Astronomy Links

Telescopes and Accessories

Meade

Company website, USA: www.meade.com

Meade distributor in Germany: www.astrocom.de

Meade ETX Telescope

The info source for my (former) telescope Meade ETX-90EC: www.weasner.com

ETX-Tips: home.att.net/~jblessin/etx.htm
-> Provides a "tune-up" page, for dealing with ETX problems.

Meade: www.meade.com/lightbridge/index.html

Astrocom: www.astrocom.de/Nach+Hersteller/Meade/Teleskope/LightBridge+Dobsons/index.htm (German)

Sky-Watcher company Website, USA: www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/index2.php

Heritage P130 page on Sky-Watcher Website: www.skywatchertelescope.net/swtinc/product.php?id=146&class1=1&class2=106

Pages from German distributors for the Heritage P130:

• zu-den-sternen (Germany, in German): www.zudensternen.de/Teleskope%20f%FCr%20Kinder%20Dobson.html
• Teleskop Service (Germany; here, I bought the telescope; English):
  www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...Skywatcher-Heritage-130P-FlexTube-Dobson---6years--.html

Experiences from other users:

• Detlef Koschny: Testing the Skywatcher 130 mm Mini-Dobson IYA Telescope
  (www.koschny.de/Astronomy/.../Testing_the_IYA_telescope/IYA_telescope.html)

Astrocom overview page for eyepieces (Germany, in German): www.astrocom.de/Okulare+-+Barlows/Okulare/index.htm

Baader Hyperion eyepieces (Germany): www.baader-planetarium.de/sektion/s26/s26.htm (offers downloads in English)

TS Optics HR Planetary eyepieces (Teleskop-Service, Germany, 6mm eyepice including general information, in English):
www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...HR-Planetenokular---6mm-Brennweite---1-25----60--WW-Feld.html

Revelation eyepiece set:

• Astrocom, Germany (in German): www.astrocom.de/...1272117427-10209
• First Light Optics, UK: www.firstlightoptics.com/proddetail.php?prod=revelationepset
• Telescope House, UK: www.telescopehouse.com/acatalog/Revelation_Photo_Visual_Eyepiece_Kit.html
• Green Witch, UK: www.green-witch.com/revepkit.html

Links and More...

Photos, Links, Miscellany

Martin Wagner: http://www.martin-wagner.org/ (Frame-based Website, therefore, you need to search a little...)

Martin Wagner: www.himmel-und-erde.com/ (photos of sky and earth - and more...)

Collection of art photos: www.artistsloft.com/sky

Stock photography:

• www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/galaxy.html (English)
• www.fotosearch.de/bilder-fotos/astronomie.html (German)
• www.fotosearch.de/digital-vision/astronomie-weltall/DGV134/ (German)
• Astronomy Photo Library at Can Stock Photo: www.canstockphoto.com (English, search for "astronomy")

Messier Catalogue: www.seds.org/messier

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)

Total Eclipse 1999

www.seeberg.de/sofi_'99.htm

www.mager.de/sonne/sonne.htm

eclipse.astroinfo.org/1999-08-11/ (professional)

German Astronomy Websites

www.astronomie.de -> Commercial website, sponsored by German dealers, but useful - also with marketplace for used equipment

www.astroinfo.org/ -> Astronomy in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

www.astronews.com: German-speaking online service for astronomy, astrophysics, and space flight

weltraumflughafen.de/ -> Astronomy and space glossary (German)

NASA

NASA: www.nasa.gov

ISS

ISS (NASA): www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

ISS (Wikipedia, English): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station

ISS schedule: www.heavens-above.com

Ditto: www.volkssternwarte-bonn.de/info/ISS.html (in German)

Martin Wagner - ISS Fotos: www.martin-wagner.org/raumstation_durch_das_teleskop_mit_WebCam.htm (without navigation frame)