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| Rise: 5:40 AM Set: 8:25 PM Max possible Daylight hrs today: 14:45:00 12:47 UTC 3 November 2013 Eclipse Circular Total |
Page updated: 05/21/13 10:50 AM EDT 14:50 UTC 05/21/2013 |
Rise: 4:36 PM Set: 3:09 AM 83% Illuminated 23:51 UTC 18 October 2013 Eclipse Half shadow |
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| 04:35 UTC 18 May 2013 | 04:25 UTC 25 May 2013 | 18:59 UTC 31 May 2013 | 15:57 UTC 8 June 2013 |
| Vernal Equinox Start of Spring |
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Wed, 20-Mar-2013 7:03am EDT 11:03 UTC 20 March 2013 |
Fri, 21-Jun-2013 1:05am EDT 05:05 UTC 21 June 2013 |
Sun, 22-Sep-2013 4:45pm EDT 20:45 UTC 22 September 2013 |
Sat, 21-Dec-2013 12:12pm EST 17:12 UTC 21 December 2013 |
Earth Daylight & Darkness view
Eileen Collins Observatory - Clear Sky Clock legend
Satellite Predictions for Erin, New York
Light Pollution Map Sky chart for Erin, New York Some Excellent magazines for Amateur Astronomy are Sky & Telescope
and Astronomy 
MARS Picture of the Day
EARTH Science Picture of the Day
- Eileen Collins Observatory - Our Local Observatory and Planetarium
- Deepsky Astronomy Software (DAS) - A collection of observer friendly software tools designed to make observing sessions fun and productive
- Cartes du Ceil - Free Sky Charts Astronomy software, Celestial atlas, Also in Linux, Mac OS X versions
- Stellarium - Free open source planetarium software for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. Available in Linux, Max OS X, and Windows versions
- Virtual Moon Atlas - Free Lunar Software
- The Sky Astronomy Software - from Software Bisque
- Heavens-Above - Satellites and various other objects in the Night time sky
- Celestron - Telescopes and Accessories
- Northern & Southern Hemisphere Sky maps - Free Monthly Sky maps in PDF or ZIP formats
- Sky View Cafe - Java Applet full of Interesting Astronomy Info
- Constellation Portraits - Pictures of Constellations in a wide view
- SELENE - Sensible and Efficient Lighting To Enhance the Nighttime Environment
- SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- Scopulator - Telescope and Eyepiece Magnification Calculator
- Clay's Kochab Clock - Precise Portable Polar Alignment EVERY Time!
- Arkansas Sky Observatory - Arkansas Sky Observatory
- Catching the Light - Astrophotography related
- SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip! - Virtual Reality Trip through Space - Broadband recommended
- Andy's Astronomy Humor Page - Astronomy Humor
- SETI@home - Is there anybody out there, Join the search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Tony Cecce's Twelve Month Tour of the Messier Catalog |
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For those interested in Fine Tuning your Telescope check out, 'SuperCharge
'.Highly recommend, as it did wonders for my Celestron NexStar 114 GT telescope even though I bought it used.
Some Astronomy related Yahoo! Groups I'm currently in:
| Celestron • NexStar Discussion Group |
ECAS • Elmira-Corning Astronomical Society |
deepskysoftware • Deepsky Astronomy Software |
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