30 years ago my parents bought me a Tasco 50mm refractor,
but I never really pursued it as an adult until now. And so, with
the enthusiasm generally displayed by newbies, here's a list of links that
I've enjoyed.
Official Pages
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AAVSO
- American Association Of Variable Star Observers
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Abram's
Planetarium Skywatcher's Diary
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The
American Meteor Society
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ESO
Online Digitized Sky Survey
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Hawaiian
Astronomical Society
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Islamic
Astronomy and the Crescent Moon
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National
Space Science Data Center
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NASA
Observatorium
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Regulus!
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The
Sidewalk Astronomers, San Francisco
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SKY
Online
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The
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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Smoky
Mountain Astronomical Society
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StarTimes
Astronomy and Space Headlines
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The
Stellafane Home Page
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The
Tallahassee Astronomical Society
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Timisoara
(Romania) Astronomical Observatory
Instruments
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Amateur
Telescope Maker's Resource List
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Amateur
Telescope Making
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Meade
Main Index - Meade Instruments Corporation
Sales Sites
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American
Science & Surplus
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Anacortes
Telescope and Wild Bird
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ASTROMART
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AGE
OF INVENTION Catalog
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Company
Seven
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Crazy
Ed Optical
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Eagle
Optics
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EfstonScience
- Catalogue Order Page
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Island
Eyepiece
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Jim
Kendrick Studio - Dew Solutions
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Lymax
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MorningStar
Telescope Works
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Oceanside
Photo and Telescope
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Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
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Photon
Instrument
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SkyMap
Software
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Spectra-Astro-Systems
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Star
Ware
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Starlight
Xpress CCD camera home page
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StarMaster
Portable Telescopes, Home Page
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University
Optics
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Amateur Websites
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Astro
Imaging by Russ Dickman
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AstroCruise
- Astrophotography by Philip Perkins
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Astronomy
Central
-
The
Astronomy Connection - Recommendations for Beginners
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CosmoBrain's
Astronomy Links
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Don
Holcombe's Astronomy Page
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Heretic's
Telescope Guide
-
How
to Build a Dobsonian Telescope
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JeffPo's
Astronomy Page
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Joe's
Astro-photo page // more pictures
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Joe
Heafner's Tons O' Astronomy Links
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Kevin's
Astro-Nuts Homepage
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Mike
Boschat's Complete Astronomy Links
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Ray
Cash's Deep-Sky Page
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Ricardo
Nunes's Astro Gallery
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Robert
Spellman's Transient Lunar Phenomena
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The
Dr. Richard Feynman Observatory
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Todd
Gross' Weather/Astronomy Page
-
Welcome
to Martin's Astrophotography
Miscellaneous
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3D
Starmaps
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Appleply
- the best Dob plywood available
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Bradford
-Robotic -Telescope
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Comet
Hale-Bopp
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Comet
Hale-Bopp Websites
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Java
Jupiter
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QuiblaCalc
- quickly finds magnetic declination for any point on earth
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The
Simtel.Net MS-DOS Collection, simtelnet/msdos/astronmy/
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SkyView
Virtual Observatory
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Stargazing Network
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Daggerfall Links - my favorite RPG
ever!
Star Trek Links - more info than anyone
should ever be exposed to
Reference Links - for data junkies
like myself
Media Links - electronic and print media
which have tickled my fancy
Weather Links - one of those things
the Web is particularly good at
Satellite TV Links - An alternative to
the usual dreck on networks and cable services
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