LCAO - La Colline Astronomical Observatory

Astronomy Links

Automated Telescopes

• Bradford Robotic Telescope (UK)

• Fairborn Observatory

• Hands-On Universe

• Planning, Scheduling and Control for Automatic Telescopes

• RTML 3.0 (Remote Telescope Markup Language)

Books and Magazines

• Newport Glass Works
• Sky Publishing Corporation
• Willmann_Bell, Inc

Calendar

• Calendar

CCD Camera

• Apogee Instruments Inc
• Cookbook camera

Comets

• Comet page

Cookbook CCD Camera

• Cookbook camera
• Class Library
• Skysight

Databases

• Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Catalog
• Guide star catalog
• Guide star catalog 1.1 (Operational)
• Guide star catalog 1.2 (Preliminary)
• STSci Digitized Sky Survey

Journals

• Astrophysical Journal

Large Amateur Telescopes

• Mel Bartels
• Dan Bakkin's 40-inch
• Robert Houdart's 110-cm / 43.3 inch
• Group 70

Mirror Suppliers

• Newport Glass Works
• Pegasus Optics
• Swayze Optical

News

• Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT)
• Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, Recent circulars
• Sky Publishing Weekly News Bulletin
• Space Telescope Science Institute
• Supernovae

Observatories

• European Southern Observatory
• Hobby-Eberly Telescope
• Polamar Observatory
• W.M. Keck Observatory

Occultations

• International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA)

Software

• Mirror Cell Design (PLOP)
• Ray Tracing

Telescope

• Introduction to Telescopes

Telescope Making

• ATM Page
• ATM Page 2
• Dobsonian
• Eyepieces
• Finite Element Analysis
• Grinding Machine
• Interferometer
• Spherometer

Telescopes and Telescope Accessories

• Astronomy Mall
• Celestron
• Edmund Scientific
• Meade Instrument Corporation
• University Optics

Telescopes - Ultra Light-Weight

• Gary Gwolanski's 16-inch
• Greg Babcock's 18-inch
• Mel Bartel's 20-inch

Time

• Leap Seconds
• TDT-UT Prediction
• TDT-UT Monthly History
• U.S. Naval Observatory

Variable Stars

• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
• Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBAT)
• Whole Earth Telescope