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

Movies You
Must See

Dark Skies / Time Travel for September 2010

Dark Skies / Time Travel for August 2010

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

Spaceweather   Solar 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

GOES-13 Weather Satellite Images
Visible   Infrared   Water Vapor

Visible Satellite Loop
(automated / do it yourself)

Infrared Satellite Loop
(automated / do it yourself)

National Map of Weather Warnings, Watches, and Advisories

Texas Weather Warnings  Texas Regional Weather Radar

Dew Point Map  Temps  Tropospheric Ducting Forecast

Fireball Reports

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

Latest Auroral Activity Reports

Light Pollution Resources

CCD Photometry   Eclipsing Binaries - EBs Tonight - Asteroids

Current Comets and their Positions

Classify Galaxies at Galaxy Zoo

Classify Lunar Features at Moon Zoo

Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan

Join Spirit and Opportunity as they Explore the Surface of Mars

Join the Big Bend Astronomy discussion group!

Current Research

Name That Moon

The Calculating Astronomer

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

Biographical Information   Photo


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