SOME OF OUR OWN PAGES
- Old Website (Archived)
- The Guernsey Sundial Trail
- Quotations about eclipses (also at the Mr Eclipse website) 200 quotations about eclipses, from ancient Chinese to the present day
- The Curious Case of Johannes von Gumpach (1814-1875) (pdf file)
Our Venus Transit Pages
- The next transits of Venus by David Le Conte.
- Transits of Venus by Peter Langford.
- From 1882 to 2004 - a transit of Venus by Debby Quertier.
- The Transit of Venus 2004 by David Le Conte.
Some other Venus transit links:
- European Southern Observatory - Coordinating worldwide observations, of which we were a part.
AND SOME OTHER PAGES WHICH WE HAVE FOUND USEFUL
Guernsey
- States of Guernsey The Government of Guernsey
- La Société Guernesiaise Our parent organisation, the local studies society
- Channel Islands Astrophotography Group (Facebook)
- WEA Guernsey Adult education courses, including our annual Star Gazing course - click on Environment
- Guernsey Museums and Art Gallery
- VisitGuernsey
- States Archives Service Official records centre
- Priaulx Library Local studies centre, including genealogy
- GuilleAllès Library The public lending library
- The Guernsey Society The society for ex-patriots, and locals
- LéCoumitéd’la Culture Guernésiaise Promotes Norman - Guernsey culture and language
- National Trust of Guernsey
- RSPB Guernsey
- Digimap Digital maps of Guernsey
- Donkipedia Information about Guernsey
- The Guernsey Tapestry The island’s community millennium project
- Guernsey Press News and information
- Channel Television Covers the Channel Islands
- Island FM Guernsey commercial radio
- BBC Guernsey Radio and television
- Guernsey Telephone Directory
- Channelisles.net Provided our domain name
Weather
- Guernsey weather forecast from Jersey Meteorological Department
- Guernsey weather forecast from BBC
- Guernsey Meteorological Observatory
- Metcheck Astronomy weather forecast for Guernsey Astrophotography Group
- Weather forecast sites from Guernsey Digimap
- UK Met Office
- WindGuru
- Rain today
Astronomical information
- Go Stargazing Find public stargazing events and astronomy activities near you using our events map.
- Star chart Current chart by Heavens Above, including planets.
- Bad astronomy page Dispels the myths.
- The constellations Mythology and description of each constellation.
- Monthly sky maps
- Space Science and Astronomy news
- Zoom Astronomy A very educational site, including an online astronomical dictionary.
- Powers of Ten The scale of the universe, dynamically illustrated.
- Space.com Masses of information.
- Space Scoop Astronomy for kids.
- Sunset and sunrise for Guernsey by timeanddate.com.
- Time and date Time, calendars, etc. An excellent site, with lots of information.
Astronomical organisations
- Royal Astronomical Society
- British Astronomical Association
- European Space Organisation
- Federation of Astronomical Societies
- Campaign for Dark Skies Campaigning against UK light pollution.
- International Astronomical Union
- Society for Popular Astronomy
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific Lots of information and resources.
- British National Space Centre
- UK Astronomy Directory
- The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux
NASA
- NASA Home Page
- Astronomy picture of the day
- International Space Station sightingsPredictions for Guernsey.
- Spaceweather Another excellent NASA site about the Sun-Earth environment. With regular emailings.
- Human spaceflight orbital tracking – positions of the International Space Station, Space Shuttle, etc.
- NASA MissionsAll the information about past, current and future spacecraft missions.
Observatories and probes
- Space Telescope Science Institute – The operations centre of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astronomical publications
- Sky Publishing Corporation One of the best websites for astronomical information. And you can get free weekly emailings of the latest astronomical news.
- Astronomy magazineGood US based publication.
- Astronomy Now magazineUK based publication.
- BBC Sky at Night magazine
- New Scientist
- The Astronomer Online The website of The Astronomer magazine.
Astronomy related products and suppliers
- Starlight Xpress CCD cameras.
- Telescope House
- The Widescreen CentreTelescopes,solar filters, etc.
- Evergreen OpticsSuppliers of Celestron, Meade, Konus, Sky Watcher and Hilkinson Telescopes.
Astronomy software
- Heavens above Excellent site for satellite predictions.
- SkyMap Pro
- Starry Night
- Astronomy Software Collection Freeware, shareware and commercial.
- Satellite tracker Tracking software for telescopes.
- CalSky Satellite predictions, including Moon and Sun crossings.