Below is a list of 3D Printing Resources related to astronomy
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Astronomy 3D Printing
Introduction to Amateur Astronomy lecture series
The Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (KAS) in Kalamazoo Michigan puts out a series of videos which are vary educational. WVAC supports KAS by making these videos avaialble to the public and suggesting all new members take the time to view the current 5 part series. Please visit the KAS website by clicking here
Astronomy Tools
Light Pollution Map: A color coded interactive map of light pollution around the world with Bortle scale and more.
Stellarium: A free and open source planetarium for your PC that has just about everything you could ever need to find a wide swath of deep space objects and so much more.
PolarFinder: A free PC based polar alignment tool used for aligning your equatorial mounts with alignment scopes.
Night Sky Gazing: This website helps people to get into amateur astronomy. It describes easy targets for observations, explains telescope types and characteristics, and helps to make first steps in astrophotography.
A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Equipment for Deep-Sky Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA): Call it what you will, electronically-assisted astronomy is becoming a popular pastime for several reasons.
Create your own Sun/Moon Rise/Set Calendar: SunriseSunset.com provides free custom calendars for any location around the world with sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, moon phases, solstices, equinoxes, and dawn, dusk and other twilight times
Moon Calendar: Moon rise, Moon Set and Moon Phases Calendar
Telescopius (Astronomy Planning Made Easy): Telescopius mission is to help astronomers. Once you set your observing location and date (you can save frequent locations), all rise/transit/set times reported throughout the app will be calculated for your selection; you’ll see how the moon will look like that day, sun and moon rise/set times, and weather information if available. When you are ready to find targets for your telescope, in the Targets menu you’ll find Deep Sky objects like galaxies and nebulae, and Solar System objects like planets, comets and asteroids. You can filter Deep Sky Objects to see only those which will stay above certain altitude for at least some amount of time to make your subs and you can create your personal observing lists. Finally, you can use the Telescope Simulator to check camera and eyepiece framing. You can plan mosaics too and get the center coordinates for each pane very easily.
44 Closest Stars compared to the Sun: 44 Closest stars and how they compare to the sun.
Astrospheric: Astropheric provides advanced weather tools for astronomers in the continental US and Canada.
Legacy Survey Org: DESI Legacy Imaging Survey consists of ~14,000 square degrees of extragalactic sky visible from the northern hemisphere in the optical and infrared. The site has not only data on objects surveyed but an incredibly useful viewer to be able to see various objects surveyed.
Constellations:
The 88 Constellations and Their Brightest Stars
Educational – Astronomy
Ronald Greeley Center for Planetary Studies This link will take you directly to the downloadable poster page, there is a lot more to explore on this website.
NightSkyGazing This website helps people to get into amateur astronomy. It describes easy targets for observations, explains telescope types and characteristics, and helps to make first steps in astrophotography.
The Role of Data Science in Astronomy and Interstellar Exploration This article will examine how important data science is in space technology and how it’s changing our journey into space. We’ll cover how data science is making our space missions smarter and helping us solve the mysteries of space.
Introduction to Amateur Astronomy This page lists a 5 part video series presented by the Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (KAS).
44 Closest Stars 44 closet Stars and how they compare to our sun.
NASA An all encompassing site covering NASA missions, Gallery of images, NASA TV, Links for following NASA’s activities, variety of downloads and educational material for students ranging from Kindergarten to Colleges.
Arizona Science Center Discover the world of science and imagination at Arizona Science Center. Whether you’re visiting the area or you call Phoenix home, we have something for everyone in the family to enjoy.
Astronomy Magazine The Astronomy Magazine website, besides talking about issues of the magazine, offers the latest astronomy news and material to explore the science of space, from the astrophysics of stars to the ultimate fate of the universe; material for observing events such as eclipses, meteor showers, comets, conjunctions, and more; and human and robotic missions that are helping humanity explore our solar system and beyond.
Sky & Telescope Sky and Telescope website covers astronomyand observing news, offer various guides and tools to aid for astronomers including guides for oberving, choosing equipment and where to look “tonight”. The magazine also supports a number of astronomy communities and their events.
Cloudy Nights Cloudy Nights is an online astronomy community supporting discussion on almost every topic under the sun where members ca npose problems and offer solutions, offer reviews, post images and also a vibrnt classified areas to support buyng and selling of astronomy gear between the members.
The Night Sky – Hooray for Mr. Messier Video Darrell Heath of the UALR College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences takes a step back in time to profile Charles Messier, a renowned astronomer who has many comet discoveries credited to his name.
A Student’s Guide to Solar and Lunar Eclipses Solar Power Education Link
The Sun and Earth Relationship: What Causes Seasons? Solar Power Education Link
Astronomy Resources for Kids (AAA State Of Play) Links to other links to resources for kids on this commercial educational site.
Astronomy Games Astronomy: Computer Software games for kids
All About Famous Astronaut Neil Armstrong(For Kids) Writeup on Armstrong and links to various information about Armstrong on this Halloween Costume site.
Amatuer Radio Astronomy Presentation by Dr. Alex Vrenios to WVAC in October 2019.
Sleeping Under the Stars: A Beginner’s Guide to Stargazing and Astrophotography
Constellations:
The 88 Constellations and Their Brightest Stars
Astropherics