Astronomy.com - Setup is key when urban stargazing

Astronomy.com - Setup is key when urban stargazing

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The ABCs of observing

Sharpen your scope skills with these 26 tips
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Tips for Those Wearing Glasses

Some of you that wear glasses may notice that it makes astronomical observing more difficult, sometimes even aggravating. link

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Observing from the City

Light pollution is the bane of amateur astronomy -- but you can see a lot even through the worst of it. link

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Space Shuttle Launch Viewing

Launch info:

http://www.launchphotography.com/Shuttle_Launch_Viewing.html

How to Buy a Telescope : Telescope Buying Guide: Dobsonian Mounts

EXOPLANET OBSERVING FOR AMATEURS

http://brucegary.net/book_EOA/EOA.pdf

Teachers’ Guide for “Observing an Eclipse of the Moon”

The purpose of this guide is to provide some tips for in-class instruction that will prepare
students to carry out the laboratory; and some suggestions for in-class followup
discussion and activities based on their results

http://www.noao.edu/education/astro/chile/archives/activities/eclipse-guide.pdf

The N.A.A. Telescope Calculator

handy tool for the telescope user, JavaScript-driven calculator, which will compute the values of a number of paramaters for any telescope & eyepiece combinations you enter
http://www.stargazing.net/naa/scopemath.htm

Polar Alignment How-to

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/observing-resources/Polar%20Alignment.pdf

Astronomy Printshop

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/printshop/

Backyard Pier

A good how-to on making a telescope pier
http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/pier.htm

How to Use Telescopes : Telescope Maintenance

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OBSERVING GALAXIES

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/observing-resources/10_Observing_Galaxies.pdf

HomeMade Telescope

Off the Deep End

10 Challenging Observing Projects
http://www.observers.org/GSSP/GSSP_2007.html