Links
Sky Maps
Monthly Sky Maps from Skymaps.com
Seeing the Space Station and other Satellites
Mid-South Star Gaze
MidSouthStargaze Listserv on Yahoo!Groups for anyone interested in keeping up with the latest information on this yearly event held every spring at Rainwater Observatory and Planetarium. Joining this group may require your opening a free email account at Yahoo!Mail. Once you have joined MidSouthStargaze Listserv any messages posted on this listserv will automatically be sent to you as email. From the home page of this group you can also look at and/or download files, photos, etc. uploaded by other members of the listserv. Take part in any Chats between listserv members and vote in polls as well.
Amateur Astronomy General Information on the Internet
Yahoo! Amateur Astronomy Directory - Search for Websites with information on becoming an amateur astronomer. Subtopics include: Astronomy Day, Astrophotography, Beginners' Guides, Chats and Forums, Organizations, Personal Observation Logs, Radio Astronomy@, Star Parties, Stellar Spectroscopy@, and Telescopes@.
Online Astronomy News
The Calendar Sky - Customize your own astronomical and space calendar with predictions for your geographical location, with astronomical events (eclipses, planetary conjunctions, etc.), International Space Station passage, and much more.
Sky & Telescope Magazine
Spaceflight Now -- Breaking Space Science News
Regulus! - Online amateur astronomy newsletter from Northwood Ridge Observatory in Northwood, New Hampshire
Space Missions
Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn
Hubble Space Telescope resources and images
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Image Sources
Astronomy Picture of the Day with archives
Textbooks
Astronomy textbook from open source Wikibooks - free books which can edited (added to or corrected) by other visitors to the Wikibooks (http://en.wikibooks.org) Website
Astronomy Software
Astro software - Comprehensive listing of commercial, shareware, and freeware software that can be downloaded on the Internet from National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Intended mostly for radio astronomy, but general astronomy software is listed as well.
Satellite Tracker - Download trial version of program to predict when satellites (International Space Station, Hubble Space Telescope, Space Shuttle, etc.) will pass over your location.