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Astronomy
Sky and Telescope's Interactive Sky Chart
Nice interactive tool with an easy to use utility for finding your location's coordinates.
Stig's Sky Calendar
A graphical, interactive webtool that displays key rise and set times and more. Customizable to your location.
US Naval Observatory website
Lots of data available. including rise and set times, eclipses, etc.
The Old Farmer's Almanac Full Moon Days Webpage
Lists the dates of full moons through 2008.
American Meteor Society's Meteor Shower Basics Webpage
Space.com's Monthly Skywatch Webpage
Upcoming sky events plus links to other resources.
Spaceweather.com
Current info about sunspots, solar flares, etc.
PhotonLight.com
The Photon X-Light is available with a red LED, perfect for maintaining your night vision while reading STAR TRAILS - Navajo under the stars!
Native star lore
ABORIGINAL STAR KNOWLEDGE
Native American Astronomy. This is Paula Giese's website, the first site that introduced me to Native American star lore.
Starlore of Native America
Links to many stories about Native American star lore.
EarthBow.com
A nice site featuring lots of Native American stories.
Navajo Starlore and String Games
A very interesting site that also references many of the works from which material for STAR TRAILS - Navajo was drawn. The examples of string games are especially interesting.
Southwest Vacation Travel
A website by and for people who love the American Southwest: Clean Canyons & Forests, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to making the Southwest a better place to visit. They work to remove litter from public lands in the Southwest. Their site contains many links to Southwest-related travel and culture information.
TwinRocks.com
Follow the "Legends" links on this site to find many interesting Navajo legends.
Publishing
Trafford Publishing
DTC Publishing is using Trafford as the "Print-On-Demand" printer for STAR TRAILS - Navajo. All of the writing, editing, chart creation and page layout was performed by DTC Publishing. The illustrations and cover layout were done my Nickola Dudley.
Dan Heller Photography
I used one of Dan's shots of a tent and star trails over Death Valley for the cover image of STAR TRAILS - Navajo.
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