Here's access to worlds of information about several possible observing projects with the internet telescope:

I.D., Measures and More: SIMBAD


Current Observing Targets


GALAXIES, NEBULAE AND STAR CLUSTERS -- see websites:
Astronomy Picture of the Day index
Messier catalog
MINOR PLANETS, ephemeris generator, follow instructions:
website = http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html
See also end of this webpage...
COMETS: website = iau/Comets and encke.jpl.nasa.gov
Note updates on currently visible comets (north and south hemispheres)
SUPERNOVAE: lists of recent ones available at website = Supernovae.net and cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/RecentIAUCs.html
(Note: without a subscription, you can only view those OLDER THAN about one week ago... still plenty of objects mentioned!)
VARIABLE STARS: website = www.aavso.org
This website provides general information, many star charts and light curves, plus JD calculation, etc.
BRIGHT PLANETS: can be seen in binoculars and are too bright for many CCD cameras without special filtering, etc. You might find the freeware at this website helpful for planetary studies: http://pages.infinit.net/merid/english.html
?NEED A COMPARISON STAR FIELD? website = Digital Sky Survey
and follow step by step to retrieve saved images, use GIF not FITS display option
?NEED DETAILED INFO, CATALOGS, ETC?
Try websites Astrophys Data Service and/or AstroWeb by categories and/or Astro Data and Catalogs... More to follow!

MINOR PLANET LIGHTCURVES: Suggstions by Dan Durda SWRI:
As for your lightcurve work, There are always objects in need of that sort of observing. If you are interested in trying for objects that have just recently been discovered and are in danger of being lost again soon, the best bet would be to keep an eye to the Minor Planet Center's NEO Confirmation Page. NEO - Near-Earth Object. Even though this page is geared toward astrometric follow up, you might well find brighter objects there that will almost certainly have no lightcurve info at all. It'd be very nice to have someone looking at these objects for physical studies observations in addition to 'just' astrometric follow up.
Up a link from the Confirmation page is the general NEO page. Here you should be able to find lists (or generate your own) of ephemerides for brighter NEOs or specific NEOs that you can choose yourself.

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