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 Back to the Astronomy Cafe - 365 of the most popular questions since 1996. Over 1 million page requests!

Beginner:

  1. Is there an online catalog of the 500 - 1000 nearest stars?
  2. Where can I find interesting astronomical software on the Internet?
  3. Where can I get southern hemisphere sky maps?
  4. Where can I get information about celestial navigation?

Intermediate:

  1. Do you know of any software that simulates stellar evolution?
  2. Where can I get information about computing the orbits of artificial satellites?
  3. Where can I get the orbital elements for asteroids and comets on the Internet?
  4. How do you calculate Moon rise times at a given location and time?
  5. How can I calculate the rise/set times of the Sun on a particular day and location?

Advanced:

  1. How do you compute the physical distance between two stars with known coordinates and distances?

 

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