Mount Hamilton Resources
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UCSC Payee Setup Form (identification number 204): Form and Guidelines.
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UCSC Post Travel Expense Reimbursement: Form and Guidelines.
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Lick Observatory Information Leaflet.
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Lick Observatory Map:
Landscape.
External Resources
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So You want To Be A Professional Astronomer?
(2008, Mercury magazine):
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http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/dforbes/mercury.pdf
A light article on a carreer in astronomy by
Professor Duncan Forbes of Swinburne University,
Australia published in the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific's quarterly magazine.
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Getting Started in Astronomy
(2003, Sky & Telescope):
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http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/basics/Getting_Started_in_Astronomy.html
Useful briefings on the night sky for both Northern
and Southern Hemispheres.
Good resource for public outreach.
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Monthly Skymaps (skymaps.com):
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http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html
Excellent monthly summary of astronomical events.
Good resource for public outreach.
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American Practical Navigator (`APN' or
`Bowditch' 1802; National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency):
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http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal.
A freely-available resource, valuable as an
introduction to the celestial spehere.
Since Bowditch's American Practical Navigator is
primarly published for maritime operations, there
are some important differences in terminology used
(for example, Sidereal Hour Angle, measured in
degrees West along the celestial equator from the
Vernal Equinox is the expliment of Right
Ascension, measured in hours,
minutes and seconds East of the Vernal Equinox).
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The Astronomical Almanac Online (HMNAO & USNO):
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http://asa.hmnao.com.
Supporting documentation for the
indispensible annual.
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Observational Mishaps (CalTech/Mirasol Institute):
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http://mirasolinstitute.org/obs_mishaps/mishaps.html.
Examples of various imaging problems.
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