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University of South Carolina   Physics and Astronomy

Melton Memorial Observatory

Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
Phone: 803-777-4180


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Purchasing A Telescope

The Heretic's Guide to Choosing and Buying Your First Telescope
OpticsGiant.com
Telescopes.com


Resources for Astronomy students

SpaceWeather.com - This site gives up to date information regarding the 'weather' in our solar system, including such information as the daily sunspot count.
Sky and Telescope - This site has news about current astronomical occurences and discoveries, and includes a sky simulator.
Astronomy.com - This site has news covering recent astronomical events and discoveries, and links to many interesting and educational astronomy websites.


General Astronomy

Bad Astronomy - "airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics."

by JB Nolan
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