Resources

Thinking of buying a telescope?

The agony of buying your first telescope.

We recommend these Telescopes as a good life time all round telescope.

Nanaimo Astronomy Society Library

List of Books

(Available for members of the society to borrow.)

Online Resources

Here are links to some useful astronomy Internet resources.

Buying Telescopes

• All Star Telescopes (Our Sponsor)
• Astromart
• Canada-wide Astronomy Buy & Sell

Other Vancouver Island Astronomy Groups

• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Victoria Centre
• Cowichan Valley Starfinders Astronomy Club

Observatories

• Center of the Universe, Victoria
• Joint Astronomy Centre – Hawaii
• Slooh Online Observatory

Astronomy Pictures

• NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
• NASA’s Hubble Site

Astrophotography – How To Articles

• Astrophotography Articles

Magazines, Articles, Media

• Space Telescope Science Institute
• SkyNews Magazine
• Naked Eye Astronomy
• Sky & Telescope Magazine
• Astronomy Magazine
• Amazing Space – For Everyone, Educators & Developers
• AstroPhoto Insight – Sky Insight’s Online Astrophotography Magazine
• Astronomy Cast
  

Organizations

• International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• European Space Agency

Sky Charts, Maps, and Tools

• This Week’s Sky
• Sky Charts
• Sky-Map.org
• Sidereal Clock for your desktop
• Space Weather