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sci.astro.amateur - Highly useful newsgroup for amateur astronomy. If you don't have usenet access, try Deja to read news on the web. |
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Orion - Lots of telescopes and goodies... buy online |
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Celestron - Good info, but no direct sales |
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Meade - Good info, but also no direct sales |
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Discovery - Buy directly from manufacturer... good prices on dobs |
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Starsplitter - Very nice dobs... the day I get a house with a better view of the sky I'm buying one of these. :) |
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Obsession - Really BIG scopes.... |
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Starmaster - Another maker of high quality large dobs. |
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Tele Vue - Very nice refractors... equally well known for their line of eyepieces. |
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Astro-Physics - High end refractors, and a loooooooong waiting list. |
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Astronomy Mall and Astromart have lists of equipment dealers, as well as classifieds for used stuff. |
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Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird- Good site with a wide selection of stuff to buy... I've had very good customer service from them. |
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Eagle Optics- Also a good site, no problems ordering... |
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Adorama Camera - Good selection and good prices |
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University Optics - Their orthoscopic eyepieces are reasonably priced, and seem to be well regarded. |
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Scopestuff - Small but highly useful selection of trinkets... filter cases, thumbscrews, etc. |
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Equatorial Platforms - Very pretty, and reputedly very well constructed equatorial platforms for dobs. Alas, a platform from these guys would cost twice as much as my scope. :P |
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"Johnsonian" Platforms - Another maker of equatorial platforms... I haven't seen as much discussion on these as on the platforms from the first manufacturer mentioned here, but they look pretty good and are fairly reasonably priced. If I cave in and order one, I'll post more info. |
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Steven Mogg's webcam adaptors - Mr. Mogg makes a variety of adapters useful for doing webcam astrophotography. |
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Scopetronix - A variety of telescope stuff, including adapters to allow afocal astrophotography with a regular digital camera. |
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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Pretty pictures, and excellent taste... They linked to my Just So Stories page on July 20, 2001. :) |
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Impressions of the Deep Sky - Pretty drawings |
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SEDS: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - Lots of good info... Messier, NGC databases etc. |
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Heavens-Above - Find out when a satellite will be overhead... ISS, the space shuttle, Iridium Flares, etc. |
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Sky & Telescope - Spiffy... Skymaps for each month, and a sampler of good objects to looks at. Somewhat more technical than Astronomy |
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Astronomy - Also has nice maps for each month... I think I like the layout of S&T better, but this is pretty good too. |
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Cosmic Voyage - Lots of good basic information, nice layout |
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A Telescope for under $500 - The very first telescope site I came across... good starting point with basic information |
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Mel Bartels' Homepage - All sorts of good "how to" stuff... collimation, motorize your scope, etc. |
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QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group - Lots of info on webcam astrophotography... |
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AstroCam - webcam astrophotography, many pictures. |
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Cylindrical Bearing Equatorial Platform - Warren Peter's page on equatorial platforms. Lots of pictures and specific information on how to construct the platform. |
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ATM of Boston - Good info, I think this is the largest group in my area |
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International Dark Sky Association - Dedicated to promoting good lighting practices and reducing the spread of light pollution. |
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SkyMap Pro - Runs on Win 95/98/00, very good user interface, can print good quality maps. An almost fully functional demo version is available for download. |
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XEphem - Runs under X-Windows (Unix type systems - Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris)... download for free! Also allows you to download various databases and hook into the Hubble Guide Star Catalogue. |
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