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UK Astronomical Equipment Suppliers

Astronomy World Uk Ltd. - Dealers for Meade, Celestron, Intes, Orion, Vixen, Tal, Scopetronix.
AWR Technology - telescope drives.
Beacon Hill - Suppliers of reflectors, own-make refractors, DIY scope parts.
Broadhurst, Clarkson and Fuller (BC&F). - Meade main dealers.
David Hinds. - Celestron main dealers.
Earth and Sky (Fieldview). - Astronomy Books, search online.
Kay Optical. - Large range of binoculars, astro scope dealers.
Monk Optics. - Binoculars.
Nigel Wakefield. - UK telescope builder.
Night Sky. - Meade, Celestron, Starlight Xpress, Optec.
Optical Vision Ltd. - Russian optics, Tal, Helios, Zenith.
Orion Optics (UK). - Manufacturer of Newtonian and Mac-Cass telescopes. Main Vixen dealer.
Pulsar (optical). - Meade, Helios, Orion, Tal.
SCS Astro. - Sells scopes and acessories. Dealer for Intes, Intes-micro and APM.
South West OPTICS. - Orion, Meade dealer. Astro binoculars.
Sherwoods Photo. - Dealer for Televue, Konus and Tal. Miyauchi binoculars. Digital cameras.
Starlight Express. - UK manufacturer of astro CCD cameras.
Stockport Binocular and Telescopes. - Meade, Konus.
True Technology. - Takahashi main dealers.
Venturescope. - Dealers for a variety of scope manufacterers. Losmandy products. Parks telescopes. Fujinon binoculars.
Warehouse Express Ltd. - Helios, Bresser, Meade.

Astronomy Computer Software

SkyShow.com - Satellite tracking software. C-Sat
Cyanogen Productions Inc. - Maxim DL image processing software.
DC3 Dreams Software (ACP). - Astronomer's Control Panel.
Deepsky 2000. - Steve Tuma's observation planning software.
Software Bisque. - The Sky, CCDSoft, T-Point.
Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. - Plug-in TLEs for various planetarium progs.
Image Scientist. - CCD Image processing software.
Planetarium Software List. - Link to Bill Arnett's list of planetarium progs.
SETI@Home. - SETI screen saver program.
Starry Night. - SiennaSoft's Planetarium software.
Nova Astronomics. - Home of Earth Centered Universe (ECU).
SkyMap Pro. - Chris Marriott's SkyMap planetarium program.

CCD and Astrophotography

Anglo-Australian Observatory - Superb deepsky photos, mostly by David Malin.
Al Kelly's CCD Images - Pics plus useful articles.
Amateur Astrophotography and CCD Image Links - collection of links to CCD images and astrophotos.
Lunar and Planetary Images - Hi-res CCD images by Antonio Cidadao.
Astrocruise - Great astrophotos and descriptive articles by Philip Perkins.
Astrophotography with small telescopes - Stephan Beck's homepages.
Chuck's Astrophotography - Chuck Vaughn's astrophotography.
Comet Hale-Bopp images - The great comet of 1995, over 5,100 images.
Michael Covington's Home Page - Author of 'Astrophotography for the amateur'.
Galaxy Photography - Jason Ware's astrophotogaphy homepages.
High-Resolution CCD Imaging - Great Lunar and Planetary images by Thierry LEGAULT.
Hitchhiker's Moon Links - Links to many Lunar imaging sites.
Exploring the Night Sky - Dennis Luse, LX200/ST7 CCD images.
Giorgio Mengoli's CCD images - Hi-res Lunar and Planetary images.
Poyet's Celestial HyperBook - Indexed moon images.
The 'MoonLight' Lunar Atlas - an interactive Atlas of the Moon, images taken with web-cam.
Hi-Resolution Lunar images - Gérard THERIN's excellent images.

Societies and Organisations

Society for Popular Astronomy - Homepage for SPA.
The Astronomer Online - Home page of The Astronomer group, a UK organisation.

Magazines and News

ASTRONOMY magazine - Homepage for the mag.
Astronomy Now Online - Homepage for the UK magazime Astronomy Now.
Regulus! - The astronomy newsletter.
SCT User - Rod Mollise's SCT User Mailing List homepage.
Sky & Telescope - S&T's homepage.

ATM Links

$300 Home Dome Chris Lenaghen's 300& Home Dome for an observatory.
DAN'S "CANNED MOUSE" PAGE Dan Stixrud's home-made encoders.
Doc G's Info Site Dr. R Greiner's hompage, lots of articles on the LX200 and more.
Building plans for the Etscorn Campus Observatory Worth a look for the design.
The G11 Tuning Page Tips for improving Losmandy's classic GEM mount.
The Infinity or Reflex Sight Graham Wood's DIY telescope pointing device (Telrad type).
UK ATM Resources Stephen Tonkin's ATM section of his website.
12-18V Converter Schematic and instructions for making a voltage converter.
A Quartz Controlled Scotch Mount Schematic and instructions by Ray Grover. Uses a stepper motor
The Cookbook CCD Camera Richard Berry's home page devoted to constructing this popular DIY CCD camera.
Bruce Sayre's ATM page Various Dob's including a wonderful 12.5" binocular!

Science and Space

Hubble Images

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