....Oakland, California - Stargazing since 1924

ORGANIZATIONS

AANC - Astronomical Assn of No. Calif. Astronomy clubs in the greater SF Bay Area.
Astronomical League - World's largest federation of amateur astronomers.
TAC - The Astronomy Connection. A service to amateurs in the greater SF Bay Area.
The Antique Telescope Society - Beautiful old telescopes, and the history of astronomy.
RTMC - Riverside Telescope Makers Conference. Large annual gathering.

New Links:
http://www.astrowizard.org/index.html Home page of the internationally acclaimed AstroWizard, aka Dave Rodrigues

Other Links of Interest (as provided by Bob Schalck):

http://www.stsci.edu/astroweb/net-www.html
http://astroplace.com/amateurs/clubresults.asp?state=ca
http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/NatureNov2002/
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth - A view of the Earth from the Sun!

National Geographic Society
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/

Chabot Space & Science Center Clearskies Clock
http://cleardarksky.com/c/ChbtSPCCAkey.html

Earth Satellite
http://www.bester.com/satpasses.html
http://www.spaceweather.com/index.html
http://aurora.n1bug.net/
http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?Loc=Santa+Rosa&Lat=38.441&Lng=-122.713
&TZ=PST

Telescope making and optics
http://www.mmresearch.com/articles/article1/index.htm
http://www.thorlabs.com/index.cfm
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/scied.html#links
http://sky.net.co/physics/optica.html
http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wemwaves.html
http://webtop.msstate.edu/top/mod_geo_images.html
http://www.telescopes.ru/software/index.phtml
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/quantumzone/fraunhofer.html
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/applets.htm
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/absorption.html
http://www.besoptics.com/
http://deller.com/newpage6.htm
http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/javamirror/ipmj/java/atomphoton/
http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/node107.html
http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm
http://public.juniata.edu/physicsdemos/list_of_demos.htm
http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~phy-demo/resources/resources.html

Optical raytracing
http://www.lambdares.com/downloads/index.phtml#
http://bobmay.astronomy.net/refractor/Refrdesign.htm

Microscope
http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/www-vl/
http://www.rit.edu/~bekpph/Optics/6_Ray_Tracing.html
http://www.sinepatterns.com/Standard2.htm#Visual
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/specs.html
http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/sci/chem/tutorials/molspec/uvvisab1.htm
http://www.surplusshed.com/

Note: If you find any links that are not working, please let us know - thanks!