaph........

This site is dedicated to my personal heroes:

"Robert Burnham Jr.", "Carl Sagan" & "Isaaic Asimov"

Favorite Movie Quote:

Ellie - "Dad, do you think there's people on other planets?"

Dad's reply - "I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us...

seems like an awful waste of space."

Thanks for stopping by and, Clear Skies to you all .......

Feedback, your suggestions?

send me an email.....c8astronomy@comcast.net