Welcome to The Sky This Week

A weekly astronomy column by David Oesper.

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Event times for
Alpine, TX
30°22' N
103°40' W

Planet Visibility

Link to just
the above

APOD

Hubble Heritage

Aurora Photos

Comet Photos

Lunar Photos

Astrophotos

Astrovideos

Building a
Better World

Dark Skies / Time Travel for May 2013

Dark Skies / Time Travel for April 2013

Sun: today's white-light image of the Sun

Spaceweather   Solar Eclipse Explorer   Lunar Eclipse Explorer

Satellites: when and where to look for Earth-orbiting satellites from any location!

Weather Forecast for Alpine, Texas

Hourly Conditions Forecast for Alpine, Texas

Sierra la Rana Clear Sky Chart   Turbulence Forecast

GOES-13 Weather Satellite Images
Visible (0.63 μm)   Shortwave IR (3.9 μm)
Water Vapor (6.5 μm)   Longwave IR (10.7 μm)

Visible Satellite Loop
(automated / do it yourself)

Infrared Satellite Loop
(automated / do it yourself)   AccuWeather

National Map of Weather Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

Texas Weather Warnings  Texas Regional Weather Radar

Dew Point Map  Temps  Snow Cover

Mirador Astronomy Village

Fireball Reports

Aurora: if the rightmost bar is red, then be on the lookout for
northern lights
.   Latest Auroral Activity Reports

Light Pollution Resources   Asteroid Occultations

CCD Photometry   Eclipsing Binaries - EBs Tonight - Asteroids

S&T News Blog  - Uncle Rod's Astro Blog  - The Ketelsen's!

Current Comets and their Positions

Find Exoplanets and Variable Stars

Classify Galaxies  Classify Lunar Features

Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity    Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter    Mars Express    Mars Odyssey   

Dawn at Vesta    Messenger at Mercury    Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan

Join the Big Bend Astronomy networking group!

Current Research

Name That Moon

The Calculating Astronomer    SAS

Astronomical Lists

Gegenschein (Counterglow) Position

If you live in a small, rural community,
here's a great economic development idea

Constellation Tutorial

Astronomy & Space Art Gallery

Atlas of Lunar Maria   Lunar Photo of the Day

Music    Poetry    Ideas     TZ

Biographical Information   Photo

"Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities."
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973)


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