| Orion Telescopes |
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great values in good quality telescopes and binoculars. Orion
makes reasonably priced instruments for the everyday astronomer. |
| Meade Corporation |
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good mounts for the money. Meade mounts have very good pointing
accuracy, they can be autoguided very easily, track as well as any
other "amateur level" mount and cost less than most others.... need I
say more? |
| SBIG |
- Santa Barbara Instruments Group. Probably the best CCDs available to the average astronomer. |
| Diffraction Limited |
- makers of MaximDL™ and other astronomical software. One the best imaging and CCD control programs available. |
| Carina Software |
- Voyager 4 is a great planetarium software for Macs. |
| Microprojects |
- wonderful astronomy programs for Macs. Equinox image is a mac specific imaging and control software for SBIG cameras. |
| AquilaDigital |
- makers of ScopeDriver and great astronomy software for both Macs and PCs. |
| time.gov |
-java based official time web page. Accurate to within 0.3 seconds |
| CoRD |
- Mac OS X remote desktop client to remotely control a PC from a Mac. |
| SIMBAD |
- Astronmical database with about everything you would ever want to know about a star, or just about anything else in the sky. |
| Spectroscopy & More |
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Chritian Buil is probably considered one of the top spectroscopy
experts in the world. Much more here besides spectroscopy. |
| CBA |
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Center for Backyard Astrophysics. Great site if you are
interested in variable star studies, especially short period variables
such as cataclysmic variable stars. |
| AAVSO |
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American Assosication of Variable Star Observers. The
quintessential orgainization and site for those interested in variable
stars. Usually long period variables - but not always. |
| NCKAS |
- Amatuer astronomy group based in Manhattan. Great group and very active in visual observing. |
| New Mexico Skies |
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One of the best dark sky guest observatories in the country. The
skies there are phenomenal and the equipment is first rate. This
is the best place to take an astronomy vacation... great lodgings also. |
