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Organisations

• International Astronomical Union
• The Royal Astronomical Society, London
• The Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ)
• Variable Star South (VSS)
• Variable Star Section [OLD]
• Occultation Section
• Wellington Astronomical Society


• Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA)
• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)


• U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) [ENGLISH]
• Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSKOSMOS) [ENGLISH]

Events

• International Year of Astronomy 2009
• IYA National Node for New Zealand
• International Astronomy Meetings

Observatories

• European Southern Observatory
• U. S. Naval Observatory
• The Square Kilometre Array
• SKA Australia
• Australian SKA Pathfinder
• SKA New Zealand
• SKA South Africa
• Mount John University Observatory
• Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA)
• Carter Observatory, Wellington NZ
• Stardome Observatory, Auckland NZ


• SMALL OBSERVATORIES
• Farm Cove Observatory, Auckland NZ
• Possum Observatory, Gisborne NZ


• VIRTUAL OBSERVATORIES/DATA CENTRES
• SkyView
• Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS)


• OBSERVATORY LISTINGS (WIKIPEDIA)
• List of Astronomical Observatories
• List of Virtual Observatories

Education @ www

• DEGREE COURSES - ONLINE STUDY
• James Cook University, Centre for Astronomy, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Swinburne University, Swinburne Astronomy Online, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Melbourne, VIC, Australia


• OTHER EDUCATION
• Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy (CLEA)
• Nga Whetu Resources
• Cosmodome Portable Planetarium
• Society for Maori Astronomy Research and Tourism


• RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Reference

• Heavens Above
• SkyMap.org
• Nine (or Eight) Planets


• GeoNet: Recent Earthquakes
• Wellington Drum