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Closing Notice

After a glorious life spanning more than 50 years dedicated to promoting amateur astronomy, the Skokie Valley Astronomers club has reluctantly decided to close. Thanks to all who have celebrated the hobby of amateur astronomy with us. Please consider joining another local astronomy club (see list below) and keep looking up at the night sky!

Local Area Amateur Astronomy Clubs

  1. Northwest Suburban Astronomers
  2. Naperville Astronomical Association
  3. The Lake County Astronomical Society
  4. Chicago Astronomical Society
  5. Fox Valley Astronomical Society
  6. Astronomy Clubs in Illinois

Astronomy Links

Departments

  1. Local Area Amateur Astronomy Clubs
  2. General Astronomy
  3. Star Chart Software
  4. Astronomy Math, Programming and Data
  5. Space Development Organizations
  6. Commercial Organizations

Local Area Amateur Astronomy Clubs

  1. The Skokie Valley Astronomers Home Page
  2. Northwest Suburban Astronomers
  3. Naperville Astronomical Association
  4. The Lake County Astronomical Society
  5. Chicago Astronomical Society
  6. Fox Valley Astronomical Society
  7. Astronomy Clubs in Illinois
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General Astronomy

  1. Dale Dellutri's Astronomy hobby page
  2. Exploring the Universe with Andrew Fraknoi
  3. Astronomy Picture of the Day
  4. Adler Planetarium
  5. Astronomical League Home Page
  6. Staracle – Name a Star for free!
  7. Starts With a Bang!
  8. Bad Astronomy
  9. Astrobites | the astro-ph reader's digest
  10. Science @ NASA
  11. NASA - NASA Kids' Club Home Page
  12. Attilla Danko's Clear Sky Clock
  13. Clark Planetarium
  14. Abrams Planetarium
  15. An Atlas of The Universe
  16. Amateur Astronomy - Astrophotos of the northern constellations with outlines and points of interest named.
  17. Stars and Constellations
  18. Catastrophism
  19. Your Sky Help: Historical Skies
  20. SkyEye - 88 Constellations
  21. The Calendar FAQ
  22. University of Chicago, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
  23. NOAA's Aviation Digital Data Service - Satellite
  24. Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
  25. Build a Solar System
  26. Star Date Online - Your Guide to the Universe
  27. Nebra Sky Disk—Wikipedia.org
  28. NASA on The Commons' photostream
  29. The University of California High Performance AstroComputing Center : Home
  30. StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson
  31. Sky Marvels
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Star Chart Software

  1. Cartes du Ciel—Skychart
  2. Planetarium Software
  3. Clear Sky Institute
  4. StarCalc Home Page [English]
  5. Han Kleijn's index (HNSKY Planetarium Porgram)
  6. Deep Sky Astronomy Software
  7. ASCL.net, Astrophysics Source Code Library
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Astronomy Math, Programming and Data

  1. Astronomical Calculations - approximate methods for planet, Sun and Moon
  2. Astronomy C/C++ source code
  3. CDS, Strasbourg -- Home page
  4. Computing planetary positions
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Space Development Organizations

  1. National Space Society
  2. Chicago Society for Space Studies
  3. The Planetary Society
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Commercial Organizations

  1. Astronomy Magazine - Astronomy.com
  2. Sky and Telescope Magazine -- Home Page
  3. Skymaps.com - Publication Quality Sky Maps & Star Charts
  4. Welcome to Skyhound by CapellaSoft
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Clear Dark Sky Clock

Attilla Danko maintains the Clear Dark Sky Clock which is, in his own words, "an attempt to show at a glance when, in the next 48 hours, we might expect clear and dark skies for one of many observing sites." Here's one for Lincolnshire IL (near Riverwoods):

[Dark Sky Clock for Lincolnshire]

North-Central Region of the Astronomical League

The North-Central Region of the Astronomical League (NCRAL) provides a newsletter, Northern Lights. Click on the Newsletter Archive link of the NCRAL Welcome page.

Web site comments, criticisms and complaints: E-mail: Dale Dellutri .
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