Martin Taylor

Here are some additional resources that might be of interest to you - courtesy of John Fraser

Websites:

Astronomy Now – The UK's best-selling astronomy magazine.

British Astronomical Association – A national group dedicated to the support of the amateur astronomy in the UK.

CosmoQuest - Contains links to a number of space based forums, podcasts and shows.

Moon Phases – Details the phases of the moon between 2004 and 2044

Meteor showers – Royal Museums Greenwich page giving dates for upcoming meteor showers

Night Sky – A Space.com page listing what's happening in the night sky for the current month. It's US centric so details need to be checked if you're in the UK as not everything it lists will be visible here.

This Week's Sky at a Glance – Sky & Telescope page listing what's happening in the night sky over the next week. It's US centric so details need to be checked if you're in the UK as not everything it lists will be visible here.

The Sky Live – A web based alternative to Stellarium. An interactive site allowing you to locate objects in the sky.

Society for Popular Astronomy – UK based national society for amateur astronomy.

Space calendar – A Space.com page listing upcoming events, including rocket launches and astronomical sights.

Space.com – Site dedicate to "space" news.

Stellarium – Provides a free, open-source planetarium application. Runs on most common computer OSs, including Windows, MacOS and Linux

Universe Today – Site dedicate to "space" news. Fewer adds and less clickbait than Space.com

YouTube Channels:

Astronomy Cast - Weekly discussion where Fraser Cain effectively interviews Dr. Pamela Gay, the project director of CosmoQuest, about a topic in astronomy.

Dr Becky – Cambridge astrophysicist. Mostly news videos where she goes into a lot of detail explaining news and theories. Very accessible.

Everyday Astronaut – Mostly coverage of manned space exploration. His enthusiasm can be a bit grating and is very much a Space X fan, but has some very good videos especially on rocket engines.

Fraser Cain – Publisher of Universe Today. Does weekly Q&A and news videos, plus a lot of long form interviews with scientists and engineers.

PBS Space Time – Physics based. Not just limited to astronomy, but it makes up a large part of when they cover. I find this very advanced and often beyond me.

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur – Not really like the others. Explores ideas, most with some space connections. Ideas are often taken to extremes (e.g. Megastructures: Hollow Earth & Weaponizing Black Holes ), but the guy knows his physics and the ideas are based in reality.

Scott Manley – A software engineer with a good understanding of rocket design and history. Occasionally does non space related videos, but 95% space.

Podcasts

I used to listen to these on the walk to and from the train station when I worked. Since retiring I've pretty much stopped listening, but they were good.

Awesome Astronomy – informative chats between a couple of space nerd. One of which is Dr Jen Millard. Very irreverent, but often funny and usually informative.

Space Boffins – Some news and an in-depth article or interview. Hosted by Sue Nelson & Richard Hollingham. Both are journalists who do a lot of space related work.

Supermassive Podcast – A Royal Astronomical Society podcast, hosted by Dr Becky & journalist Izzie Clarke they go into one topic in depth. (sorry can't find a cross platform, subscription free link)

The YouTube channel Astronomy Cast is also a podcast.

With thanks to John Fraser for this comprehensive list.

Other Astronomical Organisations that may be of interest to you.

We'll add links here to outside organisations that may be of interest to you. Feel free to send suggestions and links to us so that we can develop this area.

An interesting site running a series of free talks for beginners to astronomy