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Introduction The purpose of this website is to showcase the activities of Solent Amateur Astronomy Society. There is not the space needed to give detailed astronomical information. Fortunately there are any number of websites that contain such information, and a selection is given below, categorised by subject. Image of the Earth from the Moon, courtesy of NASA, Apollo Mission, http://www.nasa.gov/ [09/07/2009]
Category	Description
General NASA http://www.nasa.gov/	Good all round site, containing useful educational material and an image of the day, see to right.
The Planets British Astronomical Association http://britastro.org/baa/	Also good overall site and containing particularly good section on planets.
Minor Planets IAU Minor Planets Centre http://www.minorplanetcenter.net	The international forum for reporting minor planet discoveries
Variable Stars American Association of variable Star Observers http://www.aavso.org/	Leading society for variable star research.
Ephemera Heavens Above http://www.heavens-above.com/	Useful site for what's going on in the night sky

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