Interesting & useful links

SCAC Facebook page, for club news

Tonight's Sky, for developing nightly viewing plans

Smithsonian Universe, a pretty complete guide to "the universe"

Astronomy Almanac is a month-by-month guide to North America's skies

Telescopius.com   If you create a login you can save targets, the specs of your telescopes, eyepieces, camera lenses and cameras and allows you to simulate mosaics under your personal toolbox. 

NINA Sky Atlas planning module

Cloudy Nights planet photography 

Astrospheric, for weather forecasts

Dark Sky Map, for finding dark skies

Stellarium - free planetarium software for your computer

Stargazing intro including sky tours for each season

International Dark Sky Association, Santa Cruz chapter

Earth Sky, stars tonight

Spot the ISS

Sci.news, for astronomy news

Cosmo is a useful astronomy chatbot

Asteroid occultations by Dr. Richard Nolthenius, presented Nov 8, 2023

Cabrillo college astro site

Role of data science in astronomy

Last but not least, when new to astronomy, we recommend learning the constellations, and the brightest stars, using star maps.  Even if you wind up using sophisticated goto  scopes and other tools, this knowledge will serve you well.