Although I am now disabled with legally blind vision, I still make every effort to keep Astronomy Online available as a resource for so many people. Because of my disability, I am unable to work and must rely on my wife's income to keep things going. A donation would make sure this site remains.

A simple way of donating would be to purchase something from the Astronomy Online Store.

In an effort to solicit funds from friends and family (and perhaps their friends), we have produced a nice brochure that introduces astronomy and Discusses future plans of the website. You can view the PDF version of the brochure by clicking on the images below

Brochure - Side One	Brochure - Side Two

• Advertising costs
• Time to create the content
• Domain registration
• E-mail service
• ISP fees - higher because of increased up and downstream
• Equipment leasing costs
• Electricity (for power and cooling)
• Software licensing

Right now, the ISP, electricity and equipment leasing fees are replaced by web hosting fees. Due to lack of funding I have moved the website to a web hosting company. The cost of electricity alone pays for the hosting fee. I will be selling my server to try and get funds for a telescope. If you are interested, please contact me.

In addition, donations will help pay for improvements to the site. Improvements I would like to see - but cannot afford on my own - are:

• Remote access to a dedicated Astronomy Online telescope
• Online observation logs that users can fill out and upload drawing and/or images of their observations
• Interactive constellation guides that can filter observable objects based on telescope size

So if you like what you see, please consider a donation. Any amount will be greatly appreciated, be it $1.00 or $100,000.00.

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