Astronomy and Space Links

Astronomy Clubs in New England and elsewhere

• Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston - Mailing lists: discuss - announce - newsletter - club
• North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club
• Rockland Astronomy Club
• Arkansas Sky Observatory - cleaning, articles (Weasner+)

Astronomy Publications/Magazines/Resources

• Sky and Telescope
• Astronomy
• AstroWeb
• Messier Object Catalog
• TeleVue articles

Astronomy/Space

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Space Telescope Science Institute (Hubble) official page
• Hubble Space Telescope official page
• Links to NGC, other catalogs
• Atomic Time - EST
• AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
• Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
• Cosmic Voyage
• The Nine Planets
• Izzy's Skylog
• Que Tal in the Current Skies
• CCD Imaging and Planetary Observation
• The Cosmic Mirror
• StarLore
• Weasner's Mighty ETX Site
• Arkansas Sky Observatory
• Scopereviews.com
• Excelsis Astronomy Voting/Rating site
• Youth in Astronomy
• The Student Telescope Network
• Silicon Spaceships - explore the universe (UMass Boston)
• Wheaton College Observatory in Norton, MA (public viewing nights)
• Science Buddies Mentoring Project
• Leonids 2001 Gallery
• Leonids forecast
• Leonids 2002 Gallery
• Spaceweather Leonids report
• Spitzer Space Telescope Images
• Logarithmic Maps of the Universe
• Celestia - free real-time space simulation
• SpaceWeather.com
• Eclipse Home Page
• Stellar Ideas: Exploring Students Understanding of Stars
• Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews
• Suburban Astronomy Objects
• Wright Lectures at the MOS
• Todd Gross' Weather and Astronomy Site
• An Atlas of the Universe
• Earth Impact Database
• A Professional Method for Cleaning Optics using Collodion

Astrophotographers' Sites

• Joe Roberts Astrophotography
• Udo Zlender and his observatory
• Matt BenDaniel's Starmatt
• Chris Limbach, National Young Astromer Award
• Gary Stevens' ST8E Images
• Thrush Observatory
• Robert Gendler
• Josch Hambsch
• Jim Misti
• Dean Jacobsen
• Johannes Schedler
• Russell Crowman, Austin, TX - used to use 10" LX200
• Hearst Observatory
• Bill McLaughlin
• Mike Dodd - Observatory
• Gilbert Jones, Three Buttes Observatory

Astrophotography Tips

• Astronomy: taking pictures with a videocamera
• Digital Camera Astrophotography
• Astrophotography Discussion Forums
• Astrophotography
• Sky Guide to Astrophotography
• Article on photo-organizing software, Feb 2003
• Catching the Light - Astrophotography articles and galleries
• Chuck's Astrophotography

Observatories

• Large Binocular Telescope
• Anglo-Australian Observatory
• Giant Magellan Telescope
• 100 Meter OverWhelmingly Large Telescope
• 30 Meter Telescope

Open Observing Nights

• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (3rd Thursday of the month)
• Boston University Astronomy Department (Wed)
• UMass Boston
• Merrimack College (Wed)
• Wheaton College
• Arunah Hill in Cummington, MA
• Clay Center in Brookline, MA
• Whitin Observatory at Wellesley College

Telescope and Accessory Vendors

• Meade
• Adirondack Astronomy - LX200 Mod parts
• Jim's Mobile/JMI Telescopes
• Astronomy Products and Services - Buck's gears and Get a Grip Handles
• Optcorp LX 200 accessories (including 607 power cord w/ description) - free Meade shipping
• Optical Guidance Systems
• RC Optical Systems
• Dew Buster - review
• Astrosystems Dust Covers

Meade 14" LX200 Links

• Shipping/Carrying Case
• Astrocruise - includes LX200 alignment direction
• Dust Cover for LX200s Astro-Engineering (UK)
• Dust Cover for LX200s Metalplaned (Astro-Eng US Price list?)
• Astrosystems Dust Cover for 14" LX200 at Astronomy Products and Services
• Dust Cover for 14" SCT at Anacortes (also has Desert Storm cover)

Projects

• Eyepiece Case at the Telescope Workshop
• Heater Strips
• Dew Shield
• Making a CCD array for a telescope out of a quickcam
• Serial Cable for LX200