Telescope Making Page

My links and pictures for Amateur Astronomy...

The following pictures were taken on 09 April 97 with a tripod mounted Olympus OM-1 / 135mm lens (except for the San Jose shot, which was with the standard 50mm), and Fujichrome 800 film. Click on a picture to see the full-sized version. Note: You must have your monitor set to at least 256 colors, and preferably thousands if these pictures are to look "right".

Hale-Bopp from Fremont Peak SP

Fremont Peak

Looking south - aircraft coming toward FP

Looking north - Hale-Bopp over San Jose

• Astroweb Internet Resources database - A very extensive listing of web-based Astronomical Resources
  
  
• Image database - Pictures of many objects in Visual, IR, UV, Radio
  
  
• TS Kelso Home Page - SatPasses Software Page
  
  
• Sat position data - SatPasses Home Page
  
  
• Elsets - Sources for two-line Element Sets
  
  
• The ATM Page - Amateur Astronomy
  
  
• Comet positions - Comet Position data
  
  
• The Astrophysical Journal - An on-line Journal of Astronomy
  
  
• Astronomy Notes -
  
  
• The NASA Astrophysics Data System Home Page - On-line bibliography
  
  
• CCD Astronomy Images - Pretty self-explanatory
  
  
• Computerized Dobsonian - Mel Bartels Home Page
  
  
• SITe--Scientific Imaging Technologies, Inc. - Technical Information on CCDs
  
  
• MAPUG Archives - Indexed archives for the Meade newsgroup
  
  
• PSR Discoveries - Planetary Science News for educators - current events
  
  
• Cepheid Archives - Cepheid Photometry and Radial Velocity Data Archives
  
  
• Harvard IAU Minor Planet Center - Ephemerides and Orbital Elements of Comets, Asteroids, etc.
  
  
• CCD Area Array Image Sensors - Texas Instruments CCD chips
  
  
• Optec, Inc. - Cousins/Bessell vs. Johnson Filter Standards - Explanation of Broadband photometry and glass filter specs
  
  
• CCD University - Great site for fundametals of CCDs
  
  
• CCD Imaging info and tips - Title self explanatory
  
  
• AstroDesigns HomePage by Ed Stewart - Useful nicknacks for LX-200, dobs (30 Jan 00)
  
  
• The STJ Detector Page - ESA page on state-of-the-art detectors
  
  
• Amateur Telescope Maker's (ATM) Archives - Searchable index of ATM related topics