Anacortes Telescope & Wild Bird Excellent Washington State vendor with lots of hard to find astronomical accessories; got my STL-11K from this folks...no hassles!

Astronomy Mall  Great site showing dozens of astronomical equipment manufactures.

Astrodon Products (Fine CCD Filters) Company bio: "Our imaging hobby is demanding. Once you master the "mechanical" aspects of your telescope system (polar alignment, guiding and focus), you will process your images and turn your attention to color. "

Astro-Physics Astro-Physics has been at the forefront of optical design for more than a decade. The AP mounts are among the most sought after astronomical equipment in the world (I own the AP1200GTO and it works great!)

The AstroMart Claiming  to be "The Worlds Largest Astronomy Classified & Auctions" web page, has great specials on common and unusual astronomical equipment.  

Bisque Software Bisque developers of Sky6 Astronomy Software and the Paramount ME and iBisque Telescope Network

Celestron International  Web page of Celestron telescopes.  Company pitch: "Celestron, the most established name in the optical industry, has a reputation for providing the highest quality optics at affordable prices.!

Diffraction Limited Makers of the fine astronomical software MaxIm DL, MaxPoint, and MaxDome ...Company bio: "was founded in 1992 by President/CEO Douglas B. George. Our mission is to develop high quality software & hardware for scientific imaging  applications."

Losmandy's Astronomical Products  Has an excellent product line for high quality telescope rings, dovetail plates, and mounting systems.

Meade Instruments Corporate Company bio: "Founded in 1972 and public since 1997, Meade is a world leader in the design and manufacture of telescopes and accessories for amateur astronomers. "

Mirametrics Company bio: "Our MIRA® image processing software was developed to give you the most accurate scientific results in low light imaging applications. "

Orion Telescope Company Excellent web page on retail astronomical equipment.  Very informative on-line catalog.

Parallax Instruments Company bio: "Parallax Instruments is a manufacturer of precision Newtonian and Classical Cassegrain astronomical telescopes,  equatorial mountings, tripods and custom portable or permanent welded piers."

PreciseParts Excellent Machining company that does custom work for telescope/CCD parts such as Adapters for Astrophotography ...ect.  Mr. Stevens is very familiar with the SBIG CCD product line and will custom make any part needed to interface with your telescope or tele. lens.

RC Optical Systems Company bio: "RC Optical Systems designs and produces quality Ritchey-Chretien optical tube assemblies for the discriminating astronomer. " Check out the beautiful astrophotos in their gallery section shown here: Gallery of Images taken by RCOS Owners

Astro Accessories from RobinCasady.com Excellent dovetail & saddle plates for premium mounts.  Bio: "The items I sell are manufactured in a professional CNC machine shop owned by my cousin, Tom Casady, III. "

Rolyn Optics  Company bio: "Our staff has experience in the design, fabrication and test of a diverse range of hardware such as studio motion picture cameras, spectrophotometers, tracking cameras, radiometers, star trackers, satellites and test equipment ...etc"  

Santa Barbara Instruments Group (SBIG) - Company bio: "In most high technology markets there are "pioneers", companies who have the technology and dedication to influence the direction of an entire industry."

Tele Vue Optics - Company bio: "Tele Vue Optics has been thrilling customers for more than twenty years. It is our mission. It's in the materials we choose, the designs we create, the craftsmanship we demonstrate...the images we deliver. Creating "goodies" for the observing enthusiast has been founder Al Nagler's continuing pursuit."

University Optics Inc.  Great source for specialized eyepieces. Bio: "...Well, it’s been more than 45 years since we first offered our products in Sky & Telescope magazine and I believe the only other firm that has been around longer is Edmund Scientific. ...etc"

Steve Bell - The Bell Observatory Home Page - Pictures from Steve's 16" remote controlled newtonian telescope and excellent physics articles on relativity.

Christian Buil Spectroscopy, CCD Astronomy Web Page  Preeminent French CCD theorist and electronic ATM (amateur in this sense is, "amoureux" (lover in Eng.)...the caliber of his work is VERY professional).  Author of IRIS CCD software.  Author of the definitive theoretical CCD book CCD ASTRONOMY Has been using CCD technology since 1983!

Chris Cook's Astronomical Photography From Chris's Web Site: "Mr. Cook's images have appeared in local, national and international publications & collegiate level astronomy text books. "

Russell Croman Great narrow band CCD Imager!..."For me, astrophotography is a perfect blend of the very technical and the very aesthetic, both of which I love."

Bob Fera's Color Astrophotos Web page of his and his wife, Janice, astrophotographic work & links.

Bill Fletcher's Science & Art Web Page - William Fletcher's web page featuring his fine schmidt, tricolor, and comet astrophotography.

R Jay GaBany Presenting images of interesting astronomical objects obtained with modest, commercially available telescopes and CCD cameras that are optimized for taking long exposures of low light-level subjects.

Robert Gendler   Preeminent Connecticut CCD imager now shooting from remote observatory in New Mexico.

Martin Germano's Photograph   Excellent B&W photography from one of the most prolific astrophotographers.  Check out his menagerie of deep-deep sky objects. ST-8XME acquired to extend his work further! 

John Gleason Widely acknowledged as an accomplished deep sky observer and expert CCD astrophotographer with many years of experience.

Ed Grafton's CCD Astro-imaging Page Fine planet astroimager, who shoots from his home south of Houston, Texas...."This page is intended to show what can be done by anyone in their backyard with a telescope and CCD camera. Coments are invited.... "

George Greaney's Astrophotography - Excellent sample of narrow and wide field astrophotography from Nevada's most prolific astrophotographer.

Tony Hallas   Site contains some of Tony's color and B&W CCD astroimages taken with various instruments.; neighbor of Bob & Janice Fera!

Preston "Scott" Justis Astrophotography Home Page - Excellent deep sky photography from a Deep Sky Magazine veteran.   Look for high resolution hypered tech pan shots from Scott's 10" f/6

Al Kelly's CCD Astrophotography Page - Nice web page of Al's exquisite CCD work involving WCMY techniques for color astrophotography.

Thierry LEGAULT's home page - Excellent French CCDer and optical theoretician whose sections on collimation and optical obstruction are a must for anyone designing and maintaining good optics. Viva France !

Jerry Lodriguss' Amateur Color Astrophotos Lots of information about astrophotography and processing images.

Brian Lula's Heaven's Glory Observatories Great CCD Imager and President of his firm PI.."The astroimages and photos of my telescope and observatory construction are for everyone's enjoyment and education."

Felipe  Mac-Auliffe's Web Page - Excellent photography and insights into astronomy from this amateur/professional astronomer.  He works at La Silla in Chile on millimeter radio astronomy and visible light (CCD) survey projects in support of IPAC and STSI.  

Steve Mandel Astrophotography by Steve Mandel. "...The excitement I experience on seeing something that I have not seen before, like the intricate structure of a supernovae remnant, planetary nebula or galaxy is a tremendous thrill."

Stan Moore CCD Great analytical CCD Imager. Lots of quantitative tools and beautiful high resolution CCD images on his web site.

Jack Newton's Web Page  Many of Jack's finest CCD images are displayed from his web page.

Philip Perkins ASTROCRUISE  -Presents an exquisite selection of very fine color astrophotos taken by this British astrophotographer.

Robert Provin's Home Page    Fine astrophotographs taken by Robert Provin and Brad Wallis.

Puckett Observatory Private facility owned and operated by Tim Puckett. The observatory is located in the North Georgia mountains and is dedicated to the study of comets and the discovery of supernovae.

Robert Reeves Schmidt Camera Astrophotography - Excellent schmidt, color, and b&w photography from this San Antonia Astronomical Association member.

Astrophotography by Johannes Schedler  "These pages are dedicated to all that recognize the wonders hidden deep in the sky."(Austria) 

Chris Schur A very experienced Arizona astrophotographer whose work features high focal length, long exposure B&W shots.

John C. Smith Developer of CCDAutoPilot2 and PEMPro as well as the Hidden Loft Observatory, at his house in Tucson , AZ.  Does consulting work for observatory construction.

Mike Stecker's Web Page   Mike's excellent travel logs/astropicts & home of the Astrophotographer's Portrait Page .

Loke Kun Tan's Astrophotography Website which displays great CCD wide-field images of celestial  (esp. Southern Hemisphere) objects adorning our night skies.

Chuck Vaughn's Astrophotography - Excellent advice on high resolution B&W photography and astrophoto systems.  Now getting great results from dSLR work.

Wiggins Fine Arts  Rick Wiggins: "..have recently begun astrophotography. I have posted some photos here for sharing... I am currently experimenting with CCD imaging and have begun posting some images." Does fine portable work next to Mt. Pinos, California! 

Ron Wodaski's Astronomy Stuff The CCD camera is revolutionizing astrophotography. My new book tells you how to take and process great images with a CCD camera.  

AAVSO The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) is a worldwide, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization of amateur and professional astronomers who are interested in variable stars.

Anglo-Australian Observatory Among other things, contains the David Malin collection of professional tri-color astrophotos (low resolution) and info on ordering prints from the original negatives.

ADS Astronomy Abstract Service   Direct connection to the ADS Database.  Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) & Astrophysical Letters (ApL) are qurrieable from this link.

Astronomy Picture of the Day  Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

Digital Sky Survey  A Web Page connected to a server containing CD-Roms of the Palomar Sky Survey!  Can Download pictures of every part of the sky in b&w (blue), up to 60 arc minutes wide. Takes about 1 minute per 10 square arc minute field to download (56K line average).

Griffith Observatory Home Page   Los Angeles's most popular astronomy destination. The closest thing to an "astronomical temple" is the southwestern United States. Has great sky information that is updated weekly by John Mosley.

Hubble Data Archive   Archive and links to all major NASA observatory programs.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)   The preeminent source of news and happenings on planetary exploration.

J-Track 3D - Web site that enable you to view a satellite of your choice, in Earth orbit, via 3D java applet. Very Nice!

Lowell Observatory Web Page   Observatory where the late Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto,  situated west of Flagstaff Arizona.  Besides Tombaugh, other famous researchers include the late Robert Burnham, author of the classic three volume Celestial Handbook, and deep sky Astronomer Brian Skiff. 

Mars Physical Ephemeris Mars CM Calculator For Years 2000 - 2100 Perl Program written by B. Morgan Sherrod - 2002

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) - Web description: "It is built around a master list of extragalactic objects for which cross-identifications of names have been established, accurate positions and redshifts entered to the extent possible, and some basic data collected. Bibliographic references relevant to individual objects have been compiled, and abstracts of extragalactic interest are kept on line. Detailed and referenced photometry, position, and redshift data, have been taken from large compilations and from the literature.

The NEO Confirmation Page The NEOCP gives access to ephemerides for newly-discovered fast-moving (or other unusual) objects in need of confirmation. Most of the objects listed here have not yet received official provisional designations from the Minor Planet Center, such objects are referenced by their observer-assigned temporary designations.

Personal (Profession Astronomer) Web Pages - Hundreds of links to the web pages of the leading astronomers and astrophysicists around the world.

SIMBAD Astronomical Database - Excellent astronomical data search engine querriable on: "CDS, Simbad, VizieR, Aladin Catalogues, Nomenclature, Biblio, StarPages, or AstroWeb" databases.  Very good for searching deep sky objects that are not extragalactic.

SkyView  Multi-Spectral web site for downloading your favorite deep sky object in any bandwidth you can  imagine!  Need object's RA & Dec. Brought to you by the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at the GSFC Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics.