Resources

• Group Show Guides
• Star Charts

• Buying a Telescope (the planetarium does not endorse products):
  Orion Telescope & Binoculars
  Astronomy Mall
  
  
• Magazines:
  Astronomy
  Mercury, from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  Abram's Planetarium "Sky Calendar"
  The "Skeptical Inquirer" at CSICOP
  
  
• Skywatching:
  Aurora forecasts
  How to locate Iridium Flares and the Space Station
  Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society
  University of Illinois Astronomical Society
  Upcoming solar and lunar eclipses
  Messier Catalog
  Skywatching tips
  
  
• Space & Astronomy News
  Space.com
  Universe Today
  Space News from MSNBC
  Asteroid watch 
  
  
• Space Missions:
  Observing the Sun with SOHO
  Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/index.html
  Cassini mission at Saturn
  Galileo mission to Jupiter
  Hubble Space Telescope
  Magellan radar-mapping mission to Venus
  Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
  Space Shuttle & Space Station information
  Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope
  Chandra X-ray Space Telescope
  New Horizons mission to Pluto
  
  
• Astronomy Education:
  Parkland College Natural Science Department
  Jim Kaler's homepage
  Web-based astronomy activities
  PLanetary photojournal!
  Spin-offs  or how have we benefited from the space program
  NASA's space science education resources directory
  Stars and constellations
  Stellar spectra from Jim Kaler
  Think we didn't land on the Moon? Is astrology real? See "Bad Astronomy!"
  Hubble Space Telescope's "Amazing Space!"
  Great Lakes Planetarium Association's Goals for K-12 education
  GLPA's statement on the value of the planetarium
  
  
• Science Blogs:
  Parkland's Science Education Online blog
  Joanne Manaster's blog and book reviews
  Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" blog
  
  
• Organizations:
  Museums at the Crossroads
  American Astronomical Society
  Champaign County Convention & Visitor's Bureau
  International Dark Sky Association
  Illinois Coalition for Responsible Outdoor Lighting
  Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  Great Lakes Planetarium Association
  The Planetary Society
  University of Illinois Astronomy Department
  Astronomical League - a consortium of astronomy clubs nationwide