Two lists here contain locations for MAPS of the sky and LIVE VIEWS, or nearly live views, of the sky.

MAPS

• Sky-Map http://www.sky-map.org/

An online interactive sky map with links to SDSS sky survey images. This site might be run by SDSS, but there is nothing on the site to confirm this. 

• SkyMaps http://www.skymaps.com/

Downloadable monthly sky map

• Messier45 and Deep Sky Browser http://www.messier45.com

Browser gives star maps and data about selected objects

• Tom Trusock's Small Wonders  http://www.telescopereviews.com/category.php?category_id=170

Nice guide to small telescope objects  

• Charts from SFA Observatory http://members.cox.net/astro7/SFAStarCharts.html

(PDF) Equatorial star charts and polar charts like the ones from Sky & Telescope

• Mag 7 Atlas Charts  http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1052

Very nice set of charts in color or Black & White (PDF)

• AAVSO   http://www.aavso.org/observing/charts/

charts for variable star observing

• Ultimate Messier Object Log  http://www.davidpaulgreen.com/software.html

 Sky maps, logbook. very versatile and useful.

• List and comparisons of Planetarium Software CLICK HERE

VIEWS

• Sloan Digital Sky Survey Sky Server http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/tools/

• StarDial http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/stardial/

Raw images of the night sky.  Nightly pictures are posted from a roof top camera.
Unfortunately no longer in operation.  Archived images from July, 1996 through August, 2006.

• Night Sky Live http://nightskylive.net/index.php

Live night sky cameras

• Cedar Glen Observatory http://www.thecgo.com/id22.html

Live telescope views.

• SLOOH Remote telescope http://www.slooh.com/

• Eyes on the skies  http://www.eyes-on-the-skies.org

Live views of the sun

• Bradford Robotic Telescope http://www.telescope.org/index.php

Live night sky views

• SOHO Live http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

latest images from SOHO

• Big Bear Live H-alpha (sun) http://www.bbso.njit.edu/

• Liverpool Telescope - Live http://telescope.livjm.ac.uk/Live/index.php

• All Sky camera at Crni Vrh Observatory (Idrija, Slovenia) http://www.observatorij.org/

Click on All Sky camera or Sky monitor

Go to Images & Data Sources CLICK HERE

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