SkyEye

The information presented at SkyEye is derived from a number of sources, including, but not limited to, those following. All images, unless otherwise indicated, are the work of the creators of this web site.

Brightest and Closest Stars

• Gaia Archive , European Space Agency
• The One Hundred Nearest Star Systems , REsearch Consortium On Nearby Stars (RECONS)
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database , Université de Strasbourg/CNRS

Comets

• Cometography.com
• Small-Body Database Browser

Constellations

• Allen, R.H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc.
• Bayer, J. (1603). Uranometria: omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Christoph Mang, Augsburg.
• Bode, J.E. (1801). Uranographia sive Astrorum Descriptio. Berlin.
• Delporte, E. (1930). Dèlimitation scientifique des constellations. Cambridge University Press.
• Flamsteed, J. (1729). Atlas Coelestis. London.
• Hevelius, J. (1690). Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia. Johannis-Zachariæ Stolli, Gdańsk.
• Hill, J. (1754). Urania, or a Compleat View of the Heavens. T. Gardner, London.
• Jamieson, A. (1822). A Celestial Atlas: Comprising A Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps Illustrated by Scientific Description of their Contents, And accompanied by Catalogues of the Stars and Astronomical Exercises. G. & W.B. Whittaker, London.
• de Lacaille, N.-L. (1763). Coelum Australe Stelliferum. Paris.
• Piazzi, G. (1814). Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo ⅩⅨ, Ex Regia Typographia Militari, Panormi.
• Plancius, P. (1612). Celestial globe of 1612. Amsterdam.
• Ptolemy, C. (second century CE). Almagest. Alexandria.

Dwarf Planets and Small Solar-System Bodies

• Small-Body Database Lookup

Eclipses

• Eclipses Online
• EclipseWise.com

Meteors

• International Meteor Organization

The Phases of Venus

• Hilton, J. (2005). Improving the Visual Magnitudes of the Planets in The Astronomical Almanac. Ⅰ. Mercury and Venus. The Astronomical Journal, 129(6), 2902–2906. DOI: 10.1086/430212

Planets and Their Satellites

• Planetary Satellite Discovery Circumstances
• Solar System Exploration

Retrograde Motion

• Solar System Exploration

Ring Plane Crossings of Saturn

• Davies, M.E. et al. (1989). Report of the IAU/IAG/COSPAR working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements of the planets and satellites: 1988. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 46, 187–204. DOI: 10.1007/BF00053048

Sky Charts

• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog

Solar System Phenomena

The dates, times and circumstances of all solar system phenomena are calculated from the JPL DE406 solar system ephemeris using the same rigorous methods that are employed in the compilation of publications such as The Astronomical Almanac. All times and dates are in UT. Positions are geocentric apparent place, referred to the true equator and equinox of date.

• Allison, M., McEwen, M. (2000). A post-Pathfinder evaluation of areocentric solar coordinates with improved timing recipes for Mars seasonal/diurnal climate studies. Planetary and Space Science, 48(2-3), 215–235. DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(99)00092-6
• Horizons System
• Meeus, J. (2000). Theoretical Dichotomy of Venus, 2000–2040. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 110(2), 83.
• Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service
• Small-Body Database Browser

Star Clusters

• The Binocular Sky
• SEDS: Star Clusters
• van Leeuwen, F. (2009). Parallaxes and proper motions for 20 open clusters as based on the new Hipparcos catalogue. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 497(1), 209–242. DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811382

(Un)common Star Names

• Adams, D.K. (2018). Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise: Multivalent Textures of Pre-Islamic Arabian Astronomy and the Hegemonic Discourse of Order (doctoral dissertation). University of Arizona.
• Allen, R.H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications, Inc.
• Bečvář, A. (1964). Atlas of the Heavens — Ⅱ Catalogue 1950.0. Sky Publishing Corporation.
• IAU Division C Working Group on Star Names
• Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55, 429–438. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/55.8.429
• Kunitzsch, P., Smart, T. (2006). A Dictionary of Modern Star Names (second revised edition). New Track Media LLC (Sky Publishing).
• Piazzi, G. (1814). Praecipuarum Stellarum Inerrantium Positiones Mediae Ineunte Saeculo ⅩⅨ. Panormi.
• Reeves, John. (1819). Chinese Names of Stars and Constellations. In R. Morrison (Ed.), Dictionary of the Chinese Language in Three Parts: Part Ⅱ — Volume Ⅰ. East India Company.
• Rhoads, J.W. (1971). National Aeronautics and Space Administration Technical Memorandum 33-507: A Reduced Star Catalog Containing 537 Named Stars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Insitute of Technology.
• Sadler, D.H. A Personal History of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office, 30 October 1930–18 February 1972 (unpublished memoirs).
• Wikipedia: Chinese Star Names