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Table of Contents

Astro Imaging
Amateur Telescope Making
Beginners
Comets and Meteor Showers
Commercial Products and Services
Constellations & Stars
Hubble Space Telescope
Individual Amateurs
Miscellaneous
NASA /JPL
Neighboring Societies
Observing
Organizations
Publications
Satellite Tracking
Space Exploration
Telescopes
Weather
News Groups
 
 

Astro Imaging

Dennis Oblander's NiteLite Astrophotography
Robert Reeves Astrophotography
David Malin's Images
Films Compared for Astronomy
kitahara PhotoGallery
Supercircuits Inc.
Page d'accueil
ASTROCRUISE - Astrophotography by Philip Perkins
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Astro Images: Page 1 of 5
Chris Vedeler's Astrophotography Gallery
SAP - Observatoire de Jolimont - Travaux sur la Lune
Mike Regish's Astrophotography Page
The Dr. Richard Feynman Observatory
Focusing Tips
Astronomical Images - Deep Sky Astrophotography
David Hanon's Home Page
Bill Keel's GIF Images
University of Alabama gif images
Galaxy Photography
Mobile Astronomical Society Astrophotos
Dr. Michael A. Covington
The Puckett Observatory
A.A.O. IMAGES
Palomar Digitized Sky Survey
KODAK: Search for "grain+index"
MAXXs' Astrophotography
Chuck's Astrophotography

Amateur Telescope Making

Herbach and Rademan - Surplus Electro-mechanical & Scientific Equipment
Dobsonian Telescope Plans
Mel Bartels' Home Page
The ATM Page

Beginners

          Absolute beginners astronomy and telescopes

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteor Showers

        Orbit (shows 3-D orbits) !!!
        Comet Orbital Element Updates  (Copy the latest elements directly into most of the popular planetarium programs)
Leonids
Comet Information and the ICQ
Wetumpka Impact Structure (Meteor Crater)
Comet guy
Comet Hale-Bopp Visible From Northern Hemisphere in Fall of 1997
Ulysses Comet Watch Main Page
Comets and Meteor Showers

Commercial Products and Services

        Parfocalizing Eyepiece Rings
        Ken Dauzat's "Rings & Things"
        Jim Kendrick Studios
        Scope Tronix
          StarMaster Portable Telescopes, Home Page
Rex's Astro Stuff
Commercial links
Celestron International - Home Page
Welcome to Jack Schmidling Productions, Inc.
WillMan-Bell,Inc
The Barnes and Nobel Astronomy Bookshop
The Stars : A New Way to See Them
ASTROMART - The Global Astronomy Marketplace
Orion Telescopes
University Optics

Meade Telescopes

Meade Main Index - Meade Instruments Corporation
Meade Catadioptric Telescopes
Weasner's Meade ETX Page

Software

    Astronomy Shareware & Freeware
Cartes du Ciel (Excellent Freeware)
Planetarium Software
Digital Light & Color Home Page
Welcome to Software Bisque
MegaStar Sky Atlas
The Home Page of "The Earth Centered Universe" Astronomy Program

Constellations & Stars

        Constellations
         Star Name Pronunciation Guide  (Real Audio)
SkyEye - (Un)Common Star Names
Stars and Constellations
Star Names
STAR MYTHS
 Astronomical Pronunciation Guide - I
 Astronomical Pronunciation Guide - II
Constellation families
Naming Stars

HST

HST Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Gallery
Latest HST Pictures

Individual Amateurs

        Scott Thompson's Astronomy Page
Robert Rock's Astronomy
Joe Rao's Homepage
GSU Astronomy Home Page
Todd Gross' Weather/Astronomy Page

Miscellaneous

        Amateur Observatories
        Denver Observer's Seat Plans
        Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial
        Solar System Simulator
Walk the Solar System
The Nine Planets
Astronomical Poetry
Astro Poetry
Space Stamps
Amateur Observatories
The Starpages
Physics News Update Home Page
Sea and Sky: The Sky
Earth & Sky Online
CNN - Science - Technology
StarDate - Miscellanous Information about stars, etc
SKY Online - Your Astronomy Source on the World Wide Web
Dr. Odenwald's ASK THE ASTRONOMER
Astronomy HyperText Book
Amateur Radio Astronomy (W6/PA0ZN )
Chris Randall's Astronomical Observations Index Page
The Interactive NGC Catalog Online
View from Satellite
Index of /GreekScience/Students/Kristen
Center for Backyard Astrophysics
AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
STAR HUSTLER HOME PAGE
Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use - Contents
Bad Astronomy
Bill Arnett's WWW Documents
CDS, Strasbourg
Earth and Moon Viewer
Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography
Exploratorium: ExploraNet
Messier Animations
SEDS Internet Space Warehouse
SEDS Messier Database
Sunrise/Sunset computation
The Web Nebulae
Yahoo! - Science:Astronomy

NASA /JPL

Astronomical Data Center Home Page
NASA/Marshall Astronomy Headlines
NASA/Marshall Astronomy Headline: GRB Optical Counterpart
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Shuttle Launch Countdown Home Page
The NASA Homepage
Welcome to SkyView

Neighboring Societies

Alabama

Birmingham Astronomical Society Home Page
Mobile Astronomical Society
Von Braun Astronomical Society

Florida

Escambia Amateur Astronomer's Home Page
HR SUITER, ASTRONOMY, BAY COUNTY, FL
Alachua Astronomy Club
Central Florida Astronomical Society
NorthEast Florida Astronomical Society
Southern Cross Astronomical Society
Tallahassee Astronomical Society

Georgia

Atlanta Astronomy
Coca-Cola Space Science Center
Flint River Astronomy Club

 

Louisiana

The Pontchartrain Astronomy Society
Baton Rouge Astronomical Society
Shreveport-Bossier Astronomical Society, Inc. - Opening Web Page

Mississippi

Jackson (MS) Astronomical Association
Rainwater Observatory

Observing

          The Inconstant Moon
          The Sun in Motion
          The Shallow Sky
Dan's Astronomy Software (Free)
 Adventures in Deep Space
Terry's Hunt of the Month
List of Recent Supernovae
Seeing
Moonphases Calendar
12 Month tour of the Messier Objects
The Messier Objects
Planetary Nebula Sampler
Bruce Balick's Planetaries
Journal of Double Star Observers

Organizations

        The International Supernova Network
AAVSO The American Association of Variable Star Observers
ALPO The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers
American Astronomical Society Home Page (The Other AAS)
American Meteor Society
CBAT Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
The International Astronomical Union
International Dark-Sky Association
IMO International Meteor Organization
IOTA The International Occulatation Timing Association
IOTA Asteroid Occultations
IAU: Minor Planet Center
American Association of Amateur Astronomers
The Astronomical League
Astronomical League Sales
South East Region of the Astronomical League (SERAL)
The Planetary Society

Planetaria

TSUM: W.A. Gayle Planetarium
CCSSC Home Page with Counter
Fernbank Science Center

Publications

        SKY Online - Home Page
ASTRONOMY Magazine
Amateur Astronomy Magazine
Nature - International weekly journal of science
The Astrophysical Journal
Space Watch

Satellite Tracking

Heavens Above (Auburn AL)
Heavens Above, Cliff Hill's Farm (Little Texas AL)
Heavens Above (Montgomery AL)
Heavens Above (West Point GA)
Heavens Above (Anywhere)
NASA Real Time Tracking
SatPasses - Satellite Passes Over North American Cities
Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page (US)
Iridium Flares
CelesTrak WWW
Satellites
Space Exploration

         The Universe Today  Space News

        Near Earth Asteroid Rednezvous
        CNN - Destination Mars - 1997
          Mars Exploration Society

         SETI@home
         Mars Pathfinder - Welcome to Mars!
         Mars Pathfinder Mission
         Space News

Telescopes

        Scopulator  Telescope & Eyepiece Calculator
        Polar Alignment: Clay's Kochab Clock
        Telescope Review Web Site
        Cloudy Night Telescope Reviews
        The Antique Telescope Society
        SCT Accessorie Mount
        How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope
        Doc G's (miscellaneous telescope) Info Site
        Criterion DynaScope (RV-6)
        sci.astro.amateur Telescope Buying FAQ
        Focusing Tips
        The G-11 Tuning Page
        C-11 Disassembly (Laughton)
        C-11 Disassembly II (Ritter)
        Collimating Your SCT I
        Collimating Your SCT II
        Collimating Your SCT III
        Collimating Your SCT IV
        Collimating Your Newtonian

        Eric Greene's C-8 Page
        Schmidt-Cassegrain Mirror Stablizer

        Dew Prevention on SCT's
 
 
 Weather
        NOAA
          Clear Sky Clock - Auburn/Opelika
          Clear Sky Clock - Montgomery
          Jet Stream Map
        Starcast
          Water Vapor Loop (USA)
INTELLICAST: Southeast U.S. Radar
NASA/MSFC GHCC - Interactive Infrared Satellite Data Selector
The Weather Channel
TV 8 Weather Center
Weather Underground, Inc.: Montgomery, Alabama Forecast

Newsgroups & Mail Lists

        Astronomy Club Officers Mail List
        ASTRO Mail List
        sct-user home page
Sci.Astro.Amateur
AIP Physics News Update Search Page