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Collimation, Tracking and Testing

Collimation maths. http://www.efn.org/~mbartels/tm/collimation.html
Collimation maths. http://w1.411.telia.com/~u41105032/kolli/kolli.html
Drift method NCP alignment http://www.astrocruise.com/polarnew.htm
PEC programming http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/HA04.html
Schmidt-Cassegrain collimation http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/collimation.html
Schmidt-Newtonian f/4 collimation http://hometown.aol.com/astropjm/tel.html
Star test and collimation http://perso.club-internet.fr/legault/index.html
Vixen GP-NCP alignment http://hometown.aol.com/astropjm/mount.html
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Image Galleries

Comets http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/
Deep-sky images http://www.seds.org/messier/deep-1.html/
Hubble Space Telescope http://hubble.stsci.edu/gallery/
Jupiter - comet collision http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/
Jupiter - Galileo images http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/jupiter/jupiter.html
Messier objects http://www.seds.org/messier/m/
Moon http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/planets/moon_index.html/
Moon http://hometown.aol.com/astropage/Moon1.html/
NASA http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/
NASA archives http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/
Nebulae http://www.seds.org/billa/twn/list.html/
PJM's Image Gallery http://hometown.aol.com/astropage/IG2N.html/
Planets http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
Saturn - Cassini images http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm/
Solar system http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
Stars and Galaxies http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/proto/sg_images.html/
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Imaging and Processing

Adobe Photoshop http://www.adobe.com/
AIP4WIN http://www.willbell.com/
Capture webcam frames http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm/
Capture/stack webcam frames http://http://www.ip.pt/coaa/software.html/
CCD cameras http://www.starlight-xpress.co.uk/
Colour filter imaging http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/filterfile.html/
Colour imaging http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/imagecolor.html/
Combining images I http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/COMPEXP1.HTM/
Combining images II http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/COMPEXP2.HTM/
Digital techniques http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/DIGTECHS.HTM/
Filters - purchase http://www.trutek-uk.com/~truetech/
Focus, image scale and filters http://hometown.aol.com/astropjm/imaging.html/
Interesting objects to image http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/objects.html/
K3CCD Webcam Tools http://www.pk3.org/Astro/
Processing-deep sky and solar http://hometown.aol.com/astropjm/image_process.html/
Registax-stack/align webcam frames http://http://aberrator.astronomy.net/registax/
Tricolour filter imaging http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/HA01.html/
Uneven illumination removal http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/VIGNET.HTM/
Uneven illumination removal http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/USM.HTM/
Uneven illumination removal http://hometown.aol.com/astropjm/image_process.html/
Unsharp masking http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/USM.HTM/
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Journals and Societies

American Astronomical Society http://www.aas.org/
Astronomy courses http://www.eckerd.edu/academics/nas/chn/sitescol.html/
Astronomy Now http://www.astronomynow.com/
British Astronomical Assoc. http://www.britastro.org/
Light Pollution Authority. http://www.darksky.org/
Royal Astronomical Society http://www.ras.org.uk/
Sky and Telescope http://skyandtelescope.com/
Soc. for Popular Astronomy http://www.popastro.com/
The Astronomer http://www.theastronomer.org/
World Am. Ast. Assoc's http://www.astrosociety.org/resources/linkclubs.html/
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Miscellaneous

Interesting objects to image http://www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/objects.html/
Int. Space Stn.(ISS) location http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/StationLoc.html/
ISS flyby for your location http://www.heavens-above.com/
Monitor - step wedge adust http://www.astropix.com/HTML/J_DIGIT/MON_STEP.HTM/
Near Earth Orbit close approaches http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ca_home.html/
Shuttle location http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/temp/ShuttleLoc.html/
Step wedge image http://www.aa6g.org/astro.html/
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Sky Charts and Finders

Comet finder / data              http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/
Planet finder applet http://www.lightandmatter.com/area2planet.shtml/
Planetarium software http://seds.org/billa/astrosoftware.html/
Sky chart - to view http://www.skyviewcafe.com/
Sky chart - to view http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
Sky chart - to view http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/
Sun, Moon & Earth Applet http://www.jgiesen.de/SME/index.html/
The Sky http://www.bisque.com/
Skymap Pro http://www.skymap.com/
USNO star data downloads http://ftp.nofs.navy.mil/data/FchPix/
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Telescopes and Accessories

Orion Optics http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/
Vixen http://www.orionoptics.co.uk/
Vixen (North America) http://www.VixenAmerica.com/
Meade http://www.meade.uk.com/
True Technology http://www.trutek-uk.com/
Telescope reviews http://www.scopereviews.com/
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Theories / Information

Asteroids http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/asteroids.html/
Astrobiology            http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/51/astrobiology2.html/
Astronomy Constants http://www.astronomynotes.com/index.html/
Big Bang            http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni.html/
Big Bang            http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology/bigbang.html/
Big Bang            http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/37/universe2.html/
Big Bang http://www.astronomycafe.net/cosm/cosmol.html/
Comets http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/comets.html/
Comets and Asteroids            http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf1-3.html/
Cosmology archives index            http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/tnlarchive.html/
Cosmology - FAQ's            http://www.whfreeman.com/discovering/DTU/index.html/
Cosmology glossary            http://www.imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/dict_ad.html/
Cosmology tutorial            http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology.html/
Extrasolar planets            http://exoplanets.org/
Galaxies            http://www.seds.org/messier/galaxy.html/
Hubble Constant http://www.astronomytoday.com/cosmology/bigbang.html/
Kid's stuff http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html/
Phases of the Moon            http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/12/12.html/
Solar system http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/index.html/
Star clusters            http://www.seds.org/messier/cluster.html/
Stars and galaxies http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/index.html/
Surface of the Moon            http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/13/13.html/
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Weather

Astronomy weather                http://www.weatherweb.net/astronomy.html/
Weather at UK location http://www.weather.co.uk/
Weather at USA location http://www.weather.com/
Weather satellite http://www.fourmilab.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=p8/
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Special Links

Astrophotography of high quality by Matt BenDaniel http://www.starmatt.com/
LX200 images plus useful links galore at "ash's Astronomy Pages" http://astro.ai-software.com/








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