Useful Links

Resources

SBIG

CCD cameras

Takahashi Europe

Telescopes

Takahashi USA

High-end Telescopes

Meade

Telescopes

Bonney Lake Astro Works

Wedges

Losmandy

Dovetail Systems

Sky Charts

Free planetarium software

Sky Charts

Free planetarium software (french)

Registax

Free AVI alignment software

The new CCD Astronomy

A must for CCD imaging!

Other amateur observatories

by Bill Arnett

Météosurf

Interesting weather forecasts for Europe (in french)

A.S.C.N.

Association pour la Sauvegarde du Ciel Nocturne (Light Pollution resources in Belgium)

Polar Alignment Techniques 

Iterative Method

Fast alignment by Becky and Tim Tasto

Iterative Method

Fast alignment by Philip Perkins

Drift Method

Polar alignment by Scott Tucker

Drift Method

Polar alignment by Philip Perkins

Telescope Balancing

Starizona CCD Guide

Balancing - Weighting around

Russell Croman
Astrophotography

Piggybacked Mounting

Amateur Astronomers Websites and Observatories Websites

ASTRO-GARD (France)

Astronomie Centre Ardenne (Belgium)

Ash Observatory by Thomas Ash

Emmanuel Mallart

Night Sky Info by Emil Neata

Weekly information about the night sky.

Ptolemy's Cafe by Bill Arnett

Robert Gendler

Stargazer Online (Richard Bell)

Link to more than 450 amateur astronomers websites