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General Astronomy Websites:

The following is a list of astronomy related websites

www.dasurvey.com/n/irishlightpollutionsurvey/ - Ireland based dark sky survey
www.spaceweather.com - Solarsystem/solarflare/aurora and general space news.
www.spaceflightnow.com - Great website for rocket launches, satellite news
www.space.com - General astronomy and space news
www.heavens-above.com/ - Real-time satellite, ISS, Space Shuttle orbital pass information with charts.
astroplanet.info/?month=0 - Astro Calander.
EcliptoManiacs - A bunch of Irish astronomers who's passion it is to follow eclipses
www.skyviewcafe.com - Used for the Sun and Planets section. Also partly used for the Moon Section
www.aerith.net and http://cometchasing.skyhound.com – Used for the Comet Section for information and finder charts
www.ast.cam.ac.uk/%7Ejds/ - BAA and SPA Comet page
kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm - German Comet page
www.rasnz.org.nz – Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand website – good for asteroids
www.stronge.org.uk – Excellent weather site including Space Weather
www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/newtonian-dew-heater.html Home made dew heater design
www.astrophysics.ie/ Website of the Astronomical Science Group of Ireland
www.skyviewcafe.com
http://cometchasing.skyhound.com
http://kometen.fg-vds.de/fgk_hpe.htm
http://seds.org/messier/ - The Messier Catalogue website;
http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/ngc.html - NGC Catalogue website;