Lake County Skies: Stargazing on cloudy nights

Category: Free Software

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. You have to love all the rain weve been getting! But how do you stargaze with so many cloudy nights in December?

Simple use your computer!

There are some great astronomy Web sites you can visit, as well as free software you can download into your computer. Well explore some of these in this months column.

Astronomy Web sites:

Astronomy Picture of the Day, http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ . This site displays a new picture every day of an astronomical object.

Black Holes, http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/black_holes/home.html . On this site you can learn about black holes, as well as how objects appear in different wavelengths (x-ray, visible light and radio waves).

ISS 3d Visualization, http://www.heavens-above.com/ISS_3D.aspx . This is a remarkable simulation of a view of Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).

Sky Map, http://www.sky-map.org/ . An online star map is featured here. You can zoom in to specific objects to learn more about them.

Free astronomy software:

Stellarium, http://www.stellarium.org/ . This is planetarium software that renders beautiful views of the night sky.

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Lake County Skies: Stargazing on cloudy nights

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