Links (many are being added at this time)
Truss Telescopes (16" or larger)
Starmaster
Telescopes - Optically excellent telescopes. Rick
offers very fast telescopes (f/3.6 and f/3.3) along with
the standard f/4.0 to f/4.3. Zambuto and Lockwood
are the primary mirror makers for these
telescopes. I own a 30" Starmaster. Rick has
passed recently.
Obsession
Telescopes - Very well made telescopes. If
you want one quick, this is the way to go. Take a
look at the UC model, very nice and an 18" UC will fit
in the smallest trunk. The original commercial
truss telescope.
StarStructure Telescopes -
incredible all aluminum "fast" telescopes. Mainly
Zambuto and Kennedy mirrors. Several of my
observing friends uses StarStructures, namely; Steve
Gottlieb, Alan Agruwal and Bob Douglas
Spica Eyes Telescopes - equally
incredible all metal "fast" telescopes. Primary
mirrors by Lightholder, Kennedy and Lockwood.
Teeter
Telescopes - Excellent custom truss telescopes,
specialize in long focal length planet killer Newtonions
Large
Primary Mirrors.
When I
started this website, there were more than 10 premium
mirror makers and now we are down to just a few...
Pegasus
Optics - The optician John Hall has passed in 2015.
Lightholder Optics
Recommended Eyepieces
Widefield eyepieces
Narrow field eyepieces
Zeiss ZAO-II
Baader
Genuine orthoscopics - Apparently the same source as the
UO HD orthos, these are very hard to find but...
Baader Classic orthoscopics - They
claim that the coatings is better than the BGO and at a
price of $74! Pretty good.
Digital
Sky Surveys and Professional Resources
DSS - POSS Digital Sky Survey
SDSS - Sloan Digital Sky Survey
with new DR10 data release
NED
- NASA Extragalactic Database
SIMBAD - SIMBAD astronomical
database
HyperLeda
- Data for the Physics of Galaxies
Deep Sky
Resources
TAC
Observers (The Astronomy Connection)
Adventures of Deep Space by Steve
Gottlieb, Mark Wagner, et al
Steve Gottlieb's NGC/IC Observing
Notes - This is the most complete contemporary
observing notes observed by one of the best observers on
this planet.
Paul
Alsing's collection of good stuff
Deep Sky Resources
Deep Sky-Visuall - German
observer, Uwe Glahn
Arp Peculiar Galaxies by Dennis Webb
Visual Deep Sky Observing - Faith Jordan (UK)
Astro-Visuall - German Deep Sky website
Telescope and Deep Sky - Reiner Vogel
Backyard
Astronomy - Alan Dyer and Terence Dickinson
Clear Skies
Observing Guides - Victor van Wulfen's observing
guides.
Deep Sky sketches
Bertrand Laville Deep Sky Drawings
Uwe Glahn - Deepsky-visuell
Jeremy Perez
- Belt of Venus
Astronomy
Vendors and Equipment
Astronomics - sponsor of CloudyNights.com
Agena
Astro - All sorts of accessories. Good source for
various sized eyepiece caps and guards.
Scopestuff - If you need
any accessory or gadget, look here first.
Camera Concepts and Telescope Solutions - Traveling store, appears in many star parties
Glatter
Collimation Tools - I use the Blug when I arrive
at the site too late to use the Autocollimator.
The accuracy is excellent with my f/4 reflector.
Catseye Collimation Tools - The
best manual Newtonian tools. I use the 2" set with
a red (soon to be white triangle)
Astronomy Forums and Associations
CloudyNights
- excellent astronomy forum
Deep
Sky Forum - Excellent forum for deep sky hounds
Dark Star Parties