This is a new addition to the MIRA newsletter, which we hope you'll enjoy. Rod Norden is an avid amateur astronomer, a member of MIRA's Astronomical Society of the Central Coast (ASCC), and volunteers on the Friends of MIRA Steering Committee, when he is not training internationally for Sun Microsystems, or leading birding kayak expeditions on Elkhorn Slough. 

A Friendly Face from MIRA's Field Trips to the Stars
(illustration by Belle Yang, copyright MIRA, 1997)
http://www.mira.org/

This is our home Web site. One can find information about MIRA and becoming a Friend of MIRA, as well as recent Newsletters (if you lost your copy), links to other astronomical information and photos, and last but absolutely not least, is the new MIRA Field Trips to the Stars.

It is under development, but what's there is really great. Do visit!

http://www.rahul.net/resource/TAC/ 

This is a Northern California MUST-visit site. It is designed for the active or beginning amateur astronomer in the Bay area, called "The Astronomy Connection" (I'm a member) One can find directions to observing sites, equipment information, complete Bay area weather data with links to latest local satellite data, and a way to ask all TAC members questions about astronomy you may have, as many TAC folks have many, many years of experience using a variety of equipment.

There is MUCH more here. Please check it out.

http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/whats-new.html

This too is a MUST-visit site. The latest and greatest Hubble photos and press releases can be found here. I look at it at least once a week. By looking at the "pubinfo" area, one can find lots more about the work on Hubble.

http://www.skypub.com/

This site has much practical information for the amateur astronomer, especially its Weekly News Bulletin. It offers current information on Events in the Sky, Comets, Meteors, Eclipses, and Finding Mir from many places in the world! Additionally, there are many links to other Astronomical Web sites, and Tips for Astronomers, Reviews of Telescopes, etc. It is really worth spending some time to examine all the things available here. By the way, it is a very well designed Web site that has won awards.

http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/
The ultimate in eclipse information. It even contains weather potential at regions along solar eclipse paths.

 
Please send your favorites to Rod, along with short descriptions, so they can be shared here with all the MIRA folks. You can email Rod  norden@rodnorden.com  or mail them in to Rod Norden at the MIRA office.

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