Southwest Montana Astronomical Society
Amateur Astronomy Under The Big Sky
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Resources
Here we present a collection of tools and resources that we have found useful. Please let us know if you have something to add or if you find anything not working as expected.
Member web-pages
Software
- Stellarium – A wonderful multi-platform, open-source planetarium package.
- Cartes du Ciel/Sky Charts – An open-source planetarium/charting package.
- Celestia – The multi-platform space simulator that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions.
- Virtual Moon Atlas – A Lunar charting package that interoperates with Carte du Ciel.
On-line Applications
- U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications – Rise and set times, lunar phases and much more.
- Heavens Above – Iridium Flares, comets, planetary data, charts and much more.
- Google Sky – Google maps for the sky. DSS, infrared, microwave, historical images along with Google Moon and Google Mars.
- Cometography.com – All things comets.
- StarDate Online – A wealth of information and StarDate Magazine from the good folks at The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory.
- Jupiter’s Moons Information – Find out the positions of Jupiter’s 4 Galilean moons currently or at any time in the future, a great web page at the Sky & Telescope web site.
Clear Sky Clock
Special thanks to Attilla Danko of ClearDarkSky.com for our clear sky clock.
Other Clear Sky Clocks in Montana.
Current Lunar Phase
