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Astronomy Software and Links

There are many excellent websites with information and advice on getting more involved with amateur astronomy, from those providing information on the objects visible in the night sky, to websites with technical advice on telescopes or astrophotography. We can't list them all, but included here are a selection of some of the more well known websites and software.

Sky Maps and Charts

Virtual Moon Atlas, software for creating Moon charts: http://www.ap-i.net/avl/en/start
CalSky: http://www.calsky.com
Heavens Above: http://www.heavens-above.com
SkyMaps: http://www.skymaps.com
Meridian: http://www.merid.cam.org/meridian/index.html
Winjupos: http://www.grischa-hahn.homepage.t-online.de/astro/winjupos/index.htm
Cartes du Ciel: http://astrosurf.com/astropc/cartes/index.html

Astronomy Software

Celestia: http://www.shatters.net/celestia
Stellarium: http://www.stellarium.org
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com

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