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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Guide to Counting Meteors

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/observing-resources/06_Counting_Meteors.pdf

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

OBSERVING THE MOON pdf

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/observing-resources/03_Observing_The_Moon.pdf

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

Polar Alignment How-to

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

'Easy' RAW mod for Philips and Logitech Webcams

http://www.astrosurf.com/astrobond/ebrawe.htm

OBSERVING BRIGHT NEBULAE

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/observing-resources/09_Observing_Bright_Nebulae.pdf

Backyard Pier

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

OBSERVING THE PLANETS

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/observing-resources/05_Observing_The_Planets.pdf

How to Use Telescopes : Telescope Maintenance

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OBSERVING GALAXIES

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

HomeMade Telescope

The names of the moon

January: Old Moon, or Moon After Yule
February: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, or Wolf Moon
March: Sap Moon, Crow Moon or Lenten Moon
April: Grass Moon, or Egg Moon
May: Planting Moon, or Milk Moon
June: Rose Moon, Flower Moon, or Strawberry Moon
July: Thunder Moon, or Hay Moon
August: Green Corn Moon, or Grain Moon
September: Fruit Moon, or Harvest Moon
October: Harvest Moon, or Hunter’s Moon
November: Hunter’s Moon, Frosty Moon, or Beaver Moon
December: Moon Before Yule, or Long Night Moon

Mars Guide 2007

old Mars Guide

http://www.starrynight.com/sntimes/2008/01/wwwgfx_cur/MarsGuide2007.pdf

Find a Galaxy

Off the Deep End

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