Amateur Astronomer

Sites for backyard astronomers

October 7, 2008 on 11:14 am | In Astronomy |

I’ve been blogging for years and one of the functions of my blog is as a backup memory for web sites.  Why should I try to remember something when I can easily post it to the blog and have it available any time I want?  Plus it saves my memory for the important stuff, like remembering the next piece of hardware I want to buy. 

My friend Micheal knows I have taken up astronomy and sent me this page, 15+ Sites for Backyard Astronomers.  I’ve checked out a few of the sites mentioned, but most of them were new to me.  I’m a little surprised that Google Earth’s Sky made it into the list but Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope didn’t.  I’ve used both and I’ll honestly say I’m a bit more impressed with WWT then Sky.