Numerous webmasters have asked us how to link to Sky & Telescope's Interactive Sky Chart so that the Java applet will open with a particular observing location already specified. This could be handy, for example, if the members of an astronomy club want to get a chart of the sky over their observatory via a single click from the club's Web site. Ditto if you work for a local TV station and you want your viewers to know what bright stars and planets currently shine over your city or town. Here we provide simple instructions, along with a few graphics (including Sky & Telescope logos of different sizes) for creating such a link. But first, a few words from our legal department.

Copyright and Permissions

Sky & Telescope's Interactive Sky Chart is a proprietary Java applet copyrighted by Sky Publishing; please review our Terms & Conditions page for more information about what this means. You are hereby granted a limited, revocable, non-transferable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to our sky-chart applet, provided that no such link could reasonably be deemed to portray Sky Publishing or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any Sky logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission, except as detailed in this article.

If you have any questions, please send an inquiry by e-mail to weblinks@SkyandTelescope.com.