Astronomical Societies in the Arab World
  • Jordan
  • Moroco
  • Algeria
  • Syria
  • United Arab Emirates

Astronomical Societies, Sites, and Others,
in the World

   • Astronomical sites

   • Astronomical Associations

   • Observation

   • Magazines on Astronomy

   • News on Astronomy &
       Space

   • Programs (Software)

   • Programs, Sites Related to
       Islam and Astronomy

Astronomical Societies in the Arab World (Not complete and a bit outdated)

• The Jordanian Astronomical Society - JAS - (Jordan) :
     •Mailing Address: P.O.Box 141568, Amman 11814 Jordan.
     • Web Page: http://www.jas.org.jo
     • See in particular their Astronomical Societies in the Arab World

• Moroccan Astronomical Society (MAS). (Morocco)
     • Web Page: http://www.angelfire.com/ma/MarocAstro/index.html

Association d'Astronomie Amateur de Marrakech (3AM). (Morocco)
Boulevard Prince Moulay Abdellah,Faculté des Sciences Semlalia B.P. 2390 - Marrakech, MAROC
     • Web Page: http://www.ucam.ac.ma/marrakechastro

• Al-Battani Astronomical Society (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: BP 08, Oran 31024, Algeria.
     • Web Page: http://www.multimania.com/battani

• Al-Birouni Astronomical Club (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: 2 rue des Mimosas, El-Mouradia, Algiers 16070, Algeria.

• Al-Kutb Astronomy Club (Berriane, W.de Ghardaia). (Algeria)
     • E-mail: alkotb@hotmail.com

• Sirius Astronomy Association (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: Cité du 20 Aout, BP 18, Constantine, 25000, Algeria.
     • E-mail: siriusalgeria@hotmail.com
     • Web Page: http://www.siriusalgeria.net

• AR-RASSED Astronomy Association (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: Centre Culturel de Ténes, 22000, Ténes, W.de Chlef.
     • Web Page: http://www.errassed.org

• Astronomical Scientific Society (Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani) (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: Maison de la Culture 26000 Médéa - Algeria.

• Centre National des Techniques Spatiales (CNTS) (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: CNTS, BP 13, Arzew , Algeria.

Agence Spatiale Algerienne (ASAL) (Algeria)
     • Mailing Address: 14 Rue Omar Aissaoui, El Hammadia, Bouzaréah, Algeria.
  • Web Page: http://www.asal-dz.org

• Syrian Cosmological Society (SCS). (Syria)
     • Mailing Address: P.O. Box 13187 Damascus - Syria.
• Web Page: http://www.ascssf.org.sy
• Dubai Amateur Astronomy (United Arab Emirates).
     • Web Page: http://home.talkcity.com/InfiniteLoop/d-astronomer

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Astronomical Societies, Sites, and Others, in the World

Astronomical sites:

• NASA home page "A tout seigneur tout honneur".
• NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: The glamor center for space exploration.
• NASA Space Link The space link par excellence.
• NASA Observatorium The Top learning center.
• NASA WWW Servers
• AstroPhoto of the day : Incontournable!
• Sky & Telescope Magazine It's a commercial site but it's generous.

Astronomical Associations (Outside the Arab World and far from complete):

• Astro Club de France
  
• Société Astronomique de France (SAF)
• American Astronomical Society: Mostly professional.
• Astronomical League: A federation of few hundreds Astronomy clubs all over the US.
• Association Francaise d'Astronomie: Editor of the renowned magazine "Ciel et Espace".
• AUDE: Site for CCD camera wizards and aspiring wizards.
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific: A venerable, earnest association, with a useful site.

• Bureau des Longitudes (BDL) Mostly professional.
• European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• International Astronomical Union (IAU): Astronomy education, discovery of comets, SNe...
• Lahore Astronomical Society (Pakistan).
• Societé des jeunes astronomes amateurs de Montréal: Page in French.
• Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center ( Russia )

Observation

• ALPO ( Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers ) For serious planetary observers.
• American Meteor Society : For learning about meteors.
• Satellite Elements For both Iridium and ordinary satellites
• GSOC: For an on line determination of Iridium satellites passes over your region (Up to a week).
• Eclipse Home Page by Fred Espenak: Everything about the eclipses and even more!
• Eclipses of Sun and Moon - past and future: Another respectable eclipse site.

Magazines on Astronomy:

• ASTRONOMY Magazine
• Astronomy Now Page ( U.K. )
• Astronomy Magazine.
• Astronomy-Now Magazine.
• Eclipse- French amateur magazine ( France ) It doesn't have a mass circulation but it is for the aesthetes!
• International Journal of Solar System Studies (Icarus)
• Science Online
• SETIQuest
• Sky & Telescope Magazine.
• StarDate online
• Quebec Science Magazine ( Quebec, Canada )

News on Astronomy & Space

• Astronomy Now's Breaking News Page.
• IAU Astronomical Headlines.
• NASA News.
• Sky & Telescope's Weekly News Bulletin.

Programs (Software)

• Educational Shareware Library
• Educational Software Cooperative
• See also next paragraph.

Programs, Sites Related to Islam and Astronomy

• Islamic Crescents Observation Project (ICOP): It aims at gathering data about observing crescents throughout the year.
• SAAO (South African) Site on lunar cresent visibility information.
• Program for Hijri (Islamic) - Gregorian date conversion.
• QiblaCalc. Software for finding Mecca'h direction for prayers.
• Moon Calculator (MoonCalc).
• Prayer Time Calculator.
• Salat Times: To compute new Moon, Islamic prayer times, and Qiblah direction.
• Astronomy and Islam: great page on astronomical issues in Islam by Dr. Monzur Ahmed.
• Mohammad Odeh's Home Page. Another great astronomical page.
• Khalid Shaukat's Home Page: Another great astronomical page.
• Mohib Durrani's Home Page: Another great astronomical page.
• Aymen Ibrahem: Nice astropictures pages from Egypt.
  
  
  

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