Links

Links
The following are links to other web content of astronomical interest.

NASA’s Solar System Treks website

The Memphis Astronomical Society is working with Rhodes College Society of Physics Students to investigate a New STEM Opportunity – Permanently Install a Voyage Scale Model of the Solar System in Your Community as a Focal Point for STEM Education

Some M.A.S. members are also members of these astronomical associations

IOTA – International Occultation Timing Association.

ALPO – Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers.

AAVSO – American Association of Variable Star Observers.

IDA – International Dark Sky Association

The Astronomical League

American Astronomical Society

IAU – Internation Astronomical Union


Member’s web sites and contributions

Ross Sackett – Telescope Builder

Roy Tucker – Goodricke-Pigott Observatory – Wikipedia page


Area Observatories, Planetariums and Museums

The Sharpe Planetarium in the Memphis Pink Palace Museum

The Rainwater Observatory at French Camp Acadamy in French Camp, MS

Arkansas Sky Observatory

Other Mid-South Astronomy Organizations:

Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society – Nashville, Tennessee

CENTRAL ARKANSAS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY – Little Rock, AR

Other Links

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Hubble Space Telescope

Harvard/Smithsonian – Oak Ridge Observatory

Mount Wilson Solar Observatory

National Solar Observatory

ASTROMART (buy, sell, trade)

Cloudy Nights (Forums, classifieds, etc)

Space.com