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| Solar System | Nebulae | Galaxies | Stars and Clusters | Equipment | Links Last edited - 26 September 2002 |
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| Amateur Telescope Making Sites | |
| Stephen Tonkin's site | Good ATM site with some project descriptions. |
| Chris Heapy's site | Online 'For Sale' and 'Wanted' astro ads and engineering site. |
| Astro-gadgets | I wish I had this guy's engineering skills ! Good home-made gizmo site. |
| Doug Miller's ATM site | Optical Design for Amateur Telescope Makers. |
| Mini Dome | Site about a homebuilt miniature observing dome. |
| Eyepiece Ideas | Want to try making your own eyepieces ? |
| Truss Tube Dobsonian | Instructions and plans for a simple 8"f/6 or 10"f/4.5 wood truss-tube telescope. |
| ATMOS | Amateur Telescope Maker Optical design and analysis Software. |
Hardware and Software |
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| Jim's Astro | Friendly advice and quality products from Jim's (UK) Astronomy store. |
| Starlight xpress CCD's | The main UK manufacturer of quality CCD cameras in the UK by Terry Platt. |
| LX200 Satellite Tracking | Software page for LX200 satellite tracking. |
| Skymap Pro website | Chris Marriott's SkyMap Pro planetarium software site. |
| Freeware Software | Astronomy Freeware and Shareware software site. |
| Software Bisque | Developers of 'The Sky' astronomy software. |
| Starry Night Pro | The worlds leading astronomy software apparently. |
| Meade homepage | Manufacturer website. |
| Celestron homepage | Manufacturer website. |
| Orion Telescopes website | Manufacturer website. |
| Kendrick Astro Kit | Manufacturer of the Famous Dew Remover System. |
| Club and Society websites | |
| Castle Point Astro Club | C.P.A.C. homepage. Probably the best astro club in the world ! |
| North Essex Astro Society | Based in Braintree and meet at the Witham Telephone exchange. |
| Loughton Astro Society | Astronomical Society in Loughton (Essex). |
| Havering Astro Society | Astronomical Society in Upminster (Essex). |
| Thurrock Astro Society | The Thurrock Astronomy Society is situated near Grays and Tilbury, Essex. |
| BAA | British Astronomical Association website. |
| FAS | The Federation of Astronomical Societies website. |
| SPA | The Society for Popular Astronomy |
Other Astro Image sites |
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| Nik Szymanek's CCD site | Here you will find details of Nik and Ian's activities in CCD astro imaging. |
| Florent's CCD Images | CCD images using a Starlight Xpress MX5C and 8" LX200 in AltAz mode. |
| Thomas Rasel's CCD page | CCD images using a Starlight Xpress MX5C and 8 inch Maksutov. |
| Hubble Heritage Photos | Hubble telescope image gallery. Free high resolution photos. |
| Larks CCD Images | Images using the HX5 CCD camera from Starlight xpress. |
| Dave's CCD Astro page | CCD Astronomy by Dave Rose using an SBIG ST7 camera. |
| Chris's CCD Astro page | Excellent CCD images taken using an MX5C and Quickcam cameras. |
| Dave Smith's Astro Page | Fellow club member Dave Smith's digital camera images + Vixen VC200L. |
| Rob's Astro Page | CCD images taken using an MX5C and Celestron C8 scope. |
| Other Astronomy related websites | |
| MAPUG user group | Resource website for the Meade LX200, LX50, Starfinder, & ETX . |
| CfDS | The Campaign for Dark Skies website. |
| IDA | International Dark Sky Association website. |
| Heavens Above | Online program that shows the tracks of satellites from your location. |
| The Webb Society | Society to encourage amateur observations of double stars & deepsky objects |
| Astronomy Now Online | UK Astronomy magazine website. |
| Electronics related websites | |
| TD Model electronics | Manufacturer of electronic "Gizmo's" for radio controlled Models. |
| Maplin Components | Online electronics component catalogue. |
| Radio Spares (RS) | Online electronics component catalogue. Now open to Joe Public !!! |
| CXI Schematics | Excellent list of schematics for building all sorts of electronic projects. |
| Non - Related websites | |
| Masher.co.uk | Very funny joke website written by a good friend of mine. |
