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 | ||
| Kaushik Iyer | Joseph Trerotola | Kok Chen | ||
| Justin Bailo | Michael Rudy |
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| Jane Houston Jones and Morris jones | Tim Kearsley | |||
| Southern Maryland Astronomical Society | David McDavid | BigMailer.io | ||
| Bert Stevens | Dr. Michael W. Ridenhour | Thomas Wroblewski | ||
| Tiffiny Mansouri | Wolf Creek Observatory | Jnani Cevvel | ||
| RASC Ottawa Centre | Hans Flaatrud | Joseph & Amy Galloway | ||
| Jim Woods | Max Mitchell |
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| Eric Rachut | Steve Altstadt | Southern California Desert Video Astronomers | ||
| LKappukatt | Philip Massey | Steve Altic | ||
| The Wilkersons of Pittsburgh | William C. Bryson | ||
| Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston | John Harris | Steven Schlagel | ||
| Jane Gnass | Jay and Maureen Huston of Long Mountain Ranch | Richard Seely | ||
| The Noroads Garage | Jerry Spevak |
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| Rob & Theresa Britschgi | David ONeill | UConn Physics | ||
| Michael Rosolina |
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| Aaron Quick | Victoria woods | Jimmy Deetman | ||
| Andy Schlei | Sate Consulting LLC | Roxanne Kamin | ||
| Dave & Robert | Christopher Azar | Don Pensack | ||
| David T. and Jean M. Long | David Musser | Ace Printing Newfoundland | ||
| Jim Mazur | Mark Simmons | Acton Sky Portal | ||
| Beth Colyear | Mark C. | ||
| Kyle Goodwin | Dee Jay Randall | Mark Manner | ||
| Karen Miller SLC |
| Roger Menard | ||
| David Oesper | Billy and Domitta Gladson | Steven LJ Russo | ||
| Brian M. Carroll | Tracy Tuttle | Michael Vander Vorst for the San Diego Astronomy Association | ||
| Texas Astronomical Society |
| Brendan Bronzan | ||
| Mark Hanning-Lee | Chris Webb | ||
| Ben Lutch | Rhonda Weeks | Tim Povlick Santaluz Observatory | ||
| Pedro | Glenn Littledale | Ken Sabatini | ||
| Kenneth Stallard | Matrix Engineering, Inc Industrial, Institutional and Commercial Electrical Engineering |
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| Yves Barriere | Rick Evans | John & Cathy Moore | ||
| Liang Ming | Ginny Stumborg-Rosin | Buffalo Astronomical Association | ||
| Art Gilbert | RJH Photography | ||
| Dave Hasenauer | Brian Combs |
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| Charles S Morris | Oscar Echeverri | James Munson | ||
| Dr. Barbara G. Harris | Starfront Observatories Discord | ||
| Claude Duplessis | Kevin Abeln | Robert & Elaine White | ||
| John R. Duchek Ph.D. | Diego Gomez | Bob Taylor | ||
| Derek Archer | Stephen Craig | Plumas Lake Observatory | ||
| Tom Neville | A member of the Saint Petersburg Astronomy Club. | Messiernut | ||
| Bob Pitt | Birmingham Astronomical Society In memory of Mike Miller | Harry Sarber | ||
| Martin Flynn | Riverside Astronomical Society | Best Newsletter Platforms | ||
| Email Marketing via Amazon SES |
| Valley of the Moon Observatory Association | ||
| Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Club | Carl Roland | Frank M. Klicar | ||
| The Unfrozen Caveman Astronomer | Gloucester Area Astronomy Club | Chris S | ||
| Todd Kunioka | Herman Zwirn | Terrence Boyll | ||
| Bob Hillier | Noah Albers | ||
| Jerome Hollon | Stuart Alldritt | Dick Post | ||
| Joel E. Guthals | Eyes on the Sky |
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| John R. Crilly | James Pond | Martin Wilson | ||
| Don Lashley | Astronomical Society of Long Island | Michael Person | ||
| Mark Biersack | Northern Cross Science Foundation | Gene and Charlotte Dupree | ||
| Leonard Christman | Snake Wash Farms Observatory | Sola Virtus Observatory | ||
| Lauren Rogers |
| Colin Orion Chandler | ||
| Dave LoPresti | Dodie Reagan | N3DXW & N3ED | ||
| Naperville Astronomical Association | Colin Orion Chandler | Bruce C Taylor | ||
| Donald Hague | John Rehrig | Michael Collins | ||
| Gailen Marshall | DarkRangerTelescopeTours.com | Bill Manley | ||
| Kevin & Carmen Kasner | David Young | ||
| Eric Zeiner | Zack Whaley | Jim & Terry Turner | ||
| Michael Pataky | Jim & Lisa McKay | Tim Winkler | ||
| Steve Cariddi | Sun City Astronomers | RIP Amigo | ||
| Deep Springs College | Justin Hendricks | Screech Owl Hill Observatory | ||
| Nature Friend Magazine | Kerrigan Singer and Ridley Singer | RASC Halifax Centre | ||
| Tom Hoffelder | Joseph Comeau | C. E. Steuart Dewar | ||
| Mike Clemens | Jeff Alfeld | Joseph Geiger | ||
| deepskyobjects.com | Gaboury Benoit | Walnut Canyon Cabins | ||
| William Durst | Kevin Wigell | Amanda Fonville | ||
| Allan Fenske | Robert & Erika Moon and the IAS | John W. Palmieri | ||
| Jon Lawrence | David Pettersson | Alan & Pamela | ||
| Jim Davis | Juno Porter | Sue and Alan French | ||
| Patrick Manley | John Winston Garth | Klaus Peltsch | ||
| Jerry Hilburn | Walt Lickteig | Hai Du | ||
| Cary MacWilliams | Chadwick Daniels | Paul D Clarke | ||
| Steve Paige | Tom Jaeger | Hollywood Tours | ||
| Ralf Patterson | Connor Ness | Gary D. Maupin | ||
| Ryan Deaton |
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| John Hall | Albany Area Amateur Astronomers | City Lights Bookstore | ||
| Indiana Astronomical Society | Uberclock | Jerel Smith | ||
| Alexander Focsha | Ward Lake Observatory | Luke Edens | ||
| Badlands Observatory | Mark Warren | BillR | ||
| Eric Laflamme |
| Lexi Haley |
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$6.90) 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.