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Amateur Astrophotography Sites

• AstroMeeting - Photography by Stefan Seip

• Astronomy and Telescopes by Barry Carter. A Michigan resident's Web site showing all of his telescopes and photos.

• Astrophotography by Tom Matheson - Some nice planetary animations.

• Astrophotography with LX10, TV101, film, SX HX916, SX SXV-H9, and SBIG STV

• Cebu Astronomy - Christopher Go's Web site. Great planetary images.

• Dark Sky Images by Scott Tucker

• Doc G's Info Site

• Daniel S. Perry's Web site

• Samir Kharusi's astrophotography site.

• PROCYON Astronomy - A Dutch amateur astrophotography Web site.

• Russell Croman Astrophotography

• Site astro de Pierre Kaminsky - French language amateur site.

• Vanderbei Astrophotos - Astrophotos by Robert J. Vanderbei at Princeton University. A very nice site.

• Videoastronomy - Site by Paul Goelz that features astro photos using a video camera.

Astronomy Education and Research

• About Foucault Pendulums

• AJJAR - Astronomical Javascript, Java Applet Resources

• Good Astronomy Activities on the WWW

• Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Iceland _ Nice section on gravitational lenses.

• Astronomy Education Review

• Astronomy Notes - An on-line astronomy textbook.

• Discovery Channel Telescope Home page - Lowell Observatory

• From Stargazers to Starships -NASA site that provides activities and lesson plans for the classroom

• Gravitational Lensing Theory - Introduction to gravitational lenses.

• Hands on Universe, Europe - astronomy education site.

• HyperPhysics - Physics education web site hosted by Georgia state University

• Images of Planetary Nebulae

• Joint Astronomy Centre - James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

• Jodrell Bank Internet Observatory (JBiO) - a robotic radio telescope for european educators.

• Kepler Laws & Explorer 35 - Web version of an activity out of 'Contemporary Activities in Astronomy' by Darrel Hoff and Jeffrey Wilkerson

• KU Physics and Astronomy Department

• Mars Student Imaging Project - NASA related site for educators

• Multimedia Physics Studios - Glenbrook South High School. Glenview Illinois

• NASA - JPL Solar System Simulator

• National Research Council Canada - Astronomy Education

• Physics Applets from the University of Oregon

• Open Source Physics Java Applets

• Planetary Science Research Discoveries PSRD - links for planetary and space sciences

• Robert J. Nemiroff's Home Page - Relativity Animations

• SolStation.com On-line star charts and downloadable PC charting application plus a few links to other sites.

• Spectra - Web site run by Dr. James Kaler that provides an introduction to stellar spectra.

• Spectroscopy Java Applet - Harvard University

• Stars and Constellations - provides an overview of the constellations and brighter stars.

• University of Northern Iowa astronomy class Web site - has some Java applets and on-line quizes

• Warp Special Relativity Simulator - Application that simulates what it is like to travel at relativistic speeds. Very Cool.

Astronomy Links on the Web

• ICSTARS Astronomy Star Links

Astro Shopping

Manufacturers & Retailers

• Anacortes Telescope And Wild Bird

• APM Telescopes - German Telescope Maker

• Astronomy Equipment Vendors and Manufacturers

• Astronomy-Mall.com Home

• ASTROPTX For Celestron and Meade Telescopes, Binoculars and Spotting Scopes

• AstroSky - Makers of custom piers, adapter plates and Dobsonian telescopes from 10 to 20 inches.

• Computer Operated Telescopes - Site where amateurs can purchase telescope control hardware and software.

• Hands on Optics - Retailer of Telescopes and Accessories

• Losmandy Astronomical Products

• Luxorion - Articles on Astronomy, Technology and Things That Vave Shaped Western Culture

• Optec, Inc. - Telescope accessory maker. Makes a line of photometers.

• Optic-Craft Machining - Telescope Mounts and Clock Drives

• Optical Filters and Optical Coatings by Andover Corporation

• Parallax Instruments - Makers of Telescopes and German Equatorial Mounts

• Philips ToUcam Accessories parts spares telescopes Scopetronix classifieds used secondhand eyepieces equipment

• Siebert Optics - Eyepieces and Binoviewers

• Sirius Optics

• Sturdy Telescope Mountings by Optic-Craft Machining

• University Optics Telescope Accessories, Telescope Accessories, Telescope Eye Pieces, University Optics

• William Optics - Maker of fine telescopes and mounts

• Woodland Hills Telescope. Retailer of telescopes and accessories

• www.alpineastro.com- Idaho based supplier of telescopes and accessories. US retailer for Baader Planetarium.

• www.astro-physics.com - Makers of high end german equatorial mounts.

Used and Surplus Equipment

• ASTROMART Classifieds

• Surplus Shed - Used telescopes and accessories

Astronomy History

• Percival Lowell

• Wikipedia article about Percival Lowell

Astronomical Databases and Catalogs

• Extra-solar Planets Catalog

• Martindale's Astronomy, Astrophysics & Space Center Universe, Stars, Telescopes

• SAO Telescope Data Center

• Simbad Astronomical Database

• SkyView Virtual Observatory

• Sloan Digital Sky Survey - SkyServer

• The United States Naval Observatory - Home to the USNO star catalog

• NGC Objects Logged So Far on IAAC

• Revised Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies

• The Whole NGC

• Pages from historical atlas

Books

• Linda Hall Library - Exhibitions

• Welcome to Willmann-Bell, Inc.

CCD Cameras and Web Cams

• Astronomical CCD & Night Vision Devices. Information on CCD chips and cameras

• Capteur1 - French language site that describes the TC 255P and TC237 CCD chips

• CCD-237 camera - describes the TC237 CCD chip.

• Cookbook Camera Home Page - Companion web site to the book titled 'The CCD Camera Cookbook' by, Richard Berry, et. al.

• Equipment for CCD-astrophotography - A telescope and CCD camera maker.

• Flat Field Lightbox Notes - Shows how to build a lightbox for taking flat field frames with a CCD camera.

• Light Box - More tips on building a light box for CCD imaging.

• Ron Wodaski's Magic CCD Camera Calculator

• Super-Resolution Planetary Images - A must for any planetary imager.

• The New CCD Astronomy Home Page

Web Cameras

• 'Easy' RAW mod for Philips and Logitech Webcams

• Astronomia - Astro photos by Sergio Saltamonti. Nice planetary images.

• Info on modifying a vesta pro web camera for long exposures.

• Greg Beeke's Webcam Mods - Detailed info on modifying web cams for long exposures.

• Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 Long Exposure Modification - Keith Wiley explains how to make a long exposure modification to a QC 3000

• Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 Modification - preface

• M. Burri's Web Cam Modifications and Astrophotos

• Quickcam Data - Lots of links to other Web site concerning web cams.

• Sarawak Skies - Webcam and Digital SLR Astrophotography from Singapore

• THE FIRMAMENT - astronomy webcam images and tutorials Moon, Planets, Messier, and Deep Sky objects

• ToUCam - IR-Filter. German site showing how to extract the IR filter from a ToUcam lens.

• Web Cam Adapter - The Mogg Adapter. Site where many different types of telescope adapters for Web cams can be ordered.

• WebCam astro images - Information on using modified web cams.

Constellations

• Constellation Photos - Constellations - Digital Images of the Sky

General Information for the Beginner

• Amateur Astronomer's Notebook - Good site for the novice.

• Astronomy Education - How to use a telescope.

General Interest

• Astronomy Awards -

• Astronomy Magazine, Star Charts, Space News-Astronomy.com

• Astronomy Picture of the Day

• HubbleSite - NewsCenter

• NightSkyLive.net The Night Sky Live- See the night sky from several observatories around the world.

• SkyNews - Canadian Amateur Astronomy Magazine

• StarDate Online - Your Guide to the Universe

Observing Techniques

• Astro-nut home page - Paul Hyndman's Web site. Explains the use of the Hartmann mask for focusing.

• Making an Improvised Infrared Transmitting Filter

• Observational Astronomy Contents-Site Map. Links to lots of different topics with an emphasis on observing methods..

Organizations

• AAL Homepage - Luxembourg Amateur Astronomers

• ASKC Main Index Page - The asronomical Society of Kansas City

• Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers

• Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Professional organization

• Manchester Astronomical Society Home Page

• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

• The Astronomy Associates of Lawrence

• Charlottesville Astronomical Society

• The Planetary Society

• The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - For amateur and professional astronomers.

Photography

• Antilhue-Chile (Home)

• Astrophotography Articles

• Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss

• Astrophotography by John Punnett

• CCD Amateur Astronomy

• Celestial Wonders, Astrophotography by Frank Barrett

• Chris Hendren's Astrophotography

• Guide to Astrophotography

• Shane's Astrophotos

Photometry

• AAVSO CCD Observing Manual

• Optec, Inc. - Photometers

Software and Computer Programming that is Related to Astronomy

• Aberrator.astronomy.net - Aberrator is freeware that generates star-testing images

• AIPS (Classic, not aips++)

• Alcyone Astronomical Software - ephemeris software

• Aquest, Inc. Home of PCFocus and FocusAide

• ASCOM Initiative

• AstroAlign - an alignment tool by Carsten Arnholm

• Astrophysics Source Code Library Archive

• AstroTips.com - Astronomy Software and Amateur Observation Resources Astronomy Freeware, Shareware and Commercial.

• AstroVideo -software for capturing and stacking video frames.

• CLEA SOFTWARE

• Diffraction Limited - Home of MaxIm DL image processing software.

• Download Partiview NVO @ Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History

• Dutch Occultation Association

• Free Astrophotography Software

• Front Page -- www.arachnoid.com - Astronomy and other science related links

• FV - The Interactive FITS File Editor

• Image Analyzer

• NIH ImageJ

• iMerge - Image-stacking and Mosaic-making program

• Iris software

• K3's Astronomy Home Page - Home of K3CCDTools. An image acquisition and processing package for Web cameras.

• Linux Astronomy HOWTO

• MLUnsold Digital Imaging - Home of Image Plus software. Has some good information on restorative techniques.

• Moontool for Windows - A program that displays the current phase information on the Moon by John Walker

• Neat Image - best noise reduction for digital cameras and scanners

• Night Vision for Java Home Page

• OSLO - optical design software. An educational edition is available.

• polygonworlds - 3D Mars animations

• Prep - Interactive Image Preprocessor. Commercial application for correcting image defects.

• Quantum Image

• Realtime Spectroscopy Software - allows one to capture spectra with a video camera. Diffraction gratings are available through this web site.

• RegiStax - image stacking freeware

• SETI@Home Speedup Tips

• SkyChart / Cartes du Ciel

• Sky Charts, Free Astronomy software , Celestial atlas

• SPECTRUM - a stellar spectral synthesis program

• Stellar Evolution on PC

• Stellar Magic - Freeware image processing program for astronomical images captured in FITS format.

• Visual Spec - home page

• WCSTools Image World Coordinate System Utilities

• Welcome to the Astrometrica Homepage

Solar System

General Planetary Astronomy and Images

• Arizona State University Planetary Exploration Laboratory

• Planetary Data System Home

• The Nine Planets

• MGS MOC Captioned Image Releases

• Planetary Data System - NASA site

• Planetary Image Repository

• Planetary Photojournal NASA's Image Access Home Page

The Sun

• Big Bear Solar Observatory

• SOHO-LASCO-EIT Real Time Movies

• NASA Solar Eclipse Page

Moon

• Apollo Image Atlas

• Clementine Lunar Map 2.0

• Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon

• Inconstant Moon - Lunar resources and online atlas

Meteors

• IMO Video Observers Page

• Peekskill Meteorite Car

• The Peekskill Fireball

Asteroids

• IAU Minor Planet Center

• Orbit Diagrams

• Science & Technology New study reveals twice as many asteroids as previously believed

• IAU Minor Planet Animations Page

Earth

• Developing the theory of continental drift [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]

• Millennium of Geomagnetism

• This Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]

Mars

• Mars Exploration Multimedia

• Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-299 Release

• MSSS Mars Image Directory

Jupiter

• Jupiter by Christopher Go

• PDS Jupiter Viewer 2.4

Space Agencies Nasa & ESA

• ESA Science & Technology Images and Videos

Spectroscopy

• A Digital Spectral Classification Atlas - R. O. Gray

• Forum for Amateur AstroSpectroscopy - Library Resources

• Laser Stars - History of Astronomical Spectroscopy

• NIST Atomic Spectros. - Compendium of Basic Ideas, Etc.

• Paton Hawksley Education Ltd, Nuffield physics transmission gratings

• Planetary Nebulae Spectra

• Spectrashift.com - amateur extrasolar planet search project

• Amateur Astronomical Spectroscopy

• Spectrograph design- A&S Rondi

• Spectroscopy, CCD and Astronomy

Telescopes and Amateur Observatories

• ASKC Powell Observatory Page

• Astro Note - Polar Alignment.

• Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews

• COAA Homepage - Amateur observatory - resort designed to give amateurs the chance to use larger telescopes. Located in Portugal.

• Computer Operated Telescopes

• Mapug-Astronomy Homepage for Meade Advanced Products Users Group of Amateur Astronomers Using Meade LX200 and other Meade Teles

• Weasner's Meade Autostar Feedback

Telescope Making

• STAR Astronomy - Telescope Making Links

• The ATM's Workshop - Home Page

Optics

• Optics - Brief discussions of many areas of optics.

• Thierry Legault - The collimation - Shows how collimation of a telescope's optics affect the sharpness of planetary images.

Space Telescopes

Hubble Telescope

• Hubble ESA Information Centre - VIDEOS

• Hubble Space Telescope Picture Gallery

Spitzer Infrared Telescope

• Spitzer Space Telescope

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

• Chandra Multimedia Page

Weather Related

• Clear Sky Clock Homepage

• GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SERVER