LINKS

Links to equipment source astronomy sites:

MANUFACTURERS:

  1. Astro-Physics
  2. APM Telescopes
  3. TMB Optical
  4. D&G Optical
  5. TEC
  6. Sky Watcher
  7. Celestron International
  8. Jim's Mobile Inc.
  9. Meade Instruments Corp.
  10. Stargazer Steve's Telescopes
  11. Televue Corporation
  12. William Optics
  13. Antares Manufacturer Site
  14. Unitron
  15. Moonlight Focusers
  16. Baader Planetarium
  17. Sky Shed Pod
  18. Coronado...pst
  19. Losmondy Dovetail Adapters

RETAILERS:

  1. All Star Telescope.
  2. Alberta Premium Optics.
  3. EfstonScience.
  4. Jim Kendrick Studio
  5. Khan Scope Centre
  6. Eclipse Telescopes
  7. Island Eyepiece
  8. O'Neil Photo London, Ontario
  9. The Science Shop
  10. Astromechanics.com

Preowned Equipment Sites:

  1. Canada Wide Buy & Sell
  2. Astromart
  3. Cloudy Nights Classifieds
  4. Ebay

Equipment Review Sites:

  1. Ed Ting's Scope Reviews
  2. Cloudy nights Reviews
  3. Excelsis Reviews
  4. Telescope Bluebook
  5. Affordable Equipment Reviews

An absolutely must site for beginners:

  1. Andy's shot glass

SOFTWARE that I use:

  1. Claude Duplessis' Meridian
  2. David Chandler's Deep Space
  3. Dance of the Planets
  4. Astrostack
  5. Ephemeris for Windows
  6. Cybersky Planetarium Shareware
  7. SiennaSoft Starry Night
  8. Virtual Moon Atlas
  9. Michael Covington's Books & Software
  10. Registax
  11. HN Sky
  12. Earth Obit Objects

LINUX Astronomy SOFTWARE:

  1. Xephem
  2. Kstars
  3. Xsky
  4. Sky Map
  5. Open Universe
  6. Celestia
  7. Stellarium

In addition several packages for windows will run under linux using Wine

FAVORITE ASTRONOMY BOOKS:

  1. Backyard Asstronomer's Guide
  2. Terence Dickenson's Nightwatch

WEBSITES OF FRIENDS & FELLOW SKY ADDICTS:

  1. Edmonton Observers
  2. Murray Paulson's Astro Pages
  3. Astronomy Notes
  4. Roger Fell
  5. The Space Hut
  6. Geoff Gaherty
  7. Jeff Poulston
  8. Doug Clapp's Observatory
  9. Pedro Re's Scopes & imaging
  10. Arkansas Sky Observatory
  11. Harry Pulley, Guelph, Ontario
  12. Toronto RASC Center
  13. Martin Mobberley

ONGOING SPACE MISSIONS:

  1. Most...Canada's Space Telescope
  2. JPL Main Site
  3. Mars Missions
  4. Cassini
  5. Stardust
  6. NASA Planetary Missions Index
  7. NASA TV

SKY EVENTS:

  1. Eclipses
  2. Star Date
  3. JPL Space Calendar
  4. Space.com

METEORITE IMPACTS:

  1. Earth Impact Database
  2. Canadian Meteorite Catalogue
  3. Meteor Crater
  4. CSA Impacts Page
  5. Prairie Meteorite Search

SPACE FLIGHT ORGANIZATIONS:

  1. JPL Space Calendar
  2. Canadian Space Agency
  3. European Space Agency
  4. Chinese Space Agency
  5. Russian Space Agency

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY ORGANIZATIONS:

  1. Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
  2. Canadian Astronomy Association
  3. Astronomy White Pages
  4. Cowichan Valley Starfinders
  5. Astronomy League
  6. Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers
  7. Society for Popular Astronomy
  8. British Astronomical Association
  9. Lethbridge Astronomical Society
  10. Big Sky in Vulcan Alberta
  11. American Association of Amateur Astronomers
  12. Telus World of Science and Observatory
  13. U of A Observatory
  14. U of A Devon Observatory
  15. Calgary Rothney Observatory
  16. David Dunlap Observatory
  17. UBC Observatory
  18. Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
  19. Star Date sky news
  20. Space.com news

WEATHER:

  1. Alberta Clear Sky Clocks
  2. Clear Sky Clock Home
  3. Environment Canada Weather
  4. Weather Network

MAGAZINES:

  1. Sky News
  2. Sky & Telescope
  3. Astronomy Magazine
  4. Astronomy Now (UK)