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Appendix: Useful Books and Web Sites
This is a list of books and web links for further reading about the places mentioned in each chapter.
Astronomy
Chapter 1 – Telescope Shops & Astronomy Shows
Websites
Telescope Shops
Oceanside Photo & Telescope in California (OPT) – www.optcorp.comTel: 800-483-6287Woodland Hills Camera and Telescopes, California – www.telescopes.netTel: 888-427-8766, 818-347-2270Astronomics, Oklahoma. www.astronomics.com Tel: 800-427-7876Telescope House – www.telescopehouse.com/The Widescreen Centre – www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/SCS Astro – www.scsastro.co.uk/Rother Valley Optics – www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/ENS Optical – www.ensoptical.co.uk/Tring Astronomy Centre – www.tringastro.co.uk/
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National Shows
NEAF – Rockland Astronomy Club – www.rocklandastronomy.com/neaf.htmlAstrofest – www.europeanastrofest.com/IAS – www.ukastroshow.com/Starr Conn – www.starconn.asgh.org/ScopeOut Astronomy Fair is at the Cincinnati Observatory – www.cincinnatiob-
servatory.org/School of Earth and Space Exploration Day Arizona State University – https://
seses.asu.edu/Triad Starfest, (TriStar) Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown,
North Carolina. – Tristar / Cline Observatory – www.observatory.gtcc.edu/tristar/
Astronomy Day at the University of Texas Arlington Planetarium – www.uta.edu/planetarium/events/ www.texasastro.org/
Herstmonceux, East Sussex BN27 1RNThe Observatory Science CentreSandra Voss – Science DirectorTel 01323 832731Email: [email protected]: [email protected]: +44 (0) 20-3170-4309www.starmus.comBluedot Festival – www.discoverthebluedot.com/Solarsphere – www.solarsphere.eventsThe North West Astronomy FestivalThe Conference Centre, The Heath Business and Technical Park, Runcorn,
Cheshire WA7 4QX. www.theheath.com/location/International Astronautical Congress www.iafastro.org/events/iac/
Event Days
National Astronomy Week – www.astronomyweek.org.uk/The Great World Wide Star Count – www.windows2universe.org/citizen_sci-
ence/starcount/International Sidewalk Astronomy Night – www.sidewalkastronomers.us/
Publications
Sky & Telescope – www.SkyandTelescope.com/Astronomy – www.Astronomy.comAstronomy Now – www.AstronomyNow.com/Sky at Night Magazine – www.skyatnightmagazine.com/
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Astronomy Forums
Cloudy Nights – www.cloudynights.com/Astronomy Forum – www.astronomyforum.net/Stargazers Lounge – www.stargazerslounge.com/Astronomy Shed – www.astronomyshed.co.ukASTRO-CHAT – www.astrochat.com/ www.bautforum.com/IceInSpace – www.IceInSpace.com.au/ www.astronomyforbeginners.com/
On Line Used Equipment
Astromart is a US site for astronomers www.astromart.com/classifieds/Australia Astronomy Buy & Sell www.astrobuysell.com/au/Canada-wide Astronomy Buy & Sell www.astrobuysell.com/UK Astronomy Buy & Sell www.astrobuysell.com/uk/
Chapter 2 – Planetaria & Science Museums
Websites
National Air & Space Museum – www.airandspace.si.edu/IMAX Experience – www.imax.com/Griffith Observatory – www.griffithobservatory.org/visiting/visiting.htmlThe California Science Center – www.californiasciencecenter.org/McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis Texas – www.mcdonaldobservatory.org/
visitors www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum – www.evergreenmuseum.org/Seattle’s Museum of Flight – www.museumofflight.org/Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum – www.intrepidmuseum.org/Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh – www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson Arizona – www.pimaair.org/
The UK
Greenwich – www.rmg.co.uk/Think Tank – Birmingham – www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/thinktankThe National Space Centre – Leicester – www.spacecentre.co.uk/National Museums Liverpool – www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/Isle of Wight Planetarium – Island Planetarium – www.islandastronomy.co.uk/Jodrell Bank – www.jodrellbank.net/
Europe
ESA Gateway to Space Open Day – www.ncp-space.net/space-research/esa/ESA Space Expo Noordwijk – www.space-expo.nl/enESOC Guided Tours – www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC/ESOC_guided_toursArmagh Planetarium
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College Hill ArmaghCo. ArmaghBT61 9DBNorthern Ireland – [email protected] www.armaghplanet.com/Museum of Cosmonautics – www.kosmo-museum.ru/?locale=enMoscow Planetarium – www.planetarium-moscow.ru/en/Space World, Japan – www.spaceworld.co.jp/english/Old University Observatory in Copenhagen – www.coppenhagenet.dk/cph-
roundtower.htmJens Olsens astronomical clock – www.ateliera.dk/olsen.htmTycho Brahe Planetarium – www.planetariet.dk/Observatory in the city of Aarhus, Jutland – www.sciencemuseerne.dk/en/
ole-roemer-observatory/Kroppedal Museum on Tycho Brahe & Ole RomerKroppedals Alle 3 2630 Taastrup – kroppedal.dk/Herschel Museum of Astronomy – www.herschelmuseum.org.uk/Charles Messier observed at Delisle’s observatory.Museo Galileo in Florence – www.museogalileo.it/en/The British Association of Planetaria (BAP) – www.planetaria.org.uk/Camera Obscura USA – brightbytes - www.brightbytes.comConstitution Hill Aberystwyth Camera Obscura – www.cardigan-bay.com/cliff-
railway-camera-obscura-aberystwyth.phpEdinburgh Camera Obscura – www.camera-obscura.co.uk/Willets Amazing Portable Camera Obscura – www.amazingcameraobscura.co.uk/Moonpans.com – www.moonpans.com/Space Patches – www.stewart-aviation.co.uk/space1.html www.thespaceshop.
com/standstmime.htmlSpaceboosters – www.space-boosters.co.ukHeritage Auctions www.ha.com/David Bryant’s Space Rocks – www.spacerocksuk.com/The Meteorite Men – www.meteoritemen.com/The British and Irish Meteorite Society – www.bimsociety.org/
Chapter 3 – In Search of Dark Skies
Websites
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) – www.darksky.org.Commission for Dark Skies, CFDS – http://www.britastro.org/dark-skies/ http://
darksky.org/Dark Sky Discovery Sites – www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk/The Kirroughtree House Hotel - Tel. 01671 402141 – www.kirroughtreehouse-
hotel.co.uk/Baker Street Irregulars – www.bakerstreetirregulars.com/
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Carl Schurz Park – www.carlshcurzparknyc.org/Sky Quality Meter – Unihedron – www.unihedron.com/projects/darksky/Snowdonia National Park – www.eryri-npa.gov.uk/homeBortle Scale – www.bigskyastroclub.org/lp_bortle.htmlNaked-Eye Limiting Magnitude – www.project-nightflight.net/limiting_mag.pdfGalloway Forest Dark Sky Park – www.scottishdarkskyobservatory.co.uk/Sark – www.sark.co.ukColl Bunkhouse – www.collbunkhouse.com/Kirroughtree House Hotel – www.kirroughtreehousehotel.co.uk/Northumberland International Deep Sky Park – www.visitkielder.com/play/dis-
cover/dark-skiesBattlesteads Hotel – www.battlesteads.com/Redesdale Arms – www.redesdalearms.com/Bamburgh Castle Inn – www.bamburghcastlehotel.co.uk/Hog’s Head Inn – www.hogsheadinnalnwick.co.uk/Brecon Beacons – www.breconbeacons.org/Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve – www.kerrydarksky.com/AURA – www.aura-astronomy.org/Giant Magellan Telescope – www.gmto.org/Frank N. Bash Visitors Center – www.mcdonaldobservatory.org/McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis Texas – www.mcdonaldobservatory.org/
visitors www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/Rock Star Parties – www.rosecityastronomers.net/star-party-pageCherry Springs State Park – www.astrohbg.orgBlack Forest Star Party – www.bfsp.org/
Chapter 4 – Star Parties
Books
Astrophotography on the Go – Using Short Exposures with Light Mounts by Joseph Ashley, Springer Books ISBN 978-3-319-09830-2
Budget Astrophotography – Imaging with your DSLR or Webcam by Timothy J. Jensen 2015 Springer Books ISBN 978-1-4939-1772-3
Websites
Western U.S.A
Golden State Star Party – www.goldenstatestarparty.org/The Julian Starfest – www.julianstarfest.com/Death Valley/Las Vegas Astronomical Society Star Party – www.furnacecreekre-
sort.com/activities/stargazing+Nightfall at Palm Canyon Resort – www.nightfallstarparty.com/resort/The Rocky Mountain Star Stare – www.rmss.org/
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AstroDay Festival at the Prince Kuhio Plaza, Hilo, Hawaii – www.mkaoc.org/programming/astroday
Craters of the Moon Star Party – www.ifastro.org/Idaho Star Party – www.isp.boiseastro.org/Camp Delaney Star Party at (Washington State) – www.olympicastronomicalso-
ciety.org/camp-delany-star-party/Brothers Star PartyFormerly the Mount Bachelor Star Party – www.mbsp.org/Weekend Under the Stars – www.underthestarsfest.co.uk/Table Mountain Star Party – www.tmspa.comOregon Star Party – www.oregonstarparty.org
Southwestern U.S.A.
Astronomy Camp for Adults at Mt. Lemmon, TucsonBeginning Adult Astronomy Camp (Arizona) Mt. Lemmon Observatory – www.
astronomycamp.org/Advanced Teen Astronomy Camp (Tucson) at Kitt Peak National Observatory,
Tucson – www.astronomycamp.org/pages/teencamp.htmlUnder the Stars at Alamo Lake State Park (Arizona) – www.azstateparks.comGrand Canyon Star Party – www.mygrandcanyonpark.comCathedral Gorge Star Party and Campout – www.lvastronomy.com/ IEnchanted Skies Star Party at Socorro – www.enchantedskies.org/White Sands Star Party – www.zianet.com/wssp/Texas Star Party – www.texasstarparty.org/Eldorado Star Party (Texas) – www.eldoradostarparty.org/Okie-Tex Star Party – www.okie-tex.comMidwestern U.S.ATwo Rivers Spring Star Party – www.freewebs.com/
tworiversstarparty/Bootleg Astronomers Star Party (Illinois) – http://bootlegastronomy.com/Illinois Dark Skies Star Party – www.sas-sky.org/Earth Wind and Sky Star Party – www.freewebs.com/earthwindandsky/Prairie Skies Star Party – www.prairieskies.org/Iowa Star Party – www.iowastarparty.com/EPOCH Indiana – www.indianastars.com/starparty/Indiana Family Star Party – www.indianastars.com/starparty/Great Lakes Star Gaze – www.greatlakesstargaze.com/Astronomy at the Beach – www.metroparks.comDark Sky Gaze, Michigan – www.midarkskypark.org/Northern Nights Star Fest (NNSF) – www.mnastro.org/northern-nights-star-fest/Nebraska Star Party – www.nebraskastarparty.org/Apollo Rendezvous Convention and Star Party – www.mvas.org/Hidden Hollow Star Party – www.wro.org/Northwoods Starfest – www.cvastro.org/northwoods-starfestYosemite Star Party at Glacier Point – www.sfaa-astronomy.org/star_parties/
yosemite
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Wisconsin Observers Weekend (WOW) – www.new-star.org/North Dakota Badlands Star Party – www.und.edu/org/nsas/badlands/details.htmlGreat Lakes Star Gaze – www.sunsetastronomicalsociety.com/Nebraska Star Party – www.nebraskastarparty.org
Southern U.S.A.
Stellafane – www.stellafane.org/Connecticut River Valley Astronomers Conjunction – www.philharrington.net/
astroconjunction/Stokes Star Party – www.stokesstarparty.com/Jersey StarQuest – www.princetonastronomy.org/Wagman Winterfest Deer Lakes Park – www.old.3ap.org/winterfest/Cherry Springs Star Party – www.astrohbg.org/CSSP/Mason Dixon Star Party – www.masondixonstarparty.org/Astroblast (Penn) – www.oras.org/astroblast.htmlStella Della Valley Star Party – www.novac.com/Black Forest Star Party – www.bfsp.org/
Southern U.S.A.
Dark Sky Festival in Harmony, Florida – www.everfest.com/e/harmony-dark-sky-festival-orlando-fl
Cedar Key Star Party Florida – www.farawayinn.com/about-cedar-keyWinter Star Party (SCAS) Florida – www.scas.org/winter-star-party/The Fall Star Party Chiefland Astronomy Village, Florida – www.chieflandstar-
partygroup.com/Peach State Star Gaze – www.atlantaastronomy.org/pssg/Star Gaze Star Party at the Tuckahoe State Park & No-Frills Star Party – www.
delmarvastargazers.org/Mid-Atlantic Star Party, Carolina – www.masp.us/Cleveland County Regional Meeting North Carolina – www.ccastro.org/Tristar – The Triad Starfest – observatory.gtcc.edu/tristar/Almost Heaven Star Party (AHSP) – www.ahsp.org/Blackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend – www.blackwaterfalls.com/special.htmEast Coast Video Astronomy Rendezvous (Virginia) – www.ecvarstarparty.wix.
com/ecvarThe NOVAC Star Gaze – www.novac.comGreen Bank Star Quest – www.greenbankstarquest.org/Hodges Gardens Star Party – www.brastro.org/hgsp.htmlDeep South Regional Star Gaze -Mid-South Star Gaze & Astronomy Conference at Rainwater Observatory –
www.rainwaterobservatory.org/Tennessee Spring Star Party – www.atlantaastronomy.org/Peach State Star Gaze – www.atlantaastronomy.org/PSSGThe Winter Star Party, Florida – www.scas.org/winter-star-party
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Eastern U.S.A.
Stellafane, Vermont. – www.stellafane.orgAlmost Heaven Star Party (AHSP) – www.ahsp.orgBlackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend at Blackwater Falls State Park, Davis –
www.kvas.org/East Coast Video Astronomy Rendezvous (Virginia) – www.ecvarstarparty.wix.
com/ecvarNOVAC Star Gaze – www.novac.com/Stargazing Manitoulin Gordon’s Park Ontario – www.gordonspark.comMt. Kobau Star Party, British Columbia – http://www.mksp.caNova East Nova Scotia – www.halifax.rasc.ca/ne/Starfest Hanover, OntarioHuriana Star Party Ontario – www.nyaa.ca/starfest.htmMerritt Star Quest – www.merrittastronomical.com/Alberta Star Party – www.calgary.rasc.ca/asp.htmDark Sky Festival at Jasper National Park, Alberta – www.jasperdarksky.travel/The Isle of Wight Star Party – www.iowstarparty.org/Peak Star Party – www.peakstarparty.co.uk/Scarborough Star Party – Humble Bee Farm Star Party – Scarborough & Ryedale
Astronomical Society – www.scarborough-rydale-as.org.uk/saras/Kelling Heath Star Parties – www.starparty.org.uk/Brecon Beacons Star Party – www.astrocamp.awesomeastronomy.com/Kielder Star Party – www.sunderlandastro.com/star-camp/Galloway Star Party – www.stargazerslounge.com/.../260199-gallowayRencontres Astronomiques du Printemps (RAP), France – www.astrorap.fr/Teleskoptreffen in Frankfurt – www.teleskoptreffen.de/itv.htmlInternationales Heidi-Teleskoptreffen Reinshehlen at the Camp Reinsehlen
HotelCilento’s Star Party Il Forno Antico, Italy – http://acgo.it/xiispWhirlpool Star Party, Ireland – www.irishastronomy.org/index.
php?option=com_kunena
Chapter 5 – Astronomy in the National Parks
Books
“Parks After Dark” (A Beginner’s guide to Stargazing in the National Parks) by Rick Shaffer published by the Western National Parks Association. ISBN: 1-58369-062-x
Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks by Tyler Nordgren published by Springer Praxis Books ISBN: 9781441916488
Tyler Nordgren – www.tylernordgren.com/
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Websites
NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service) – www.nps.gov/“Half the Park is After Dark” – www.nightskyparks.org/Natural Sounds and Night Sky Division – www.nps.gov/orgs/1050/David Lane Astrophotography – www.davelaneastrophotography.com/
Weather Sites
ClearDarkSky – www.cleardarksky.com/AccuWeather – www.accuweather.comWunderground – www.wunderground.com/Estes Park Memorial Observatory – www.angelsabove.org/San Francisco Amateur Astronomers – www.sfaa-astronomy.org/San Jose Astronomical Association – www.sjaa.net/yosemite-faq/Yosemite Rose Lodging – www.yosemiterose.com/Wyoming Stargazing – www.wyomingstargazing.org/astronomyThe town of Moab – www.discovermoab.comNatural Bridges National Monument – www.nps.gov/nabr/Hovenweep National Monument – www.nps.gov/hove/Clark Planetarium – www.clarkplanetarium.org/Acadia Night Sky Festival – www.acadianightskyfestival.comRocky Mountain National Park – www.nps.gov/romo/Joshua Tree National Park – www.nps.gov/jotr/Bryce National Park – www.nps.gov/brca/Acadia National Park – www.nps.gov/acad/Yosemite - NPS – www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/stargazing.htm/Grand Teton National Park – www.nps.gov/grte/Big Bend National Park – www.nps.gov/bibe/Yellowstone National Park – www.nps.gov/yell/Arches National Park – www.nps.gov/arch/Canyonlands National Park – www.nps.gov/cany/Black Canyon National Park – www.nps.gov/blca/Death Valley National Park – www.nps.gov/deva/Grand Canyon National Park – www.nps.gov/grca/Capitol Reef National Park – www.nps.gov/care/Badlands National Park – www.nps.gov/bad/Crater Lake National Park – www.nps.gov/crla/Great Basin National Park – www.nps.gov/grba/
Chapter 6 – Hawaii
Websites
Lunar calendars are available on line showing the Full Moon Calendar for future planning. (www.calendar-12.com/moon_phases/2015) and there are also
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some apps that provide lunar calendars. (Moon Calendar & Lunafaqt for example)
Bishop Museum Planetariumwww.bishopmuseum.org/planetarium/ 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu Tel: 808
847 3511Hawaiian Night Sky Tours – quarkcsj.com/ Telephone – 808 216-1410Email [email protected] Island Tours – www.quarkcsj.com/Astro Tour Hawaii - Top of Makakilo, Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii 96,707 92-1204
Umena Street 808 398 6933 astrotourshawaii.comStars Above Hawaii is located in the Ko Olina Resort - Location – 92-1479 G
Aliinui Drive Ko Olina, Hawaii 96707-2244 Tel: 808-291-2464Onizuka Center for International Astronomy – www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/Mauna Kea Summit Tours Adventures – www.maunakea.com Tel. free (888)
322- 2366, (808) 322-2366Mauna Kea Summit and Stars Tour – www.adventureinhawaii.com/ Tel. Toll free
1 877 678 7333Arnotts Lodge and Hiking Adventures – www.arnottslodge.com/ email mala-
[email protected] Gaze Hawaii – www.Stargazehawaii.biz/The ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii 600 ‘Imoloa Place Hilo, Hawaii –
www.imiloahawaii.org/Jon Lomberg – www.jonlomberg.com/Ma’ukele Lodge – www.maukelelodge.comApau Hawaii Tours LLC – www.apauhawaiitours.com
Chapter 7 – The Northern Lights
Websites
Discover the World – www.discover-the-world.co.ukKola Travel – www.kolatravel.com/Baltic Travel Company – www.baltictravelcompany.com/Alaska - Joseph Van Os Photo Safaris – www.photosafaris.comNorway - Taber Holidays – www.taberhols.co.ukWild Photography Holidays – www.wildphotographyholidays.comFloating Tour Company – www.floatingtours.com/aurora-floating-tour/The Hotel Kakaslauttanen, Finland – www.kakslauttanen.fiMagnetic North Travel – www.magneticnorthtravel.comKp Index – www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/help/the-kp-indexDenali National Park – www.nps.gov/dena/Fairbanks – www.explorefairbanks.com/Anchorage – www.anchorage.net/Chena Hot Springs – www.chenahotsprings.com/
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Yukon – www.travelyukon.com/Fort McMurray – www.fortmcmurraytourism.com/Yellowknife – www.yellowknife.ca/Blachford Lake Lodge – www.blachfordlakelodge.com/Trout Point Lodge – www.troutpoint.com/Kola Travel – www.kolatravel.com/Baltic Travel Company – www.baltictravelcompany.com/holidaysSuperJeep – www.superjeep.is/Akureyri – www.visitakureyri.is/enHotel Ranga – www.hotelranga.is/Aurora Floating Tour Company – www.floatingtours.com/Aurora Flights – www.auroraflights.co.ukHotel Kakaslauttanen – www.kakslauttanen.fi/Aurora Domes – www.theaurorazone.com/aurora-domeQuark Expedition – www.quarkexpeditions.com/
Chapter 8 – Southern Skies
Books
Exploring the History of New Zealand Astronomy – Trials, Tribulations, Telescopes and Transits by Wayne Orchiston Springer Books 1st Ed. 2016 ISBN 978-3-319-22565-4
Websites
Elqui Domos, Chile – www.elquidomos.clSanctuary Baines’ Camp, Botswana – www.sanctuaryretreats.comSossusvlei Lodge, Namibia – www.sossusvleilodge.com/Byseewah Astronomy in Namibia – www.byseewah.com/Kiripotib Astrofarm Namibia – www.astro-namibia.com/Hakos Guest farm – www.hakos-astrofarm.com/hakos_e.htmSouth African Astronomical Observatory – www.saao.ac.za/ www.salt.ac.za/The Spring Southern Star Party & Autumn Southern Star Party – www.southern-
starparty.org/The Ayers Rock Resort – www.ayersrockresort.co.au/Earth & Sky – www.earthandskynz.comElqui Valley – www.chile.travel/ElquiValleyMamalluca Observatory – www.astronomictourism.com/mamlluca-observatory.
htmlCollowara Observatory – www.collowara.cl/Andacollo – www.andacolloconectado.cl/Pangue Observatory – www.observatoriodelpangue.blogspot.com/Cruz del Sur Observatory – www.observatoriocruzdelsur.cl/
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Panri Caur Observatory – www.astronomictourism.com/paniri-caur-observatory.html
ALMA Observatory – www.almaobservatory.org/Gemini South Observatory – www.gemini.edu/Atacama Large Millimeter/sub millimeter Array – www.eso.org/public/united-
kingdom/teles-instr/alma/Paranal Observatory – www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/astroclimate/site.htmlValle de la Luna – www.explore-atacama.comNamibRand Reserve – www.wolwedans.com/Gane and Marshall – www.ganeandmarshall.com/Etosha Pan National Park – www.etoshanationalpark.org/etosha-panWindhoek – www.windhoekcc.org.na/European Southern Observatory (ESO) – www.eso.org/Kiripotib Astrofarm – www.astro-namibia.com/Sanctuary Kusini – www.sanctuaryretreats.com/tanzania-camps-kusiniLoisaba Wilderness – www.loisaba.com/Sanctuary Baines’ Camp – www.africatravelresource.com/bainescampMoremi Game Reserve – www.botswanatourism.co.bw/destination/
moremi-game-reserveIziko Planetarium – www.iziko.org.zaSouth African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) – www.saao.ac.za/South African Large Telescope (SALT) – www.salt.ac.za/Cederberg Observatory – www.cederbergobs.org.za/Night Sky Caravan Farm – www.encounter.co.za/night-sky-caravan-park.htmlUluru, Ayers Rock – www.uluru-australia.com/about-ayers-rock/Uluru-Kata Tjutu National Park – www.parksaustralia.gov.au/uluru/Ayers Rock Resort – www.ayersrockresort.com.au/OzSky Alumni Star Safari – www.ozsky.org/spring.aspSouth Pacific Star Party – www.asnsw.comSnake Valley Astro Camp – www.snakevalleyastrocamps.org/Queensland Astrofest – www.qldastrofest.org.au/VicSouth Desert Spring Star Party – www.vicsouth.info/Parkes Radio Telescope – www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/Australia Telescope Compact Array – www.narrabri.atnf.csiro.au/Australian Astronomical Observatory – www.aao.gov.au/Aotearoa – www.maori.com/aotearoaAoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve – www.mackenzienz.com/activities/stargazing/Earth & Sky – www.earthandskynz.com/
Chapter 9 – Eclipses & Other Time Specific Events
Books
Total Addiction – The Life of an Eclipse Chaser by Doctor Kate Russo, Springer Books ISBN 978-3-642-30481-1
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Celestial Shadows – Eclipses, Transits and Occultations by John Westfall, William Sheehan 2015 Springer Books ISBN 978-1-4939-1534-7
Websites
Solar Eclipse – www.eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/solar.htmlLunar Eclipse – www.eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.htmlOccultations – www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/Transits – www.eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/transit.htmlFred Espenak - www.mreclipse.com/MrEclipse.htmlMeteor Showers – www.earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/
earthskys-meteor-shower-guideIntrepid Travel – www.intrepidtravel.com/ukJeremiah Horrocks – www.uh.edu/engines/epi2222.htmGillaieme Le Gentil – www.princetonastronomy.wordpress.com/.../the-ordeal-Satellites – www.n2yo.com/Comets – www.space-facts.com/comets/Halley’s Comet – www.solarviews.com/eng/halley.htmIridium Flares – www.heavens-above.com/IridiumFlares.aspxComet Halle-Bop – www.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/Comet Holmes – www.spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_holmes.htmlInternational Meteor Organization – www.imo.net/
Chapter 10 – Observing Other Astronomically Related Phenomena
Books
Archaeoastronomy – Introduction to the Science of Stars and Stones by Giulio Magli 1st Ed 2016 Springer Books ISBN 978-3-319-22881-5
Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy by Clive L.N. Ruggles (Ed.) 2015 Springer Books ISBN 978-1-4614-6140-1
Henbury Craters and Meteorites – Their Discovery, History and Study by Svend Buhl, Don McColl 2nd Ed. 2015 Springer Books ISBN 978-3-319-03954-1
Websites
Irish Stone Circles – www.irishmegaliths.org.ukThe Holy Monastery of the God-trodden Mount Sinai – www.sinaimonastery.
com/en/?lid=1 www.sacred-destinations.com/egypt/sinai-monasteryWadi Rum – www.wadirum-jo.com/Equinoxes – www.timeanddate.comStonehenge – www.english-heritage.org.uk/StonehengeSevern Bore – www.severn-bore.co.uk/ www.thesevernbore.co.ukStephen Hawking – www.hawking.org.uk/Archaeoastronomy – www.archaeoastronomy.com/Astroarchaeology – www.stonesofwonder.com/
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Ethnoastronomy – www.wam.umd.edu/-tlaloc/archastro/Avebury – www.nationaltrust.org.uk/aveburyCallanish Stones – www.callanishvisitorcentre.co.uk/Maeshowe – www.maeshowe.co.uk/Casa Rinconada – www.nps.gov/chcu/planyourvisit/casa-rinconada.htmLafayette Science Museum – www.lafayettesciencemuseum.org/Bighorn Medicine Wheel – www.solar-center.stanford.edu/AO/bighorn.htmlInternational Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture – www.
archaeoastronomy.org/Meteor Crater, Barringer Meteorite Crater – www.meteorcrater.com/Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve – www.macdonnellranges.comMonument Valley – www.navajonationparks.org/htm/monumentvalley.htmMount Sinai – www.sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/mount_sinai.htmlSacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mount Sinai,Saint Catherine’s Monastery – www.sinaimonastery.com/en/Makali’i – www.makaliiatwailea.comNew Brunswick tidal bore – www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Products/T/
TidalBore.aspxKnik Arm bore – www.alaska.org/advice/alaska-bore-tideSt Helens Napoleonic Fort – www.nationaltrust.org.uk/st-helens-duver/features/
st-helens-fortBrambles cricket match – www.islandsc.org.uk/events.aspx
Chapter 11– Enhancing You’re Observing Experience
Books
Remote Observatories for Amateur Astronomers – Using High-Powered Telescopes from Home. Gerard R. Hubbell, Richard J. Williams, Linda M. Billard
Springer Books 1st Edition 2015 ISBN 978-3-319-21905-9
Websites
Itelescope.net – www.itelescope.net/COAA – www.coaa.co.ukGite Astronomique – www.Giteastronomique.com/Astrofarm – The Knowledge Observatory, France – www.theknowledgeobserva-
tory.com/3100Kulmhotel Gornergrat, Switzerland – www.gornergrat-kulm.chGran Hotel Bahia del Duque Resort & Spa. – www.bahia-duque.comIsland of Coll and Cosmos Planetarium – www.collbunkhouse.com/Galloway Astronomy Centre – www.gallowayastro.com
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AstroAdventures in North Devon – www.astroadventures.co.ukDark Sky Telescope Hire – www.darkskytelescopehire.co.uk/Rentascope, www.rentascope.co.uk/Pic Du Midi, Rue Pierre Lamy de la Chapelle, Bagneres-de-Bigorre, FranceTel: +33 825002877www.picdumidi.com/SaharaSky, Kasbah Hotel, Morocco – www.hotel-sahara.com/hotel/Brorfelde Observatory – www.brorfelde.dk/The Cunard cruise ship the Queen Mary – www.cunard.co.uk/cruise-ships/
queen-mary-2/Arizona Sky Village – www.arizonaskyvillage.com/Jack Newton – www.jacknewton.com/New Mexico Skies Astronomy Enclave – www.nmsouthernskies.com/Deerlick Astronomy Village – www.deerlickgroup.com/Chiefland Astronomy Village Florida – www.chiefland.com/
chiefland-astronomy-villageSwinburne Astronomy Online – www.astronomy.swin.edu.au/sao/The University of Central Lancashire – UCLAN – www.studyastronomy.comLiverpool John Moores – www.astro.ljmu.ac.uk/distanceThe Open University – www.open.ac.uk/courses/short-courses/sg077LightBuckets Telescope Network – www.lightbuckets.com/Virtual Telescope Project 2.0: Home – www.virtualtelescope.eu/Horta da Moura Hotel – www.hortadamoura.pt/Francois Xavier Bagnoud ObservatoryLa Palma – www.fxbfoundation.org/clvobserv.htmADASTRAAd Astra La Palma – Stargazing tours – www.adastralapalma.com/Kielder Observatory – www.kielderobservatory.org/Sky Den – Canopy and Stars – www.canopyandstars.co.ukKitt Peak Visitor Center – www.noao.edu/kpvc/Keele University Observatory – www.keele.ac.uk/obsevatory/Astrophotography Courses – www.astrophotographycourses.co.uk/Observatori Astronomic de MallorcaMallorca – www.oam.es/Observatory Science Centre at Herstmonceux – www.the-observatory.org/Nik Szymanek website – CCDLand – www.ccdland.net/Skywatching Video Series - www.skyandtelescop.com/astronomy-videos/Bircham International University – www.bircham.edu/
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Space
Chapter 12 – NASA Visitor Centers and Other U.S. Space Sites
Books
Rocket Ranch – The Nuts and Bolts of the Apollo Moon Program at Kennedy Space Center by Jonathon H. Ward 2015 Springer Books ISBN 978–3–319-17788-5
Websites
NASA – www.nasa.gov/Passport to Explore Space – www.visitnasa.com/nasa-passport-to-
explore-spaceKennedy Space Center – www.kennedyspacecenter.com/National Air & Space Museum Washington D. C– www.airandspace.si.edu/ .Norwegian Technical Museum, Oslo, Norway – www.tekniskmuseum.no/Science Museum, London, England – www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/Chicago Museum of Science and Industry – www.msichicago.org/Alder Planetarium – www.adlerplanetarium.org/Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center – www.kansastravel.org/kansascosmos-
phere.htmCalifornia Science Center – www.californiasciencecenter.org/San Diego Aerospace Museum – www.sandiegoairandspace.org/Neil Armstrong Museum, Wapakoneta – www.armstrongmuseum.org/U.S. Air Force Museum, Dayton – www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Oklahoma History Center – www.okhistory.org/historycenter/Frontiers of Flight Museum – www.flightmuseum.com/Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum – www.airzoo.org/Johnson Space Center – www.spacecenter.org/Great Lakes Science Center – www.greatscience.com/Discovery Museum of Sacramento – www.powerhouse.org/Carnegie Space Center – www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/Goddard Space Flight Center – www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/Marshall Space Flight Center – www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/home/Virginia Air & Space Center – www.vasc.org/Langley Research Center – www.nasa.gov/langleyAmes Research Center – www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/John C Stennis Space Center – www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/home/Jet Propulsion Laboratory – www.jpl.nasa.gov/Armstrong Flight Research Center – www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/home/
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Chapter 13 – Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre – GCTC – Star City
Books
Russia’s Cosmonauts – Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center by Rex D. Hall, David J. Shayler & Bert Vis; Published by Springer Praxis; ISBN: 0-387-21894-7
Yu. A. Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Center – www.gctc.su/Vegital Tours – www.starcity-tours.com/Just Go Russia – www.justgorussia.co.uk/en/excursion_star_city.htmlIncredible Adventures – www.incredible-adventures.com/star_city.htmlVisit Yu. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center – www.visitgctc.com/On The Go Tours – www.onthegotours.com/Russia/tailormadeholidaysBest Russian Tour – www.bestrussiantour.com/space_toursASLA Travel Group – www.aslatravelgroup.com/russian-space-tours-star-city/Rusadventures – Astronaut Training – www.rusadventures.com/tour35.shtml
Chapter 14 – Meet an Astronaut
Websites
Collect Space – www.collectspace.com/sightings/Astronaut Events – www.astronautevent.co.uk/Spacefest – www.spacefest.info/Colorado Cosmic Con – www.coloradocosmiccon.com/Space Lectures run by Ken Willoughby – www.space-lectures.com/Cosmic Con Astronaut, Space & Meteorite Event – www.cosmiccon.co.uk/InspireSPACE – https://inspirespace.wordpress.com/Autographica – www.autographica.co.uk/The British Interplanetary Society – www.bis-space.com/Collect Space – www.collectspace.com
Chapter 15 – Cosmic Adventures
Books
Virgin Galactic – The First Ten Years by Eric Seedhouse 2015 Springer Books ISBN – 978-3-319-09261-4
SpaceX’s Dragon: America’s Next Generation Spacecraft by Eric Seedhouse 1st Ed 2016 Springer Books ISBN 978-3-319-21514-3
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Websites
Kennedy space Centre Mixed Flight Schedule. A useful site for information is www.launchphotography.com
Virgin Galactic – www.virgingalactic.com/Edge of Space – www.incredible-adventures.com/edge-of-space-intro.htmlFace in Space – www.faceinspace.co.ukSpace X – www.spacex.comBaikonour Cosmodrome – www.kosmotras.ru/en/bayconur/Space Adventures Ltd. – www.spaceadventures.com/Novespace – www.novespace.fr/Vegitel Tours – www.starcity-tours.com/Sky and Space Travel – www.skyandspacetravel.comIncredible Adventures – www.incredible-adventures.com/UKHAS (UK High Altitude Society) – www.ukhas.org.uk/Near Space Photography – www.nsballoonproject.wordpress.com/Weather Balloon Shop – www.stratoflights.com/en/ www.sratocat.com.ar/HAB Supplies – www.sites.google.com/site/balloonnewswebstore/www.highaltitudescience.com/www.atlanticweatherballoons.com/
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AAcadia National Park, 71Acadia Night Sky Festival, 72ADASTRAAir and Space Museum, 22Akureyri, 107Alaska, 68, 101, 103, 133, 136, 155Alberta Star Party, 61Alder Planetarium, 177ALMA Observatory, 118Almost Heaven Star Party (AHSP), 60Ames Research Center, 187Anchorage, 103, 155Andacollo, 118Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve, 127Aotearoa, 127–128Apollo, 21, 22, 32, 56, 149, 175–178, 180,
185–187, 203, 204, 208–211, 213, 214, 219
Apollo Command Module, 180Apollo/Saturn V, 183, 184Archaeoastronomy, 145–149Arches National Park, 74, 75Arizona Sky Village (ASV), 167, 168Armagh Planetarium, 27Armstrong Flight Research Center, 188Arnott’s Lodge, 92AstroAdventures, 165Astroarchaeology, 145–149Astrofarm, K., 122, 132, 142, 163
Astrofest, 10, 53, 126, 173Astromart, 18Astronaut Hall of Fame, 178, 186Astronomics, 5Astronomy buy & sell, 18Astronomy forum, 6, 9, 17–18Astronomy (Magazine), 10, 17–18, 117, 162Astronomy now, 10, 15, 17, 165Astronomy shed, 17Astrophotography courses, 50, 171Astro Tour Hawaii, 88Atacama Desert, 117–119Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter
Array (ALMA), 118Atlantis, 180, 181, 183, 184, 186–188, 219Auke Slotegraaf, 114AURA, 45Aurora, 99–103, 105–112, 177Aurora Borealis, 99Aurora domes, 111Aurora flights, 110–111Aurora floating tour company, 109Auroral oval, 101Auroral zone, 101Australia, 18, 33, 113, 115, 125–127, 133,
134, 150, 160, 172, 180Australia Telescope Compact
Array (ACTA), 127Australian Astronomical
Observatory (AAO), 127
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Autographica, 33, 204, 206, 207, 211, 212, 214–216
Autumn Equinox Sky Camp, 63Avebury, 146, 148Ayers Rock, 115, 125Ayers Rock Resort, 125
BBadlands National Park, 78Baikonur Cosmodrome, 221–223Baker Street Irregulars, 35, 37, 40Ballochory, 148Baltic Travel Company, 105Bamburgh Castle Inn, 44Bank, J., 11, 24British Association of Planetaria
(BAP), 31, 47Battlesteads Hotel, 44Bean, A., 180, 187, 203, 207,
210, 212, 213Big Bear Lake, 14Big Bend National Park, 67, 75Big Island, 83–85, 90–97Bighorn Medicine Wheel, 148Bircham International University, 172Bishop Museum Planetarium, 86–90Blachford Lake Lodge, 104Black Canyon National Park, 67, 75Black Forest Star Party, 46, 59Blackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend, 60Bortle, J., 39, 46Bortle Scale, 39, 46Brambles cricket match, 156, 157Brecon Beacons, 44, 63Brecon Beacons Star Party, 63British Association of Planetaria (BAP), 25British Astronomical Association, 47British Interplanetary Society, 208, 209Brorfelde Observatory, 165Bruce McCandless, 206, 207, 214Bryce National Park, 71Byseewah, 120, 121
CCaldwell Catalogue, 113California Science Center,
22, 178, 180, 182Callanish Stones, 148Canada, 18, 41, 52, 61, 101, 104–105Cannock Chase, 38, 131Canopy & Stars, 165Canyonlands National Park, 75, 76Cape Canaveral, 182, 219, 221
Cape Town, 115, 124, 125Capital Reef National Park, 67Carl Schurz Park, 36Carnegie Science Center, 22, 182Casa Rinconada, 148Cederberg Observatory, 125Centaur, 115, 125Centrifuge, 27, 191, 192, 194, 201CfDS, 47Chena Hot Springs, 103Cherry Springs Star Party
(CSSP), 46, 58, 59Chiefland Astronomy Village, 59, 60, 168Chile, 45, 115, 117–119, 122Chiu Chiu, 118Cilento’s Star Party, 65Clark Planetarium, 72Cloudy Nights, 17COAA, 162Cold War, 189, 190Coll, 42, 43, 165Coll Bunkhouse, 43, 165Collect Space, 204Collins, E., 186, 205Collowara Observatory, 118Comet Holmes, 139, 140Comets, 139–141, 171, 224, 225Command Module, 177, 183, 213Commission for Dark Skies, 47Cox, B., 11, 77, 189, 197, 205Crater Lake National Park, 80Crux, 113Cruz del Sur Observatory, 118Custom Island Tours, 88
DDark Sky developments, 41, 45, 169Dark Sky Discovery Sites, 47, 48Dark Sky Telescope Hire, 170David Lane Astrophotography, 70Death Valley, 53, 67, 69, 76, 77, 79Deerlick Astronomy Village (DAV), 60, 168Denali National Park, 68, 103Discovery, 20, 29, 31, 47, 56, 70, 140, 150,
169, 182Discovery Museum of Sacramento, 180Dunlop, J., 113, 126
EEarth & Sky, 127East Coast Video Astronomy Rendezvous, 60Edge of space, 180, 227–231Egress simulator, 194
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Eldorado Star Party, 56Elqui Domos Valley, 119Elqui Valley, 45, 117, 118Endeavour, 22, 178, 180, 182, 215ENS Optical, 8Enterprise, 22, 181Equinox, 27, 63, 84, 101, 145, 146ESOC Guided Tours, 27Espenak, F., 73, 132Estes Valley Astronomical Society, 71Eta Aquarids, 141Ethnoastronomy, 146Etosha Pan National Park, 121European Southern Observatory (ESO), 36,
117–120, 122, 130, 134, 137European space agency (ESA), 10, 27Exmoor, 44
FF-1 engine, 179Face in Space, 228, 230, 231Fairbanks, 103FAS, 47Federation of Astronomical Societies, 14, 49,
63Finland, 101, 111Forever Remembered, 180Fort McMurray, 104Francois Xavier Bagnoud Observatory, 164Frank N. Bash Visitors Center, 46Frontiers of Flight Museum, 179
GGagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC),
189, 190, 194, 197, 201Galloway Astronomy Centre, 42, 100, 165Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park, 41, 43Galloway Star Parties, 64Gane and Marshall, 120Gemini, 118, 142, 175–177, 180, 185,
209–210Gemini South Observatory, 118Geminids, 142Gene Cernan, 177, 185, 186, 206, 208–210Giant Magellan Telescope, 45Gite Astronomique, 162Goddard Space Flight Center, 73, 132, 186Grand Canyon, 55, 67, 69, 77, 79–81Grand Teton National Park, 73Great Basin National Park, 81Great Lakes Science Center, 180, 187Great Lakes Star Gaze, 56Great World Wide Star Count, 16
Greenland, 112, 133Greenwich, 15, 24, 26Griffiths Observatory, 31, 133Grissom Memorial Museum, 178
HHaise, F., 178, 205, 210, 217Hakos Guest Farm, 122, 123Halle-Bop, 139Halley’s Comet, 139Hawaii, 53, 68, 83, 84, 86, 88, 89, 91–93, 95,
97, 114Hawaii Night Sky Tours, 88Hawaii Star Gaze, 94Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve,
150Herstmonceux, 15, 26, 171Hilo, 53, 84, 90–92, 95–97Hog’s Head Inn, 44Honolulu, 85–88, 153Hoot Gibson, 207, 214, 215Horta da Moura Hotel, 162Hovenweep National Monument, 67, 74Huriana Star Party, 61Hyatt Regency Hotel, 87Hydrolaboratory, 191, 197
IIceInSpace, 17Iceland, 100–102, 105–110, 133IMAX, 20–22, 72, 183, 187Incredible Adventures, 228Inspirespace, 206International Astronautical
Congress, 14International Astronomy Show
(IAS), 9, 10, 33, 122, 228, 230International Dark Sky Communities, 41, 43International Dark Sky Park,
41, 43, 44, 67, 75, 76International Dark Sky Reserve,
41, 44, 63, 120International Dark Sky Sanctuaries, 41, 45International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), 41,
43, 47, 67, 74–81International Meteor Organization, 142International Sidewalk Astronomy Night, 17International Society for Archaeoastronomy
and Astronomy in Culture, 149International Space Station
(ISS), 138, 180, 181, 186, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196–198, 201, 210, 215, 221, 223, 225
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Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, 181Intrepid Travel, 117, 132, 164Introduction to the Science of Stars
and Stones, 146Iridium Flares, 138Island Planetarium, 25Islay, 43, 146, 147Isle of Wight Star Party, 61–63Itelescopes.net, 160Iziko Planetarium, 124
JJasper National Park, 61Jens Olsens astronomical clock, 27Jeremiah Horrocks, 135Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 188John C. Stennis Space Center, 187John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
and Museum, 178Johnson Space Center, 179, 182, 186Johnson, C., 16, 84–86, 88–90, 153, 154Joshua Tree National Park, 69, 71Jukkasjärvi, 112
KKahanamoku, D., 87Kalamazoo Aviation History
Museum, 180Kalapana, 84, 95, 97Kansas Cosmosphere and Space
Center, 178Kauai, 97Keele University Observatory, 169Kejimkujik National Park, 104Kelling Heath, 62Kelling Heath Holiday Park, 62Ken Willoughby, 205Kennedy Space Center, 175, 176, 179–183,
185, 186, 205, 219Kerry International Dark Sky
Reserve, 44Kielder Observatory, 44, 165Kilauea, 90, 95Kirroughtree House Hotel, 43Kitt Peak Visitor Center, 169Knik Arm bore, 155Knowledge Observatory, 162Ko Olina Resort, 89Kola Peninsula, 105Kola Travel, 105Kona, 84, 90–92, 94–95
Kp Index, 102Kroppedal Museum on Tycho
Brahe & Ole Rome, 27
LLa Palma, 164Lafayette Science Museum, 148Lake Meyvn, 106Lake Torassieppi, 111Langley Research Center, 187Lapland, 105Le Gentil, G., 135Leonids, 142Levkina, L., 28, 222LightBuckets Telescope Network, 160Lincoln, A., 159Little Joe, 180Liverpool John Moores, 173Loisaba Wilderness, 67, 106, 108,
123, 193Lomberg, J., 95Lovell, J., 177, 205, 209Lovell Telescope, 11, 24Lunar eclipse, 129, 132–135Lyrids, 141
MM31, 39, 139M33, 39Mackenzie Basin, 127Maeshowe, 148Magellanic Clouds, 113Mallorca, 170Mamalluca Observatory, 118Manhattanhenge, 145Maori, 127Marshall Space Flight Center,
179, 186, 187Matterhorn, 164Matveeva, E., 190Mauna Kea, 53, 83, 84, 90–92, 97Mauna Loa, 83McClean telescope, 124McDonald Observatory, 13, 46, 55Mercury, 134, 135, 175–177, 180, 209–210Merritt Star Quest, 61Meteor crater, 149, 150Meteor shower, 3, 61, 131, 140–143Mikhailovich, A., 199Mir, 21, 190, 191, 193, 197, 200, 215, 216Mir Space Station Hall, 190, 191, 193, 215, 216
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Monument Valley, 151Moremi Game Reserve, 123Morocco, 133, 165Moscow, 20, 27, 105, 189, 191, 197,
201, 222, 227Moscow Planetarium, 27Mount Sinai, 152Mt. Kobau Star Party, 61Museum of Cosmonautics, 20, 27, 191, 197
NNaked eye-limiting magnitude
(NELM), 40Namibia, 115, 120–122NamibRand Reserve, 120NASA, 21, 73, 132, 138, 175–188, 212, 214,
215, 219–221, 226NASA eclipse Web Site, 73, 132National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 20,
21, 177, 179, 180, 182National Astronomy Week, 16National Park Service (NPS), 67, 68, 74National Space Centre, 23Natural Bridges National Monument, 67,
68, 74Natural Sounds and Night Skies
Division, 68Navajo Nation Tribal Park, 151Nebraska Star Party, 56Nebula, C., 113, 114Neil Armstrong, 178New Brunswick tidal bore, 155New Mexico Astronomy Village, 168New Mexico Southern Skies Astronomy
Enclave, 168New York, 9, 14, 21, 22, 31, 36, 77, 153, 176,
181New Zealand, 44, 114, 115, 127–128, 133Newton, J., 105, 167, 168Night Sky Caravan Farm, 125Night Sky Parks, 70Nightscape, 41, 70, 74, 126Nik Szymanek, 171North East Astronomy Forum
(NEAF), 9, 14Northern lights, 3, 43, 68, 99–101, 103,
105–112, 131, 165Northumberland International Deep Sky Park,
43Norway, 101, 103, 177Norwegian Technical Museum, 177NOVAC Star Gaze, 60Novespace, 223
OOahu, 84–86, 88, 89, 97, 154Observatori Astronomic de
Mallorca (OAM), 170Observatory Science Centre
at Herstmonceux, 171Occultations, 129, 135–138Okie-Tex Star Party, 56Oklahoma History Center, 178Onizuka Center, 92, 93Oregon Star Party, 54Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, 219Orionids, 141Orlan, 189, 196, 201Orlando, 182OzSky Alumni Star Safari, 125
PPangue Observatory, 118–120Parks After Dark, 69Parramatta, 113, 126Pathfinder, 181Patrick Moore, 23, 113Peach State Star Gaze, 60Peak Star Party, 63, 64Perseid, 61, 131, 142, 143Pete Lawrence, 110Philip Pullman, 99Phillips, D., 108Pic du Midi, 162, 163Pima Air & Space Museum, 23Pleiades, 117, 154Pueblo Bonito, 148
QQiantang, 155Quadrantid, 141Quark Expeditions, 112Queensland Astrofest, 126
RRadio telescope, 126Redesdale Arms, 44Regent’s Park, 35Rencontres Astronomiques du Printemps
(RAP), 64Reykjavik, 105–107, 109, 112Rhea Seddon, 180, 207, 208, 215River Mawddach, 157Roald Dahl, 99Rock Star Parties, 46
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Rocket Park, 176, 186Rocky Mountain National Park, 71, 80Rother Valley Optics, 8Royal Astronomical Society, 61, 165Russia, 23, 27, 101, 105, 133, 221–223, 228Russo, K., 132Rusty Schweickart, 11, 209, 211
SSaint Catherine’s Monastery, 152Salt Lake Astronomical Society, 71San Diego Aerospace Museum, 178San Pedro, 118, 119Sanctuary Baines’ Camp, 123Sanctuary Kusini, 123Santiago, 118Sarah McNulty, 182, 219, 221Satellite, 27, 138–139, 176, 221, 230Saturn 1B, 179Saturn V, 176, 179, 184, 186, 219Scarborough Star Party, 62Science Museum, London, 15, 177Scope City, 5Scott Carpenter, 208, 209SCS Astro, 8Seattle’s Museum of Flight, 22Severn Bore, 155Sirius, 152Sky Den, 165Skylab, 179, 180, 187, 203, 208, 210, 214Sky Quality Meter, 38, 40, 95Sky Safari Hotel, 165Sky and Space Travel, 228Skywatching Video Series, 171Smithsonian, 21, 178, 182Snake Valley Astro Camp, 126Snowdonia National Park, 38, 41, 44Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA), 10, 47Sokol Spacesuit, 28, 196Solar eclipse, 73, 129–133, 135Solarsphere, 11, 12Sossusvlei Lodge, 123South African Astronomical Observatory
(SAAO), 124South African Large Telescope (SALT), 124Southern Cross, 125Soyuz, 138, 180, 191–193, 196, 199–201, 208,
210, 223Space Adventures Ltd., 223, 225Spacefest, 204, 211, 213Space Lectures, 205Space race, 28, 175, 189, 190, 203, 208, 226Space Rendezvous, 205Space World, 29
Space X, 221Spitsbergen, 111Spring Star Party at Kelling Heath, 62Stanton Drew, 146Star City, 27, 189–201, 210, 225Star count, 16Starfest Hanover, 61Stargazers Lounge, 17STARMUS, 11Starr Conn, 12Stars Above Hawaii, 89Stars Above, Earth Below, 70, 75Stellafane, 57Stephen Hawking, 11, 145Steve O’Meara, 95, 113St. Helens Napoleonic Fort, 156Stonehenge, 146Summer Night Sky Ranger Schemes, 70–73Super jeep, 106, 107Sweden, 101, 112Swinburne Astronomy Online (SAO), 172
TTable Mountain Star Party, 53, 115Taurids, 141Telescope House, 6–8Teleskoptreffen, 64Texas Star Party, 55Thomas, D., 206, 208, 216Tidal bores, 145, 154–156Total Addiction, 132Transit, 39, 129, 134, 135Triad Starfest, (TriStar), 12, 60Tring Astronomy Centre, 8, 170Trout Point Lodge, 104Tucson, 23, 41, 54, 167, 205Tycho Brahe Planetarium, 27Tyler Nordgren, 67, 70, 75, 78, 149
UUK High Altitude Society
(UKHAS), 229Uluru, 125Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, 125University of Central Lancashire (UCLan),
173US Air Force Museum, 178
VValle de la Luna, 119Vegitel Tours, 190, 223, 225, 227, 228VicSouth Desert Spring Star Party, 126
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Virgin Galactic, 219, 226Virginia Air & Space Center, 187Virtual telescope network 2.0, 161Vlad Shvkunov, 191, 193, 198Volcano, 80, 83, 84, 90, 95–97, 107, 108Volcano National Park, 68
WWhirlpool Star Party (WSP), 65Widescreen Centre, 6, 7, 171
Willasch, D., 114Windhoek, 121Winter star party, 58, 59Winterfest, 58, 63Woodland Hills Camera and Telescopes, 5
YYellowknife, 104Yosemite National Park, 72Yukon, 104
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