Useful Links
Below are a list of links to sites that I have found useful or interesting;
Equipment Manufactures and suppliers
www.meade.com
Manufactures of Telescopes and Accessories (US)
www.bisque.com
Manufactures of high end mounts and astronomical software (US)
www.observatory.org
Van Slyke Instruments - Superb Optical Train components (US)
www.parallaxinstruments.com
Manufactures of quality scope rings (US)
www.astro-engineering.com
General telescope assessories (UK)
www.astronomik.com
Astronomical filters (D)
www.robofocus.com
Astronomical Control Devices (US)
www.starlight-xpress.co.uk
Manufacturer of CCD Cameras (UK)
www.ccdware.com
Excellent software such as PEMPro (US)
Recommended Equipment Retailers
www.telescopehouse.co.uk
UK
www.astrovid.com
US
www.iankingimaging.com
www.telescope-service.com
Germany
www.optcorp.com
General Interest and Reference
www.seds.org/~spider
Very useful reference site
www.aao.gov.au
The Anglo-Australian Observatory
http://hubblesite.org/
News and Images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
www.spacetelescope.org
European Space Agency’s site for the Hubble Space Telescope
www.richardbell.net/personal
Links to many other backyard astronomers
http://groups.yahoo.com
Yahoo Groups provide a meeting place for amateur astronomers
http://obs.nineplanets.org/obs/obslist.html
Links to other people who have made their own observatories
www.mapug-astronomy.net
Useful and extensive information for Meade products and general astronomy
