Iowa Great Lakes Astronomical Society

Links to Interesting Sites and Useful Tools

Podcasts

The 365 Days of Astronomy is a project that will publish one podcast per day, 5 to 10 minutes in duration, for all 365 days of ~~2009~~ 2010.

Astronomy Cast takes a fact-based journey through the cosmos as it offers listeners weekly discussions on astronomical topics ranging from planets to cosmology.
Astronomy A-Go-Go is an monthly tour of the night sky.

Slacker Astronomy is an entertaining and often humorous audio pocast about astronomy.

Catalogues and Lists

Messier Catalogue Information about all 110 objects in the Messier Catalogue.
NGC/IC Catalogues Contains annotated Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) images and historically corrected data for all 7,840 NGC objects.
The Herschel 400 A collection of 400 deepsky objects catalogued by the man himself.

Printable Tools

Sky Maps Free sky maps each month for you to explore, learn and enjoy the night sky.
Uncle Al's Sky Wheels is an astronomical tool that will help you find constellations of stars and other things in the sky.
Mag 7 Star Atlas is a free, downloadable set of high-quality star charts capable of being printed at reasonable resolutions on the average home printer.

Other

Clear Sky Chart is an astronomer's forecast. At a glance, it shows when we will have good weather for astronomical observing.

Full Moon Calendar is a complete online lunar calendar.

Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer is a weekly short shown on PBS stations throughout North America and Internationally via satellite.
International Dark-Sky Assoc. is an educational, environmental nonprofit dedicated to protecting and preserving the nighttime environment and our heritage of dark skies through quality outdoor lighting
Citizen Sky is a citizen science project providing you with a chance to do real scientific research.
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer.

Have a Good Link?

If you have a site that you would like to see listed on here, just send me and email at adamdietrick@live.com and I will have a look at it.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, April 22, 10:00 PM: Spring Viewing - Public Welcome @ Anderson Prarie (Northwest of Estherville).

Check the events calendar to see else we have planned. For more information e-mail (adamdietrick@live.com).