Clear Sky Chart
Sponsors
Sponsors are remarkably wise and kind people who have contributed money to help defray the costs of generating clear sky charts from CMC data. They have my deepest thanks:
| Winer Observatory |
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| Anonymous | Dr. John Sohl | ||
| Joseph Trerotola | Kaushik Iyer | Kok Chen | ||
| Justin Bailo | Michael Rudy | |||
| Tim Kearsley | Jane Houston Jones and Morris jones | ||
| Southern Maryland Astronomical Society | David McDavid | BigMailer.io | ||
| Thomas Wroblewski | RASC Ottawa Centre | Dr. Michael W. Ridenhour | ||
| Wolf Creek Observatory | Tiffiny Mansouri | Jnani Cevvel | ||
| Hans Flaatrud |
| Bert Stevens | ||
| Eric Rachut | Jim Woods | Steve Altstadt | ||
| Max Mitchell | Southern California Desert Video Astronomers | Philip Massey | ||
| Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston | LKappukatt |
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| The Wilkersons of Pittsburgh | William C. Bryson | John Harris | ||
| Steve Altic | Joseph & Amy Galloway | Jane Gnass | ||
| The Noroads Garage | Jay and Maureen Huston of Long Mountain Ranch |
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| Best Newsletter Platforms | Email Marketing via Amazon SES | Rob & Theresa Britschgi | ||
| Jerry Spevak | Richard Seely | David ONeill | ||
| Ace Printing Newfoundland | Michael Rosolina |
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| Aaron Quick | Jimmy Deetman | Christopher Azar | ||
| Don Pensack | Texas Astronomical Society | Mark Manner | ||
| David Musser | Jim Mazur | Victoria woods | ||
| Mark Simmons | Acton Sky Portal | Sate Consulting LLC | ||
| Mark C. | Kyle Goodwin | ||
| Karen Miller SLC |
| Roger Menard | ||
| David Oesper | Billy and Domitta Gladson | Steven LJ Russo | ||
| Brian M. Carroll | Beth Colyear | Tracy Tuttle | ||
| Tim Povlick Santaluz Observatory | Michael Vander Vorst for the San Diego Astronomy Association |
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| Brendan Bronzan |
| Mark Hanning-Lee | ||
| Ben Lutch | Pedro | Dee Jay Randall | ||
| Glenn Littledale | Naperville Astronomical Association | Kenneth Stallard | ||
| John R. Duchek Ph.D. | Rick Evans | Ginny Stumborg-Rosin | ||
| Plumas Lake Observatory | Dave Hasenauer | ||
| Charles S Morris | James Munson | Dr. Barbara G. Harris | ||
| Rhonda Weeks |
| Claude Duplessis | ||
| Matrix Engineering, Inc Industrial, Institutional and Commercial Electrical Engineering | Kevin Abeln | Robert & Elaine White | ||
| Bob Taylor | Chris Webb | Stephen Craig | ||
| A member of the Saint Petersburg Astronomy Club. | RJH Photography | Messiernut | ||
| Bob Pitt | Birmingham Astronomical Society In memory of Mike Miller | Harry Sarber | ||
| Riverside Astronomical Society | DarkRangerTelescopeTours.com |
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| Lauren Rogers | Valley of the Moon Observatory Association | Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Club | ||
| Carl Roland | Frank M. Klicar |
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| The Unfrozen Caveman Astronomer | Gloucester Area Astronomy Club | Dave & Robert | ||
| Chris S | Diego Gomez | Todd Kunioka | ||
| Terrence Boyll | Tom Neville | Bob Hillier | ||
| Noah Albers | Dick Post | Joel E. Guthals | ||
| Martin Flynn | Don Lashley | Astronomical Society of Long Island | ||
| Mark Biersack | Northern Cross Science Foundation | Gene and Charlotte Dupree | ||
| Snake Wash Farms Observatory | Sola Virtus Observatory |
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| Dodie Reagan | N3DXW & N3ED | Ken Sabatini | ||
| Bruce C Taylor | John Rehrig | Herman Zwirn | ||
| Michael Collins | David Young | Sue and Alan French | ||
| Eric Zeiner | Zack Whaley | Jerome Hollon | ||
| John Winston Garth | Jim & Lisa McKay |
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| John R. Crilly | Steve Cariddi | RIP Amigo | ||
| Deep Springs College | Justin Hendricks | Martin Wilson | ||
| James Pond | Screech Owl Hill Observatory | Michael Person | ||
| Nature Friend Magazine | Walnut Canyon Cabins | Oscar Echeverri | ||
| RASC Halifax Centre | Joseph Comeau | C. E. Steuart Dewar | ||
| Eyes on the Sky |
| Dave LoPresti | ||
| Stuart Alldritt | deepskyobjects.com | Kevin Wigell | ||
| Amanda Fonville | Liang Ming | Allan Fenske | ||
| Jon Lawrence | Gailen Marshall | Hollywood Tours | ||
| Alan & Pamela | Jim Davis | Patrick Manley | ||
| Klaus Peltsch | Jerry Hilburn | Walt Lickteig | ||
| Cary MacWilliams | Colin Orion Chandler | Donald Hague | ||
| Colin Orion Chandler | Steve Paige | Gary D. Maupin | ||
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| Albany Area Amateur Astronomers | ||
| Indiana Astronomical Society | Andy Schlei | Alexander Focsha | ||
| Ward Lake Observatory | Gaboury Benoit | Kevin & Carmen Kasner | ||
| Badlands Observatory | Joseph Geiger | Jeff Alfeld | ||
| Lexi Haley | Roxanne Kamin | ||
| RASC Calgary Centre | Carl Tubbs | N9ZL | ||
| Frank Willburn | Blake Nancarrow | ||
| Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society | John & Cathy Moore | Kurt Allen Fisher | ||
| Paul D Clarke | Buffalo Astronomical Association | Tom Hoffelder | ||
| Juno Porter | Anthony Scandurra | Hai Du | ||
| George Palermo | J Perez | Allen Grundmeier | ||
| Uberclock | Dave Erickson | Nick Lloyd | ||
| Poochpa | Jay Lyle | Charles R. Wright | ||
| Knoji Telescopes & Binoculars | David Pettersson | Tom Jaeger | ||
| Giles Lemmon | Dan Smiley | Connor Ness | ||
| Cooper Desmond | Joe Kutner | Jerel Smith | ||
| John W. Palmieri |
| BillR | ||
| Oregon Star Party Commitee | Eric Laflamme | David T. and Jean M. Long | ||
| Phil Babcock |
| Richard Williams | ||
| Andre Vaillancourt |
| City Lights Bookstore |
Why be a sponsor?
Sponsors are the reason why I can continue to maintain the clear sky charts. I try to thank sponsors by giving sponsored charts more updates, more forecasts, better reliability and more features. I also recognize sponsors on these pages. The complete details of what I do for sponsorship is long, but it is here. One person sponsoring a chart makes those benefits visible to everone.What does sponsorship pay for?
More importantly, sponsorship does not pay for the basic data from which I generate the charts. That data is offered to everyone for free by the Canadian Meteorological Centre though their public web page.Sponsorship does reduce some of the costs of preparing and maintaining thousands of charts, internet access, web hosting, computers, software development, bookkeeping fees, caffeine and ibuprofen.
How to be a sponsor.
No amount is too small. For each us$5.00 (about cad$7.02) I will list your name, for one month, on the clear sky chart of your choice. Sponsorship lasts longer for a larger donation. I also do extra things for sponsored charts including updating them earlier with more data. (I ask more from commercial sponsors and do more for commercial sponsors. Email me for details.)There are two ways to sponsor:
- Mail me a check. Please do not use the address printed in the February 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope page 69; it is wrong even with Stuart's correction. Instead, please Email
me for the correct snail mail address.
US dollar and personal checks are fine. Note that postage to me from the USA is us$1.50 and from Canada is can$1.07.
A check gets the greatest amount of your sponsorship to me but is slow.
- Or click on a button below to send money from your Paypal account or credit card.
All payments are HST/GST included (if applicable). Yes, silly tax rules require me to keep repeating that. See my Tax Rant.
- what name you'd like credited on this page. I can also link your web page, if you like.
- The names of any clear sky chart pages you'd like your sponsorship to be acknowledged on.
How much does it cost?
There is no minimum sponsorship amount. I am grateful for any support. Also, I do not repeatedly dun past sponsors for more money. I may email a sponsor once at the end of their sponsorship.But to be fair to all sponsors, I acknowledge sponsors on this page, and on chart pages they've chosen to support, for a time proportional to their sponsorship.