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Big Ear Radio Observatory

http://www.bigear.org/

This Kraus-type radio telescope, larger than three football fields, was famous for the Wow! Signal and for the longest-running SETI project. Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Northern California History of Astronomy Luncheon and Discussion Association

http://nchalada.org/

Announcements of discussions (in Oakland, California), open to the public, on various astronomy history topics, and an archive of past discussions

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The Star of Bethlehem

http://www.bethlehemstar.net/

Scholars debate whether the Star of Bethlehem is a legend manufactured by the early church or a miracle which marked the advent of Christ. But if the Star was a real astronomical event, what could it have been?. An investigation of the science and history which bear on the mysterious star said to have accompanied the advent of Christ.

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