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BAS QI Useful Links

www.basingstokeas.org.uk/ BAS Web Site
www.theastronomer.org/ The Astronomer Magazine
Spectacular Astrophotography
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Astronomy Picture of the Day
www.shave-wall.info Dave Shave-Wall’shome page
www.johnmurphyastro.info

 John Murphy’s Home page
www.astrophoto.fr/index.html Thierry Legault’s home page
www.astrosurf.com/buil/ Christian Buil – Spectroscopy, CCD & Astronomy
astropics.co.uk Eddie Guscott
www.astrocruise.com/ Philip Perkins
astrosurf.com/re/ Pedro Re
www.ccdland.com/ Nik Szymanek
astropix.com Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ NASA Photo of the day
Societies
www.britastro.org British Astronomical Association
www.fedastro.org.uk The Federation of Astronomical Societies
www.farnham-as.co.uk/ Farnham Astronomical Society
www.guildfordas.org/ Guildford Astronomical Society
www.newburyas.org.uk Newbury Astronomical Society
www.readingastro.org.uk/ Reading Astronomical Society
www.andoverastronomy.org.uk Andover Astronomical Society
www.sagasonline.org.uk. SAGAS
Observatories
www.ing.iac.es/ Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
faulkes-telescope.com/ The Faulkes Telescope Project
www.keckobservatory.org/ W.M. Keck Observatory
www.eso.org/paranal/ ESO – Paranal Observatory
www.eso.org/projects/owl/ ESO Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/ Largest Refractor
www.astro.caltech.edu/palomarnew/sot.html Found the ‘tenth’ planet
www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/ Caltech Astronomy
www.aao.gov.au/AAO/overview.html Anglo-Australian Observatory
Radio Telescopes
www.jb.man.ac.uk/ Jodrell Bank Observatory
www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/ Parkes Observatory
www.naic.edu/ Arecibo
www.vla.nrao.edu/ National Radio Astronomy Observatory -  New Mexico
Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather Cloud predictions for the UK
www.metcheck.com/ Weather Report
www.ecmwf.int/ European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forcasts
Info
www.heavens-above.com/ Visible Satellite predictions
www.spaceflightnow.com/ Space News
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy Wikipedia – Astronomy
www.qcuiag.co.uk/ QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group
www.nasa.gov NASA
hubblesite.org Hubble Site
hubble.nasa.gov/index.php The Hubble Space Telescope
www.jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory
www.esa.int ESA Portal
ww.eso.org ESO – The European Southern Observatory homepage
sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov SOHO – Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/ The Sun in 3D
www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer/ Spitzer Space Telescope
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/ Mars Global Surveyor
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/express/ Mars Express
www.marsnews.com/missions/express/ MarsNews.com
voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ Voyager
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ New Horizons
www.mailbag.com/users/ragreiner/ Doc G’s Info Site
www.astronomy-uk.co.uk/ UK Astro Ads
www.wvi.com/~rberry/index.html Richard Berry – Digital Imaging and CCD Cookbook Camera
www.badastronomy.com Bad Astronomy – Hoaxes and common myths debunked
www.nineplanets.org The Nine Planets
www.solarviews.com Views of the Solar System
www.dustbunny.com/afk/ Astronomy for Kids!
www.space.com Space.com
www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/jsr.html Jonathans’s Space Report
astro.nineplanets.org/bigeyes.html The World’s Largest Optical Telescopes
Catalogues & Maps
www.shatters.net/celestia Celestia
www.ap-i.net/skychart/index.php Cartes du Ciel
www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium – free planetarium software
Magazines
www.astronomynow.com Astronomy Now
www.adrianberry.net/ Adrian Berry – Science author and columnist
www.skyatnightmagazine.com BBC Sky at Night Magazine
skytonight.com Sky & Telescope
www.astronomy.com/ Astronomy
www.nature.com/nature/index.html Nature
www.newscientist.com NewScientist
www.sciam.com/ Scientific American.com
Software
astrosurf.com/buil IRIS – Christian Buil’s homepage
www.asronomie.be/registax Registax
www.pk3.org/Astro/ K3CCD Tools
www.dslrfocus.com/ DSLR Focus
www.ccdware.com/products/pempro/ PEMPro (Periodic error correction)
ascom-standards.org/index.html ASCOM Standards for Astronomy
www.barkosoftware.com/GuideDog/ GuideDog (Standalone Autoguiding for Webcams)
www.msb-astroart.com/ AstroArt – Image processing Software
www.cyanogen.com/ MaximDL, MaxDSLR
www.bisque.com TheSky6, CCDSoft, TPoint
www.skymap.com Skymap Pro
www.starrynight.com/ Starry Night
www.maris.com Redshift
ftp://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/pub/software/ FTP directory /pub/software/ at seds.lpl.arizona.edu
www.gnu.org/software/octave/ GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations
www.mathworks.com/ Matlab – The language of Technical Computing
Specialized
www.astroman.fsnet.co.uk/ Maurice Gavin – Spectroscopy
tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html Department of the Navy – Time Service Department
www.space-track.org/perl/login.pl Space Track – TLE database
radiosky.com Radio Astronomy for Scientists Teachers and Students
www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/ Hypering Film
ATM
www.atmsite.org/ Resources and Techniques for the Amateur Telescope Maker
www.universityoptics.com/ University Optics
www.edmundoptics.com/ Edmund Optics
Publishers
www.physlink.com/Directories/Publishers.cfm Physics and Astronomy Publishers
/www.springer.co.uk Springer Verlag London Ltd
www.willbell.com Willmann-Bell Inc
www.cambridge.org/ Cambridge University Press
www.whfreeman.com/ W.H.Freeman
Books
www.covingtoninnovations.com/astro/ Astrophotography for the Amateur – Michael A. Covington
Suppliers
http://www.uk-telescopes.co.uk Telescopes and telescope accessories for beginners and advanced astronomers
www.trutek-uk.com/ True Technology
www.optique-unterlinden.net/sastro/index.php Optique Unterlinden
www.astrovid.com/ Adirondack Astronomy – Stella Cam
www.telescopehouse.co.uk Telescope House – BC&F (Broadhurst Clarkson and Fuller)
www.dhinds.co.uk David Hinds
www.skywatchertelescope.net Skywatcher
www.scsastro.co.uk SCS Astro
www.greenwich-observatory.co.uk/index.html Green Witch
www.televue.co.uk/ Venturescope
www.handsonoptics.com Hands on Optics
takahashiamerica.com Texas Nautical Repair
www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/ Hutech Astonomical Products
www.scopesnskies.com/
www.365astronomy.com/
www.telescopeplanet.co.uk/
www.iankingimaging.com/
www.warehouseexpress.com/home/default.aspx
www.modernastronomy.com/
Manufacturers
www.meade.com Meade
www.celestron.com/c2/index.php Celestron
www.starlight-xpress.co.uk Starlight Xpress
www.lumicon.com Astronomical Accessories
www.astro-physics.com Astro-physics Telescopes
www.losmandy.com/ Losmandy Astronomical Products
www.telescope.com Orion
intes.su/defaulte.aspx Intes Micro
www.orionoptics.co.uk Orion Optics Ltd
www.televue.com Tele Vue Optics, Inc
www.pentaximaging.com/products/ Pentax Eyepieces
www.coronadofilters.com/ Coronado
www.jimsmobile.com/ JMI Telescopes
www.baader-planetarium.com/ Baader Planetarium
www.daystarfilters.com/hydrogen.htm DayStar Filters
User Groups
uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/basingstokeastros/ basingstokeastros  – Basingstoke AS
www.mapug-astronomy.net Meade Advanced Products User Group
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stellacam/ Stellacam
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ Discussion group – Takahashi owners and fans
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sbig Santa Barbara Instrument Group
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Losmandy_users/ Losmandy German Equatoril Mounts
groups.google.com/group/sci.astro.amateur/ sci.astro.amateur
USENET
sci.astro
sci.astro.amateur
sci.astro.ccd-imaging
sci.astro.fits
sci.astro.hubble Daily reports
sci.astro.planetarium
sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe
sci.astro.seti
uk.sci.astronomy

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1. Sian - January 10, 2012

Super website and lots of links that will keep us investigating for hours and hours. Looking forward to our first visit to BAS on Thursday.

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