Astronomy Links

Publications

• Sky & Telescope: Sky and Telescope's home page. Packed full of interesting articles, reviews, tips and tricks, and latest news in the astronomy community.
• Astronomy Magazine: Astronomy Magazine's home page. Same as S&T above.
• Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams: Home of Brian Marsden. Visit this site to report a discovery or just to check out the latest news. The site also include downloadable versions of orbital elements of the latest comets, asteroids, and minor planets.

Astronomy Clubs & Organizations

• Ventura County Astronomical Society: Hompage of my local astronomy club.
• Los Angeles Astronomical Society:
• The Local Group: Hompage of another local astronomy club with a cool name.

Amateur Telescope Making

• The ATM Page Home page for amatuer telescope making.

Telescope Review Webpages

• Scopereviews.com: Not sure about that new scope or eyepiece you saw in a magazine? Check here first, great site for telescope and equipment reviews. Check here before you buy.
• Todd Gross' Weather and Astronomy Site: Another good review site.
• Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews: Another great review site with some 300 reviews written by a variety of contributing amateurs.

Telescope/Astro Product Manufacturers

• Celestron
• Meade
• Losmandy Astronomical Products: Maker of excellent equatorial mounts and accessories.
• William Optics
• TeleVue

Shopping for Astronomy Stuff?

• Orion Telescopes and Binoculars: Good place for general astronomy products; scopes, binocs, eyepieces, etc. Very nice catalog but somewhat limited selection.
• Astromart Classifieds: Great site to buy, sell, or trade basically anything astronomy.
• Astronomics: A reputable dealer with excellent customer service.
• Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird: A good online retailer with a huge selection and good service.

Astrophotography

• Astronomical Photography by Chris Cook: Cris Cook, a southern California Astrophotographer and contributer to Sky and Telescope.
• Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss: An excellent resource for astrophotographers of any level.
• ASTRO PHOTO The home page of Tony and Daphne Hallas.

Astronomy Resources on the Web

• MAST:DSS: Retrieve Deep Sky Survey Images at no charge. Images can be dowloaded as .GIF image files, or as .FITS files for importing into various astronomy software programs.
• 2MASS at IPAC: View images from the 2 Micron All-Sky Survey. See how different those objects so familiar to us look in the infrared.

Misc. Sites

• Gary Goodman: My astronomy teacher's site.
• Stargazer Online: A huge listing of the home pages of many amateur astronomers. Also check out his home page.
• RTMC Astronomy Expo: The Riverside Telescope Makers Conference held every Memorial Day Weekend near Big Bear, CA.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day: A new photo dealing with astronomy posted every day. There is also a browseable archive dating back to 1995.
• The Galaxy's Best: A Link page of some really good site by other amatuers.

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