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| Rise: 5:43 AM Set: 8:22 PM Max possible Daylight hrs today: 14:39 22:12 UTC 13 November 2012 Eclipse Total |
Page updated: 05/17/12 09:50 AM EDT 13:50 UTC 05/17/2012 |
Rise: 3:45 AM Set: 5:24 PM 10% Illuminated 14:34 UTC 28 November 2012 Eclipse Half shadow |
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| 09:58 UTC 29 April 2012 | 03:36 UTC 6 May 2012 | 21:47 UTC 12 May 2012 | 23:48 UTC 20 May 2012 |
| Vernal Equinox Start of Spring |
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Tue, 20-Mar-2012 1:15am EDT 05:15 UTC 20 March 2012 |
Wed, 20-Jun-2012 7:09pm EDT 23:09 UTC 20 June 2012 |
Sat, 22-Sep-2012 10:50am EDT 14:50 UTC 22 September 2012 |
Fri, 21-Dec-2012 6:12am EST 11:12 UTC 21 December 2012 |
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
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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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