Resources to help you get started

"From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It wasn't a miracle, we just decided to go."
Jim Lovel. (from Apollo 13)

Online Astronomy Lectures:


Astronomy 161 - The Solar System

Astronomy 162 - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

Review by Richard Jones: I realise that there are as many Astronomy sites (figuratively) on the web as there are stars, but I have found these site(s) to be particularly novice friendly.


Sky Software:


Stellarium


Celestia


Charts:


Psychohistorian ‘s Discover! charts


Taki's 8.5 Magnitude Star Atlas


Sky Atlas:


Star Gazers Deep Space Atlas


The Constellations:


IAU


Wikipedia: List of constellations


Wikipedia: Maps of the constellations


Psychohistorian