Stargazrs

Completed: June 2007

Stargazrs is the first social network designed specifically for astronomers. It is a very complex and feature full site that can handle photos, videos, shopping, blogs, equipment reviews, friends, private messages, comments, tagging, daily charts and much more.

Here are just some of the possible uses:

Astro Groups/Societies

• Could list details of their society, contact details, history etc..
• Have a list of friends who also use the site, these would be club members so you can see who else is a member and keep track of them
• A calendar of events that people can search for based on postcode or title
• upload photos of events, members and talks etc..
• upload videos of events, members and talks etc..
• keep a diary where you could write reviews of events, post news or maintain a newsletter type system (also known as a blog)
• manage a mailing list that people can subscribe to and the society would be able to send out emails from the website

Normal Users

• Could have a profile listing (optional) their age, location, biography, sex, interests etc..
• Upload their astronomy photos to share with other people, they can give each photo a name and description. Other people can leave comments about the photo and it can also be tagged with keywords to make searching easier. E.g, tag a photo of M57 with the tag "M57", when people view the photo, they can click on the "M57" tag to view all other images by all other users that are also tagged with "M57".
• Upload videos - e.g. videos of comets, tutorials, eclipses etc.. these would be viewable by others exactly like youtube.
• keep a diary where you can record your observing sessions, make imaging notes or share tutorials with others.
• Maintain a list of friends, basically other users on the site you want to keep track of. There is a friends feed which will show you all the photos and videos your friends have uploaded in the past 24 hours.
• Receive event notifications of events that are happening in your local area

http://stargazrs.com