Updated: 11/10/2023

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Astronomy Links

Tonight's Sky - Calculate what can be observed at your location.

Beckstrom Observatory - What's up in Tonight's Sky   Night Sky Tonight

Sky and Telescope Sky-at-a-Glance   Let's Go Stargazing Guide (PDF)

Astronomy Picture of the day     Astronomy Picture of the day archives

Astronomy Magazine     Sky and Telescope Magazine

Advice for First Time Telescope Buyers

Spokane Astronomical Society    Spokane, WA

Table Mountain Star Party Association    Ellensburg, WA

Backyard Astronomy Basics
Thanks to a young boy scout Liam, working on his Astronomy Badge, for passing this one along.

Constellations Mythology
Thanks to Tina and her dad for contributing this great page to my website.

Astronomy Now    Planetary Information from NASA

Astronomical League    Stardate Magazine

International Dark Sky Association     Planetary Society

Great Free Astronomy PC Software  

Cartes du Ciel         Virtual Moon Atlas     WinStars 3    

Celestia     Celestia Motherlode

There are many great astronomy programs for phones and tablets these days as well.  Check your apps store for your favorites.  Also good ones available for Windows 10 as well.

Moon Lunar Public Nasa Lunar Page
	Mars Nasa Mars Page
Jupiter Nasa Jupiter Page

My Start In Astronomy

I got started in astronomy as a teenager. Starting out with a 2.7" refractor purchased by my parents at the local Goodwill Store, and a smaller variable power Tasco refractor I purchased later at Kmart. I had many enjoyable hours observing with these scopes.

Several years ago during the summer of 1994 during it seemed like a good time to purchase a larger telescope. I purchased a Odyssey 8 by the former Coulter Optical. I have 4 eyepeices all Kelners, 27, 12, 9, 6 mm and a 2 x barlow. I use a Telrad finder. I have thought about adding a regular finder It is a 8" f 4.5.   scope but as of yet I have not had much trouble finding deep sky objects since 90% of it is knowing where to point it.  At the time the Coulter scope was about $100 less than comparable 8" scopes on the market. It was an inexpensive way of getting into a medium sized scope. Nothing beats a good pair of binoculars for astronomy either. I have a pair of Bushnell brand, 10x50 and also a pair of ProSpec brand, 7x35. It is amazing what you can spot with just binoculars. You can see the moons of Jupiter if you hold them still enough.

I am mostly interested in visual astronomy. I get the most fun out of spending a night out under the stars and observing as much as possible. If you have any questions about my equipment or my page please feel free to email me.

Scott Harvey

Spokane, Washington

My Telescopes

In the process of acquiring a new telescope.

Looking for a Meade ETX-125.