Clear Sky Chart – www.cleardarksky.com Graphically shows cloud cover, transparency, seeing, darkness, wind, humidity and temperature data for specific observing sites across North America. Ability to save “favorites”.
Below are the Clear Sky Chart and Light Pollution Map provided by the MCCC Observatory located NW of Philadelphia.
Maps from Light Pollution Atlas 2022
Map from – https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/s/34n8J1cr4ku3cdIDpC5wrg
Intellicast – www.intellicast.com Detailed weather data, tailored to your zip code. Useful radar summary shows speed and direction and height of storms
NOAA – http://www.noaa.gov Detailed weather data, tailored to your zip code. Hourly forecasts, maps, live looping radar maps
Time and Date –Night Sky for Philadelphia, USA Interactive Sky map for Philadelphia.
https://www.astroleague.org Astronomy League
http://www.astronomycast.com/ Weekly astronomy podcast Southern Illinois University
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Sky & Telescope’s Pocket Sky Atlas – by Roger W. Sinnott
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