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ASSA

Web resources

Useful websites

The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
Beginners guide to astrophotography
How to photograph the Milky Way
APOD, the ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day’
European Southern Observatory Photo Gallery
NASA image of the day
Hubble picture of the week
Images of Earth from space, updated daily
Heavens-Above – predictions for satellite passes and other dynamic celestial events
YR.NO – Weather forecast for the various regions in South Africa
Solar and lunar eclipses
The very latest SOHO images
SpaceWeather – Science news about the Sun-Earth environment
The International Meteor Organization (IMO) homepage
Cloudy Nights discussion forum
The Digitized Sky Survey
ADS – Digital library of much of the astronomical research literature
arXiv – Open access to research papers in astronomy and related disciplines
‘Horizons’ ephemeris service (key solar system data)
SIMBAD – Basic data for over 3 million objects outside the solar system
DOC – Deep-Sky Observer’s Companion database of descriptions and tools

Mailing lists

AstroNet: Southern African Astronomy Communication NetworkQuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy YahooGroup
Astronomical Spectroscopy YahooGroup

Big 5 of the African Sky

Big 5 Challenge

Report A Sighting

Report A Sighting

Report a new sighting
Browse the sighting archives

HAVE YOU FOUND A METEORITE?

Found a Meteorite

Ask An Astronomer!

Ask an Astronomer

Publications

Sky Guide 2023 MNASSA Nightfall CAM Notes Southern Skies Flickr

Contact ASSA

Get in touch with officers of the Society - we're real people with a passion for astronomy, so contact us and let's talk!

Database of Amateur Astronomy Associations in Africa is now online!

We have created a map where you can zoom in, and click on any of the associations to know more about it, click here for the Interactive Map

You can download the entire database (v1, as of April 2020), as well as register your group

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