I have heard of a site like nightsky.com or earthsky.com or something like that, that lets you know what is going on in your night sky.
I hear Mars is very close and I want to know which direction I should look. I would also like to stay informed as to other astronomy events happening…
any help?
I was looking at Sky and Telescope magazine’s site yesterday. They have a terrific listing of monthly events and a genuinely easy-to-use interactive sky map. If I was better at coding I’d put the link here. Google on their name, though, and it should come right up…
Don’t forget the Bad Astronomy web site run by our very own Bad Astronomer. There is also a message board there like this one where they discuss current astronomical events (among other things).
My personal favourite is
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
which allows you to increase the magnification to beyond naked-eye visibility.
SF worldbuilding at
http://www.orionsarm.com/main.html
You guys rock!
Thanks…
Crap beat me to it. Must have missed this thread the first time around. Another decent site is www.heavens-above.com