Amateur Contributions to Science

1. Center for Backyard Astrophysics  (site info) A global network of small telescopes dedicated to photometry of cataclysmic variable stars. http://cba.phys.columbia.edu/ 2. The Puckett Observatory  (site info) Owned and operated by an amateur astronomer in the North Georgia mountains. Dedicated to the study of comets and the discovery of supernovae. http://www.cometwatch.com/ 3. Poor Meadow Dyke Observatory, Sky Survey  (site info) Provides access to the archived data for this survey of asteroids and variable stars (especially long period variables). Also includes details of the hardware and software, news, tutorials on tracking and using the data, FAQ's and links. http://www.sky-survey.com 4. Spectrashift.com  (site info) Site dedicated to amateur radial velocity studies. http://www.spectrashift.com 5. The Amateur Sky Survey (TASS)  (site info) Project objective is to construct low-cost, drift-scan cameras and distribute them to sites around the world to monitor for bright objects across a large section of the sky. http://www.tass-survey.org/ 1-5 of 5.