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User’s Guide to the Night Sky: Resources

Astrolab Time Lapse Movies

Perception  
Reality  
Other movies  

Star Charts, etc

Online Notes, Animations and Figures

Software

  • Stellarium is a planetarium programme that is available Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX and and Linux. It is free and open source. Apparently “It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.”
  • Also recommended are the that apps are available for smart phones, e.g. Google Sky for Android and Star Walk for IPhone

Books

Wikipedia Links

Weather

Highly Recommended Links

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