Skygazing Sights & Conditions

Current Sky Highlights

• Sky & Telescope "Sky at a Glance" - highlights for the week

• Night Sky Info - weekly news about the night sky and articles on selected astronomical topics

• Skyhound - deep sky objects (DSO) for the month, comets

• Spaceweather - solar activity, aurora

• Heavens-Above - satellites, asteroids

• International Space Station (ISS) passes - Ft Collins

• Iridium Flares - Discovery Ctr, Observatory Village, Cactus Flats, Beaver Meadows, Crow Valley, Foxpark, WY

Observing Conditions:

Site	Weather	Click Below for "Clear Sky Chart"	WebCam(s)
Fort Collins	NOAA		#1
Pawnee-RAC	NOAA (Briggsdale)
Rocky Mountain N.P.	NOAA (Estes Park)		#1
Foxpark, WY	NOAA (Jelm)

Skygazing References

• Ft Collins Skymap

• Full Moon Atlas - interactive lunar atlas (Javascript required)

• NGC/IC Project - extensive info and photos on ALL the NGC/IC objects

• WikiSky - star chart with Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images

Special Celestial Objects & Events

• Eclipse: Fred Espenak's (NASA) definitive Eclipse Page

• Meteor Shower: 2008 Calendar from International Meteor Organization

• Messier Marathon: Guide to seeing all the Messier objects in 1 night in late March

Regional Star Parties

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Updated: 02-Apr-2008