Ptolemy's Supper Club "I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food of the gods." -- Claudius Ptolemaeus

The Club

• What is the PSC Charter
• Who is Ptolemy?
• Why did we name our club for Ptolemy?
• links to other clubs

Observing

• Observing Reports (lots of good stuff here!)
• Basic Ephemerides etc
  
• Bay Area Weather (by Mark Taylor)
• Star party etiquette
• Directions to SJAA observing sites; latitude/longitude of these sites
• Lunar Info for the amateur astronomer

Ptolemy in the Sky

• Ptolemy's Cluster (aka M 7, NGC 6475)
• Asteroid (4001) Ptolemaeus
• Lunar crater Ptolemaeus
• Martian crater Ptolemaeus

Miscellanea

• Other interesting astronomical quotations
• A bit of telescope history, by Paul Rybski
• A Model Solar System by Ronald Shattuck
• Reflections on a Mote of Dust, in memory of Carl Sagan
• Eugene M. Shoemaker Obituaries
• This Rings of Confusion, by Jeff Medkeff
• Remember Apollo 11?
• The Walter Sunset Ray
• PSC in the news and Jane again

Other Astronomy Resources Created by PSC Members

• The Nine Planets
• Akkana's Astronomy Page, including the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon, her 8 inch Dob and Mars FAQ
• list of planetarium software
• SJAA home page
• Ptolemy's Cafe, Bill's observatory