TAC LINK LIBRARY

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Star Party Etiquette
Controlling light pollution

WEATHER

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Navy satellite images
The Old Farmer's Almanac
Clear-Sky Clocks by Attilla Danko
Mark Taylor's weather links
US Viewing Conditions Map (Intellicast)
US Jet Stream Map (Intellicast)
SJAA Weather Page

YOUR ASTRONOMY QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE!

Ask the Astronomer
Beginner's section... sage advice
Our solar system
Deep Space Primer

EQUIPMENT

About cleaning optics
About telescopes
Astronomy-Mall (new products)
Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews by T. Gross, J. Freeman, D. Knisely & others.
Free Plans - 4 Inch Dob - Complete Manual for Download
Rob Hawley's Mirror Cleaning page.

DYNAMIC MEDIA

Shallow-Sky mailing list.
Videoastro mailing list.
Newsgroups and other mailing lists
Magazine subscriptions
Star Hustler scripts

BAY AREA RESOURCES

Features of local clubs
Adventures in Deep Space Challenging Observing Projects for Amateur Astronomers, by Mark Wagner & Steve Gottlieb.
Music of the Spheres

WORLDWIDE RESOURCES

Geographic locator
USNO Sun or Moon Rise/Set Tables

NASA RESOURCES

Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD from Goddard)
Live from Mars
On-Line from Jupiter
Role models for girls

Our thanks to: for providing free web-hosting to TAC.	TAC services are maintained by:
	Calendar:	Stacy Jo McDermott
	Magazine subscriptions:	Bob Jardine
	Mailing Listmasters:	Shane Raney Mark Johnston
	Observers.org Hostmaster:	John R Pierce
	Observng report archivist	Randy Muller
	TAC-AL:	Bob Jardine
	TAC Photo Of The Day	Rogelio Bernal Andreo
	Web Site:	Jeff Crilly Mark Wagner

 
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TAC was founded by Mark Wagner, Dean Linebarger, Richard Navarrete, Rich Neuschaefer and Alan Nelms.
 
Special thanks to Steve Sergeant and John Pierce for outstanding techincal contributions to TAC.