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The Obligatory Links Page

Here they are - You know every website has to have a list, so here's my motley collection of miscellaneous links. As usual, if there are any dead or wrong links here, please let me know. Contact info is at the top left of the page.

Astronomical

Astronomy Clubs

Ft. Bend Astronomy Club
Jackson Astronomical Association
Pontchartrain Astronomy Society
Shreveport Astronomical Society
Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas
The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society

EQ Platforms (identified by builder's names)

Andre Heijkoop
Art DeBrito
Bill Mitchell
Chuck Shaw - Download the article and read it!
Dave Molyneaux
David Shouldice
Don Odegard
Glenn Schaeffer
Guy Walton
Jan Van Gastel
Kurt Maurer
John Reagan
Nils Olof Carlin's stepper motor circuit
Reiner Vogel
Tom Hole
EQ Platforms WebRing

Catalogs and Data

A General Catalogue of Herbig-Haro Objects
Abell Planetary Nebulae
Bill Ferris' GC visual magnitudes
Galactic Supernova Remnants (SNRs)
Interface to the McMaster GC Catalogue
Messier
NGC - IC Project
PK Catalog
The Interactive NGC Catalog Online
The Palomar Globulars
ADC for Amateur Astronomers
Aladin Interactive Sky Atlas
Astrographic Catalogue and AC 2000
Astronomical Data Sources
CfA Planetary Sciences Division
ESO and Space Telescope Science Archive Facilities
GIS And Base Map Data For The U.S
Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
NASA - IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
Orbital Elements for Software Packages
Orbital Elements Comets
Recommended Star Catalogs
SIMBAD Astronomical Database
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Astronomer's Telegram
The ATM Page

General websites

Deep-Sky.Org
ICSTARS Astronomy
Messier45.com
Night Sky Observer
Stargazing Network
The Web Nebulae

Imagery

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Catching the Light (Jerry Lodriguss)
Robert Gendler Astrophotography

Lunar

Lunar and Planetary Institute
Lunar Republic
Selenographia - The Inconstant Moon Atlas

Miscellaneous

Space Weather Bureau

Observatories

Amateur Observatories
Big Cigar Astronomy
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Panther Observatory
Rainwater Observatory
The United States Naval Observatory
The Warren Rupp Observatory
Waning Moon Observatory (Jack Huerkamp, LOTS of TeleKit photos)

Observing Information

Ben Sugerman's Visual Limiting Magnitude Calculator
Larry Bogan's Limiting Magnitude Calcalculator
Limiting magnitude (SEDS)
Scopulator
Challenging Observing Projects for Amateur Astronomers
Comets Currently Visible
Doug Snyder's Planetary Nebulae Homepage
ICPLANETARIES
Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog
Observing the Sky

Organizations

British Astronomical Association
International Darksky Association (IDA)
The Astronomical League
The Webb Society

General and Personal Websites

AstroDesigns
Astronomy Boy
Greg Konkel
Horizontal Mike
Nils Olof Carlin
Pete Lawrence
Rod Mollise's Skywatch! (tell Uncle Rod I sentcha...)
S4 - Chuck Shaw
Schurs Astrophotography
Thierry Lombry's Luxorion

Publications

Amateur Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Now
The Astronomer Magazine

Reviews

Cloudy Nights
Ed Ting's Scope Reviews

Shoppers

astro!nfo Pinboard
Astrofieds
AstroMart
Astronomy Buy & Sell
Astronomy Mall
AstronomyNet
Internet Telescope Exchange
TeleTrade

Star Parties

Deep South Regional Star Gaze
Deep South Texas Stargaze
Kielder Forest Star Camp
Kisatchie Star Party
Mid-South Star Gaze
Starfest
Texas Star Party

Accessories & components

Astrobuffet Products
Astrosystems
David Chandler Company
FocusKnobs
Hutech Astronomical Products
Ideal Astronomy
Ken Dauzat's Rings and Telescope Accessories
Lumicon
Meridian Telescopes
MoonLite Telescope Accessories
Optical Components, Inc.
ProtoStar Astronomy Products
Robin Casady
ScopeStuff
ScopeTronix Astronomy Products
Sky Commander
The Insulated Dewshield Homepage
Venturescope (UK)

Books & publications

Covington Innovations
Willmann-Bell

Coating

Focal Point
QSP Optical Technology, Inc.
Spectrum Coatings

Miscellaneous

AstroPro
Austin Astronomy and Science
Green Witch Astronomy Centre
Idealastronomy.com
Schott Glass Technologies Inc.
Stellar Products
Surplus Shed
The Beer Chair

Mounts & Drives

Round Table Platforms Brian Reed's affordable and nice platforms
CelesTrak
Equatorial Platforms Tom O's masterpieces
Pier-Tech
Tech2000 (DobDriver II)

Observatories

Backyard Observatories
Moonshine Domes
SkyShed Observatories
The SkyShed

Optics

A. Jaegers, Jr. Optics, Inc.
D & G Optical
Galaxy Optics
Kennedy Optics
Lightholder Optics
Mike Spooner
NOVA Optical Systems
Optical Components, Inc.
Optical Mechanics
Pegasus Optics
QED Technologies
R.F. Royce POC
Sirius Optics
Swayze Optical

Retailers & discounters

Analytical Scientific, Ltd.
APM Information System
Astronomics
Hands on Optics
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
Rother Valley Optics
Telescopes Direct

Software

DeepSky 2000
GrayStel Software Ltd.
Guide
MegaStar
Rainman Software
Skyhound SkyTools2
SkyMap Software
XEphem The Astronomy Software for UNIX and Linux
Astronomy Freeware and Shareware
Astronomy Programs
AstroTips - Astronomy Freeware and Shareware
AstroTips
Dan's Astronomy Software Collection
Manfred Dings Astronomical Freeware
MS-DOS en Windows Astronomie Software Archive
Old astronomy software
Only Freeware (astronomy)
SEDS software listing

Miscellaneous

Aberrator
AstroPlanner
Fourmilab
Moon Calc
Planetarium Software (Bill Arnett)
SatEvo
Sky Charts (Cartes du Ciel)
Sky View Cafe Astronomy - Star Charts and Ephemeris
The Hitchhiker Homepage
Virtual Atlas of the Moon

Telescopes

Apogee Inc.
Astro-Physics
Bray Imaging
Celestron
Guan Sheng Optical Co.
Jim's Mobile, Inc. (JMI)
Meade
Pulsar Optical
Starmaster Portable Telescopes
Tele Vue Optics

Topo - aerial

JSC orbital photographs
TerraServer Aerial photos
TopoZone

Home & hardware

Electronic Surplus Inc.
Hoover Fence
Hurst Manufacturing
Laptops for less (power adapters)
Lile Engineering
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
OnlineMetals
Reid Tool Supply
Sloan's Woodshop The Scroll Saw Store (red acrylic!)
SmallParts.com
TAP Plastics

Weather and Observing Conditions

Astro-Weather-Meteo
DarkSky
StarCast Weather
Space Weather Bureau
Dark Sky Site Directory
Clear Sky Clocks home
Astro-Weather-Meteo
CRWS Jet Stream Map Menu
NOAA National Weather Service
Weather Underground

Miscellaneous

American Science & Surplus

GPS

Dale DePriest's website (includes an excellent Garmin manual)
Geocaching.com YOU are the search engine!
Garmin
gpsinformation.net Look here FIRST
Thot's Geochaching Index
Geocaching University
GPS Trackmaker
TopoGrafix
TopoFusion
Fugawi
Maps-GPS-Info.com
Dan's GPS and Map Potpourri
EveryTrail
Travel by GPS

Other Software

ConTEXT - Programmers Editor
PSPad text editor
Backup4all
Jasc Software
UltraEdit (IDM)
HTML-Kit
ZTree
Freeware Home
NEdit
Pegasus Mail
Source Edit
The VIM Home Page
ZipCentral
FireFox web browser
Opera web browser