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365 Nights of Skywatching

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the star-tour-brochures dept.

Fraser Cain writes "Universe Today has released a free, downloadable PDF book for its What's Up this Week astronomy column. This 400+ page ebook has an entry for what you can see in the night sky every day in 2006, as well as additional information on choosing equipment, viewing conditions, and additional resources."

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  1. Obligatory astronomy links by Lord+Satri · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Great Stellarium (open source):
    http://www.stellarium.org/
    Celestia (also free):
    http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
    NASA's astronoly picture of the day:
    http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/

    Stellarium is really a must-download for anyone even slightly interested in astronomy. It's another open source software success.

    There is always the moon from our overlords... but moon through NASA's WorldWind too.

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    Animoog.org