Web watch

To suggest topics or sites for Web Watch, please visit http://www.physicstoday.org/suggestwebwatch.html . Compiled and edited by Charles Day

http://www.phy.mtu.edu/facilities/NightSky.html

Bob Nemiroff of Michigan Technological University and his collaborators run the Night Sky Live Global Observatory, a worldwide network of portable fisheye telescopes that continually monitor and archive the night sky. You can view the sky from any of the network’s telescopes by visiting the observatory’s website.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/energy.html

The maverick men and women who write for Backwoods Home Magazine have extensive practical experience with the frugal use of energy. Articles on making and using a solar cooker, powering medical equipment during a utility blackout, and other topics are freely available on the magazine’s website.

http://www.scitopia.org

Through Scitopia you can now search for articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings published by 13 scientific societies, including the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America. Scitopia goes live in June.