Astronomy Links

This page lists a few astronomy links. The focus is, of course, at least in part on my former and current telescopes.

Note: See also the pages

My Astronomy Books
Books and Software about the Moon
Deep Sky Books (here I describe a couple of DSO books for beginners in more detail)
Astronomy Links (this page)

Telescopes and Accessories For links to pages about specific telescopes see the respective telescope pages.
Dobson Telescopes and More	Telescopes and Deep Sky (Reiner Vogel): www.reinervogel.net/index_e.html Equatorial platform (Reiner Vogel): www.reinervogel.net/index_e.html?/Plattform/Plattform_e.html
Telescope Reviews	Telescope Reviews (direktorie.com): telescope.direktorie.com
Sky-Watcher Synscan	SkyScan Alignment Stars and Finder Charts (Sky in Space, Australian Amateur Astronomy): www.iceinspace.com.au/63-501-0-0-1-0.html (direct link: www.iceinspace.com.au/download.php?10d72300ac5d3762f0529eb11977fb68) SynScan alignment stars (Jim's Cosmos): www.jimscosmos.com/star-charts/synscan-alignment-stars/ (direct link: www.jimscosmos.com/wp-content/plugins/stars/docs/synscan-finder-stars.pdf)
Celestron	Michael Swanson's NexStar-Website: www.nexstarsite.com
Look of Sky Objects in Different Telescopes	What Can You See With Different Telescopes (Michael Vlasov): www.deepskywatch.com/Articles/what-can-i-see-through-telescope.html
Collimation	Astrofotografie-Workshop - Justage von Teleskopen (Rayko Menzel, große Version): www.hatschie.de/EBV/Astro_gross/041.html (in German)
Deep Sky, Astrophotography, EAA
Deep Sky Sites	deepsky-visuell.de (Uwe Glahn): www.deepsky-visuell.de (in German) SkyTrip.de (Mario Weigand): https://www.skytrip.de (in German) Telescopes and Deep Sky (Reiner Vogel): www.reinervogel.net/index_e.html Deep Sky Data Base (Stephan Brüning, Astroinfos.net): www.deepsky-datenbank.de (in German) Telrad Templates for printing (??, in German): scilogs.spektrum.de/clear-skies/zielkreis-schablonen/ J.R. Torres' Website on Deep Sky Astronomy: www.uv.es/jrtorres/index.html Triatlas project (maps): www.uv.es/jrtorres/triatlas.html Deep-Sky Watch (Michael Vlasov): www.deepskywatch.com/index.html Sketches of Astronomical Objects: www.deepskywatch.com/astronomy-sketches.html Illustrated Deep-Sky Observing Guide: www.deepskywatch.com/deepsky-guide.html Printable Deep Sky Atlases (Deep-Sky Watch, Michael Vlasov): www.deepskywatch.com/deepsky-atlas.html The NGC/IC Project (Robert E. Erdmann): www.ngcicproject.org/default.htm Deep*Sky Corner (Schweizer Hobbyastronomen): www.deepskycorner.ch/index.de.php The Sky Live (Your Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky): theskylive.com
Messier	Messier catalogues: messier.seds.org de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier-Katalog www.messier-objects.com www.constellation-guide.com/messier-objects www.ngcicproject.org/dss/dss_messier.asp Messier Telrad maps (author unclear, Maps in English, pages in German): Sternsucher.com (Michael Weber, Gladbeck, Germany): www.sternsucher.com/hilfe-und-anregungen/kartenmaterial/237-telrad-karten.html Link to: www.custerobservatory.org/docs/messier2.pdf Further link to: www.custerobservatory.org/docs/messier1.pdf) Knoblauch (Switzerland): www.star-shine.ch/pdf-library.html > www.star-shine.ch/download/telradkarten.pdf Illustrated Messier objects list (Michael Vlasov): www.deepskywatch.com/files/dso-guide/DSO-guide-Messier.pdf Messier photos (Manfred Simon): www.astro-manni.de/messier-katalog.html
Astrophotography	AstroBackyard (Trevor Jones): astrobackyard.com
Video Astronomy, EAA	Practice, Experiences Observing with Astro Video Cameras (Sky & Telescope): www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-resources/observing-with-astrovideo-cameras An Introduction to Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA) (Astronomy Connect): astronomyconnect.com/forums/articles/an-introduction-to-electronically-assisted-astronomy-eaa.77 Observing with Astro Video Cameras (Rod Mollise in the February 2013 issue of Sky & Telescope; republished on August 24, 2015): www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-resources/observing-with-astrovideo-cameras Bis zur Unendlichkeit…. (Peter Oden, Peters Astroblog): videoastronomie.net/bis-zur-unendlichkeit (in German) Peter Oden: Videoastronomie: Der Himmel live und in Farbe. Sterne und Weltraum, Juni 2017. (in German) The Emerging Art of Video Astronomy, Part 1 (Brian Ventrudo): oneminuteastronomer.com/10081/video-astronomy-guide-1 The Emerging Art of Video Astronomy, Part 2 (Brian Ventrudo): oneminuteastronomer.com/10122/video-astronomy-guide-2 The Emerging Art of Video Astronomy, Part 3 (Brian Ventrudo): oneminuteastronomer.com/10206/video-astronomy-guide-3 Electronically Assisted Astronomy (Jarek Pillardy, Jarek's Amateur Astronomy): jareksastro.org/eaa.htm Electronically Assisted Astronomy with Atik Infinity (Fallenangel/Franz Müller): fallenangels2ndlife.dyndns.org/2017/03/01/electronically-assisted-astronomy-wit-atik-infinity A Beginner's Guide to Choosing Equipment for Deep-Sky Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA) (by Brian Ventrudo): agenaastro.com/articles/guides/miscellaneous/agena-beginners-guide-to-choosing-equipment-for-deep-sky-eaa.html Agena Buyer's Guide to ZWO Astronomy Cameras (by Brian Ventrudo and Manish Panjwani): agenaastro.com/articles/guides/cameras/zwo-astronomy-cameras-buyers-guide.html Dedicated Sites Remote Video Astronomy (Website and blog by Jim Meadows): remotevideoastronomy.com/index.html Video Astronomy (Ken James, Snake Valley, Australia): ballaratman.wixsite.com/videoastronomy California Skies (Curtis V. Macchioni): www.californiaskys.com Discussion Forums/Boards Video Astronomy: astrovideoforum.proboards.com Cloudy Nights forum on Electronically Assisted Astronomy (EAA): www.cloudynights.com/forum/73-electronically-assisted-astronomy-eaa
eVscope, Stellina, Vespera, and More...	Unistellar Website: unistellaroptics.com eVscope Kickstarter campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unistellar/evscope-100-times-more-powerful-than-a-classical-t/ Stuck at Home Review: Unistellar eVscope (Tim, droid.life.com): www.droid-life.com/2020/04/21/stuck-at-home-review-unistellar-evscope Das eVScope (Peter Oden): evscope.de (in German) Vaonis: vaonis.com/fr/ (FR), vaonis.com (EN) Vespera Kickstarter campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/vaonis/vespera-the-new-way-to-observe-the-universe/description Vespera/Stellina comparison page: vaonis.com/stellina-vs-vespera (EN) Vespera FAQ: desk.zoho.eu/portal/vaonis/en/kb/vaonis/vespera (EN)
Atik Infinity Camera	Atik Infinity product page: www.atik-cameras.com/product/atik-infinity Pages from German distributors for the Atik Infinity camera: Teleskop-Leasing (bought the camera here): www.teleskop-leasing.de/produkte/kameras/atik-infinity-farb-ccd-kamera- (in German) Teleskop-Spezialisten: www.teleskop-spezialisten.de/shop/Astrofotografie/Atik-Infinity-FARB-CCD-Kamera-11mm-Sensor-automatische-Aufnahmen::2166.html (in German) - www.teleskop-spezialisten.de/shop/Astrophotography/::2166.html (in English) Teleskop-Service/Express: www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p8213_Atik-Infinity-FARB-CCD-Kamera---Sensor-D-11-mm--vollautomatisch.html (in German) - www.teleskop-express.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p8212_Atik-Infinity-B-W-CCD-Camera---Sensor-D-11-mm--fully-automatic.html (in English) Astroshop: www.astroshop.de/kameras/atik-kamera-infinity-color/p,4831 (in German) - www.astroshop.eu/cameras/atik-camera-infinity-color/p,48316 (in English) Information: Testing the 16 bit Atik Infinity camera with small telescopes (x-bit-astro-imaging, S.J. Wainwright): x-bit-astro-imaging.blogspot.de/2016/02/testing-16-bit-atik-infinity-camera.html
Amateur Photos	Martin Wagner: www.martin-wagner.org (Frame-based Website, therefore, you need to search a little...) (in German) Martin Wagner: www.himmel-und-erde.com (Photos of sky and earth - and more...) (in German) Siggi Kohlert: www.astroimages.de/en/home.html (Photos of deep sky objects) (in English and German) Astrophotography by Bernhard Hubl: www.astrophoton.com (Astronomy photos) (in German) Astrofotografie by Roland Störmer: www.astrofotografie.info/index.html (in German) Sternen-Surfer - Astrofotografie aus der Stadt by Hans-Jürgen Strauch: sternen-surfer.jimdofree.com (in German) SkyTrip.de (Mario Weigand): https://www.skytrip.de (in German)
Moon
Websites	Der-Mond.org (Stefan van Ree): www.der-mond.org (in German) Mondatlas.de, lunar imaging and more (Alexander Grüner): www.mondatlas.de
Applications	Virtual Moon Atlas: ap-i.net/avl/en/start
Sky Maps, Sky Data, Applications to Draw Sky Charts, And Similar Sites
Websites	Jim's Cosmos (Interactive Star Charts, Catalogues, Planisphere, 18" Dobsonian and more): jimscosmos.com
Applications	Cartes du Ciel/Skychart (This program enables you to draw sky charts): www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/start CDS – Centre de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg: cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr
Sky Events
Total Eclipse 1999	Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_11,_1999 NASA: eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE1999/TSE1999.html (All the links that I listed originally have disappeared in the meantime...)
Venus Transit 2004	German-speaking Websites with information about the Venus transit (general): Venustransit (Wikipedia): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venustransit Venustransit (Stefan Krause): www.venustransit.de Astronom.de (Sebastian Voltmer): www.astronom.de/venusdurchgang/Venustransit.html Venustransit (Verein Astroinfo, Schweiz): eclipse.astronomie.info/transit/venus/index.html Ditto, Venus transit 2004: Venustransit 2004 (Stefan Krause): www.venustransit.de/archiv2004.htm Martin Wagner: www.martin-wagner.org/venusdurchgang.htm Venus-Transits (Jürgen Giesen): www.venus-transit.de/index1.html Der Venustransit 2004 von Europa aus beobachtet (Verein Astroinfo, Schweiz): eclipse.astronomie.info/transit/venus/europa.html English-speaking Websites with information about the Venus transit: Venus Transit 2004 (ESO): www.vt-2004.org Transit of Venus (Jürgen Giesen): www.venus-transit.de (has some English pages)
Mercury Transit 2016	English-speaking Websites with information about the Mercury transit 2016: Transit of Mercury (Wikipedia, general): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Mercury 2016 Transit of Mercury (eclipsewise.com, Fred Espenak, Canada): eclipsewise.com/oh/tm2016.html The Transit of Mercury, May 9th 2016 (Martin J Powell): www.nakedeyeplanets.com/mercury-transit-2016.htm Transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016 (EarthSky, Bruce McClure): earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-transit-may-9-2016-how-to-watch German-speaking Websites with information about the Mercury transit 2016: Merkurtransit (Wikipedia, allgemein): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurtransit Merkurtransit vom 9. Mai 2016 (Wikipedia): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkurtransit_vom_9._Mai_2016
Links and More...
German-Speaking Astronomy Websites/Portals	www.astronomie.de: Commercial Website, sponsored by German dealers, but useful - also with marketplace for used equipment (the so-called "black" forum"...= www.astronomie.info: astro!info (Swiss astronomy club) (in German) www.astronews.com: German-speaking online service for astronomy, astrophysics, and space flight www.astrotreff.de: Astrotreff.de provides primarily diskussion boards (the so-called "blue" forum...) www.astrotreff-deep-sky.de/portal.aspx: Astro Treff Deep Sky (ADTS)
Personal Astrononomy Websites	Asterhythms (Frank Leiter): asterythms.net/blog (in German) BINOVIEWER - Praxistipps für Amateurastronomen (Thomas Brüll): www.binoviewer.at (in German) Far Out (Sven Wienstein): www.svenwienstein.de/index.html (in German) Andromedagalaxie (Mario Lehwald): www.andromedagalaxie.de (in German) Faszination Astronomie (Manfred Simon): www.astro-manni.de (in German) Himmel und Er.de (Christian Schreiner): www.himmel-und-er.de (in German) Astromerk (Hans-Jürgen Merk): www.astromerk.de (in German)
Information for Astronomy Beginners	www.hobby-astronomie.com (Christian Leu): www.hobby-astronomie.com , www.hobby-astronomie.com/beobachtung.html (in German) Teleskope: Eine Einführung - mit Tipps zum Kauf (Dr. Wolfgang Strickling): http://www.strickling.net/teleskop.htm (in German) TelescopeGuide.org (Brian Taylor, Dave Williams): www.telescopeguide.org "Your One-Stop Resource for Getting Started with Telescopes & Astronomy" Night Sky Gazing Website (Eugene Kotelevskiy): nightskygazing.com This Website helps people to get into amateur astronomy. It describes easy targets for observations, explains telescope types and characteristics, and helps to make first steps in astrophotography.
Links, Miscellany	Astronomy Links: astronomylinks.com Astronomy Resources: www.n-e-x-u-s.com/astronomy - astronomy-related news, books and web resources www.surveillance-video.com/astronomy-sept-2009.html - astronomy-related links (various useful topics) Kids Space Center - Telescopes and Astronomy - a teen student's astronomy project (Goodwin Community Center, Pennsylvania)
Stock Photography	Fotosearch: www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/galaxy.html www.fotosearch.de/bilder-fotos/astronomie.html (in German) www.fotosearch.de/digital-vision/astronomie-weltall/DGV134/ (in German) Astronomy Photo Library at Can Stock Photo: www.canstockphoto.com (search for "astronomy") www.canstockphoto.de/photos-images/astronomie.html (in German) Stock Astronomy Photography at Go Graph: www.gograph.com (search for "astronomy") Astronomy Posters at Barewalls Posters and Prints: barewalls.com/posters-art-prints/astronomy.html Astronomy Posters - FreeArt: www.freeart.com/art/prints/astronomy/all
NASA	NASA: www.nasa.gov
ISS	ISS (NASA): www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html ISS (Wikipedia): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station ISS schedule: www.heavens-above.com Ditto (in German): iss.de.astroviewer.net/beobachtung.php Martin Wagner - ISS photos: www.martin-wagner.org/raumstation_durch_das_teleskop_mit_WebCam.htm (without navigation frame, German)

Astronomy Links

Telescopes and Accessories

Deep Sky, Astrophotography, EAA

Moon

Sky Maps, Sky Data, Applications to Draw Sky Charts, And Similar Sites

Sky Events

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