Catalog and Image Databases and Archives
Adventures
in Deep Space Visual challenges for large apertures;
great place to find photographic fields of interest
Aladin
Sky Atlas (The) An interactive sky atlas (Java based)
using various professional sky surveys
American
Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Variable
star observation/analysis/reporting
Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO) High quality
(mostly visual) solar system observations
Astronomical Data Center
Professional level Astronomical
Catalogs
Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
Dr. Halton C. Arp's atlas
of peculiar galaxies, from the California Institute of Technology
Bright
Supernovae Check for present observable Supernovae (maintained
by David Bishop)
CDS
Service for astronomical Catalogs (The)
Strasbourg astronomical
Data Center collection of data catalogs
Cosmic
Voyage, The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers Neat resource
covering many subects for the amateur
CRA Lyons
Extremely comprehensive page dealing with Galaxies. Includes
references,
links, databases, etc.
Harold
Corwin's Home Page
Data on Galaxies (Catalogs,
RC3)
Hubble
Images (Public) What we all wish for
IAU:
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Report discoveries, check
out latest discoveries
International
Amateur- Professional Photoelectric Photometry (I.A.P.P.P) If you want
to do some science!
International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA) THE place for
up-to-the-minute occultation predictions
I.S.N.
- International Supernovae Network
A great place to check
if you think you've imaged a Supernova
List of Recent Supernova
As it says, this site list
'recent' supernova and where they occurred
Messier
and NGC Images Useful new (June
2003) page to compare DSS images
at different focal lengths and CCD chips
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
(NED) Great
place
to search for information about, in and around objects
NGC
/ IC Project Wealth of information, corrections, insights and
descriptions about the two classic catalogs
Planetary
Nebulae Observer's Home Page
Images, data, challenges
and more for Planetary Nebulae
QCUIAG -
Astronomical Imaging
SEDs The complete
NGC/IC catalog from the NGC 2000.0 (Roger Sinnott) with images
available
SkyView POSS images,
many advanced ways of downloading the digital sky
StarLight
Xpress Image Gallery
A selection of images taken
with the Starlight Xpress CCD camera
Sloan Digital Sky Survery Release 1 The latest and perhaps biggest sky survey yet.
STSci Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) 10X compression
images of POSS First & Second Generation surveys (South too!)
The Globular Cluster Page
As it says, information,
lists, etc. on Globular Clusters
The
National Deep Sky Observers Society
Dedicated to serving the needs
of the amateur deep sky observer
Webb Society Amateur visual observations of all kinds
of deep sky objects
Amateur Astrophotographers
Jeff
Ball - CCD and Color film images with a refractor
Steve Bell - CCD images
with a reflector
Matt
BenDaniel - Color film images with
a refractor
John Blackwell - CCD images with refractors
Stefan Beck - Color
film and Tech Pan images with a reflector and a Schmidt camera
Shekhar Borde - Color
film images with a reflector
John Boudreau - CCD
and Color film images with a refractor and an SCT
David Boyle - CCD and Color film images with a refractor and
an SCT
Michael Breite - CCD
and Color film images with an SCT and a Hypergraph-Cassegrain
Steve
Cannistra - Color film images and Canon 10D digital camera
images with a refractor
Alan
Chen - CCD images with a refractors
and a SCT
David A Churchill
- Color film images with refractors and a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain
Antonio Cidadao - CCD
imaging, webcam and an SCT
Michael Cole - CCD
and Color film images with a refractor and an SCT
Chris Cook - Color
film images with a refractor
Richard Crisp - CCD
images (narrow band) with refractors and SCT's
Russ
Dickman - Color film images with a refractor
Bob and Janice Fera - Color film images with
an SCT
James R Foster - CCD
images with a Classical Cassegrain
Michael
Gartland - CCD and Color film images
with a refractor
Robert
Gendler - CCD
images with a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain and refractors
David Gimenez - Tech
Pan images with a refractor and an SCT
John
Gleason - CCD and Color film images
with a variety of instruments
Ray Gralak - CCD images
with a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain and refractors
George Greaney - Color
Film images with a refractor, Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain and
an SCT
John Gretchen - CCD
images with a reflector
Piermario Gualdoni
- Color film images with a refractor
P-M
Heden - Color film images with an SCT
Andy Homeyer - Color
film images with a refractor
Allen Hwang - Color
film images with a refractor
James
Janusz - Color film and Tech Pan images with a refractor
Steven Juchnowski
- CCD images with an SCT (from 'down under')
Preston 'Scott' Justis - Tech Pan film images (some color collaborations)
with a reflector
Paul
Kanevsky - CCD images with a refractor and and SCT
Bert Katzung - Color
film and CCD images with a refractor, a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain
and an SCT
Philipp
Keller - CCD images with a (large)
reflector
Kent Kirkley - Tech Pan images with a Schmidt camera
Yuuji Kitahara - Color film images with a reflector
Dave Kodama - Color
film images with a refractor
Jon Kolb - Color film
images with a reflector (Hyperbolic Astrograph)
Walter Koprolin - Color film images with a refractor and an SCT
Rick
Krejci - CCD
images with a refractor and a reflector
Jason
Lewis - Color film images with a SCT
Thierry Legault -
CCD images with an SCT (and other compound systems)
Steve Lindsay - Color
film images with a telephoto and an SCT
Jerry Lodriguss -
Color film images with a refractor
Marco Lorenzi - Color
film images with a reflector
Brian Lula - CCD images with a reflector
Jeff MacQuarrie - CCD images with a reflector
Steve Mandel - CCD
and Color film images with a variety of instruments
Tom
Matheson - Color
film images with a refractor
John
A McCubbin - CCD images with a refractor
and a reflector
William McLaughlin
- CCD images with a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain and a refractor
Axel Mellinger - Color film images with telephoto lenses (panoramas)
and a reflector
Dave Messier - Color film images with a refractor and an SCT
Bobby Middleton - Color film + Tech Pan (LRGB) images with a reflector
John
Mirtle - Tech Pan and Tri-Color
images with a reflector and a Schmidt camera
Jim
Moody - CCD images
with an SCT
Herm
Perez - Color film images with a reflecter
Philip Perkins - Color
film and CCD images with a refractor, a SCT and a Ritchey-Chretien
Cassegrain
Tony Pilato - Color
film images with an SCT
Tom Polakis - CCD
images with a reflector
Jay Potts - CCD images
with a refractor and SCT's
Wolfgang
Promper - CCD images with a SCT
Robert Provin and Brad Wallis -
CCD, Color film, black & white Tech Pan and Tech Pan Tri-Color
images with refractors and a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain
Glenn
Ray - Color film images with an SCT
Robert Reeves - Color
film and Tech Pan images with a Schmidt camera
Mike Regish - Color
film images with an SCT
Daniel Reyna - Color
film images with a refractor and an SCT
Michael Richmann - CCD and Color film images with a Ritchey-Chretien
Cassegrain and an SCT
Richard Robinson -
CCD images with an SCT
Dave Rowe - Color film images with a Slevogt concentric Schmidt
Cassegrain
Matthew T Russell
- CCD images with a refractor and an SCT
Benoit
Schillings - CCD images taken with a variety of compound instruments
Doug Schmutz - Color
film images with a refractor, an SCT and a Schmidt camera
Chris Schur - CCD and Color film images with a reflector and
a Schmidt camera
Randy
Smith - (under construction) CCD
and Color film images with a reflector
Michael Stecker - Color film images with a refractor and an SCT
Gary Stevens - CCD images with a refractor and an SCT
Michelle Stone - CCD
images with an SCT
Shoji Suzuki - CCD
images with refractor, a reflector and an SCT
Loke
Kun Tan - CCD and Tech Pan Tri-Color
images with a refractor, a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain and a Schmidt
camera
Jim Thommes -
Unconventional Webcam
Scott Tucker - Color
film images with a refractor
Ian Turner - CCD images with a refractor and a Ritchey-Chretien
Cassegrain
Dan Thurs - CCD images
with an SCT
Wei-Hao
Wang - Color film images with a refractor and wide-field film
mosaics
Abel
van Weerd - CCD images with an SCT
Chuck Vaughn - Tech
Pan and Tech Pan Tri-Color with a refractor and a Ritchey-Chretien
Cassegrain
Brad Wallis - CCD and Tech Pan Tri-Color
images with refractors and a Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain
Manfred
Wasshuber - Color film images with
a variety of reflectors
Volker Wendel - CCD
and Color Film images with reflectors and refractors
Rod Wodaski - CCD images with refractors
Alfredo Zanazzo -
Color film and Tech Pan images with a Consentric Schmidt Cassegrain
Magazines
Amateur Astronomy Magazine
The Astrograph
Astronomy Magazine
Sky & Telescope Magazine
Astronomy Throughout the Net
- Free monthly E-Zine with
current Astronomy news
Universe
Today - Space news from around the Internet, updated every
weekday
All the Rest
Astronomical
League The World's Largest Federation of Amateur Astronomers
Astro
Links This
is a page devoted entirely to astronomical related links (over
280)
AstroCam This
is a page devoted entirely using webcams
Astro Photography Mailing List
(APML) Archives Threads from
the Astro Photography Mailing List (by month)
Austin Astronomical Society - A
Texas Astronomy Society
Cloudy Nights- An astronomy
equipment review site
Copper Breaks Star Walk Monthly Star Party at Copper Breaks State
Park, in West Texas
Eagle Geocoding
Determine your
Longitude/Latitude
- input an address to get your Longitude / Latitude
HomePhotography.net
Amateur Photographers Gallery - Share
your pictures with the world
International
Dark-Sky Association (IDA) Because all deep-sky astrophotographers
need a dark sky site
Jeff Bondono's Home Page Many links,
advice and software
John
Walker An amazing amount
of useful software
McDonald Observatory
mySky
Online Archived images
from alt.binaries.pictures.astro newsgroup. All kinds of interesting
images
Sky Transparency Map for North American Sky transparency
forecast from
Environment Canada
SCT Advice - Advice for
Beginners on SCT Telescopes
South Plains Astronomy Club
Space
Archive Interesting
'sky' events for So Cal, including upcoming Vandenberg AFB launch
events, maintained by Brian Webb
Telescope Review - A website
dedicated to reviweing telescopes.
The
Clear Sky Clock(s) A weather
forecasting site
Vendors
Astromart You can sell and
trade astronomical equipment
Astronomics - Everything
you could want
Astronomy Mall Astronomical
equipment and vendors
Astro-Physics,
Inc High
quality refractive optics, mounts and accessories
Bill and Sally Fletcher
High resolution Tri-Color
Astrophotography, Constellation portraits; also sell astronomical
books and supplies
Celestron -
Telescope Vendor
Ideal
Imaging.com Scan your
35mm negatives or slides at up to 4000dpi. Special scanning attention
paid to astro images
Jack
Newton Florida Bed & Breakfast, plus imaging with a
world renowned astroimager
Jack Schmidling Amateur astroimager and astronomical accessories
Jason Ware Wide and
Narrow-Field Color Astrophotography
with Meade instruments
Megastar Sky Atlas My favorite
charting program, current release is verion 5, indispensable!
New Mexico
Skies "A
Guest Observatory for the Sophisticated Amateur Astronomer"
The Observatory , Inc A Dallas, Texas Astronomical Store
Tony and Daphne Hallas
Incredible Film and Digital
imaging; custom film photo /digital services
Wally
Pacholka Award Winning Comet & Meteor Astro Photos for
sale