Links

(links have been updated Sep 04, 2021)
I cannot take responsibility for the contents of the below links, they have been chosen to supply astronomical knowledge and information only.

research private astroimaging pages ccd + astrosoftware imaging resources/education

Research

Anglo Australian Observatory

AAVSO Variable Stars Network

European Southern Observatory Homepage

ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey

HST Space Telescope Press Releases

Keck-Hawaii Observatory

LSST Observatory Project - Science

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

The Next Generation Space Telescope Home Page

SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

Private Astroimaging Pages

Rogelio Bernal Andreo's Astropages!!! Very deep widefield images

Astro Kooperation - by Stefan Heutz and Wolfgang Ries!!! A processing expert and an Asteroid hunter...

Matt BenDaniel's Film Astrophotography!!!

Adam Block Astrophotos and Tutorials!!! well known, great experience

Astrophotography by Steve Cannistra!!!

Capella Observatory!!! - first class german remote amateur observatory in Crete

Ken Crawford's CCD Astrophotography!!!

Roland Christen's images and essays!!! a must

Jon Christensen's CCD Astrophotography!!

Russell Croman's CCD astropages!!! low activity

F.Dubois' SUN-page!!!

Neil Fleming's astrophotography !!!

Alan Friedman's Planetary Pages!!! - first class high resolution imaging!

Jay GaBany's Cosmotography!!! - poetic and first class astroimaging!

Rob Gendler's Astroimaging page!!!

John Gleason's CCD + film images!!! H-alpha specialist!

Dietmar Hager's Astropages!!! - Austrian TMB enthusiast

Tony Hallas Astrophoto Gallery!!! legendary

Rochus Hess Astropages!! high quality CCD images from Austria

Bernhard Hubl's Astropages!!! high quality CCD images from Austria

Michael Karrer's Astrophotos! - High quality astroimaging from southern Austria

Philipp Keller - professional telescope builder!!!

Al Kelly's astrophotography page - lots of images with various instruments

Nauyuki Kuhita's Stellar Scenes !!! - very informative for observing projects

Walter Koprolin's Extragalactic Homepage!! - Austrian

Carl Koppeschaar's ASTRONET (information site)

Thierry Legault's High Resolution CCD Imaging!!!

Jerry Lodriguss' Astrophotography and Tutorials!!!

Loke Kun Tan's CCD Astrophotography!!! (active till 2006)

Brian Lula's Deep Sky Astrophotography!!

Axel Mellinger Milky Way Panorama!! (constellations)

Steve Mazlin's Astrophotography!

Meyers Comethunter's Homepage (new discoveries)

Stanley Moore's deep Astrophotography and articles!!!

Fabian Neyer Astrophotography !!! superb quality from Suisse

Damian Peach's Planetary pages !!! unsurpassed quality

Harald Paleske's Sun pages !!! superb Sun images (german)

Robert Pölzl's Astropages !!! deep images from the Austrian alps (german)

Wolfgang Promper's CCD Images!!! highest quality from an Austrian robotic telescope

Cord Scholz's CCD Astrophotography!!! no activity

Chris Schur's Film and CCD Astrophotography!!!

Astroimaging from Stefan Seip!!! professional photographer

Charles Shahar's Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2) images!! huge vistas!

Skyhound Observing Guides by CapellaSoft!!!

Spiegelteam Homepage!!! - german

SSRO Star Shadow Remote Observatory!!!

Eddie Trimarchi's ccd-astrophotography!!

Daniel Verschatse's Astrophotography! - a friend that passed away...

Bernd Wallner's Astrophotography!! - german friend with a 24" Keller cassegrain

CCD + Astrosoftware

Aberrator - optics simulation software

Adobe Photoshop - for me still the main tool for image processing

Astronomical Image Processing - book with AIP-software included, classic!

Andor Instruments - Astronomical CCD Cameras - former Apogee

Astroart image processing - astro software

The AVIedit home - imaging and video editing software

Axiom Research - MIRA 6 Software

CCD-Guide - astronomy ressource and planning tool

DSLR Focus - Focusing and aquisition tool for Canon DSLRs

CCDStack - very powerful astronomical image processing software

CCDInspector - Fine-tune and analyse your telescope with the CCD camera connected

CCDAutoPilot 3 - Image aquisition and automation software

Finger Lakes Instrumentation -- Astro-CCD Cameras

ImagesPlus -- powerful image processing software

Iris software - astro + ccd software

NeatImage - effective noise reduction software

Webcam QCUIAG Website - QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group

RegiStar Home Page - image stacking software

CCD cameras and software - CCD cameras (former SBIG) - Maxim DL

Software Bisque astro-planetarium-software (The Sky)

Starlight Xpress CCD cameras - Astro-CCD Cameras

Imaging Resources and Education

Solar System Simulator!!!

Advanced Imaging Conference - in San Jose / USA

APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive!!!

Astronomy Ressource Guide - big choice!

Adventures in Deep Space - Challenging Observing Projects!!!

Arp (peculiar) Galaxies - database

Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews

The STScI Digitized Sky Survey - database

Catching the light - Astronomical Highlights presented by Jerry Lodriguss!!!

Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon

Messier Catalog Pages!!! - database

Astronomy-shoestring-budget - astronomy basics using low budget

Dr. Siobahn M. Morgan's astronomy coarses!!! - valuable (goto "notes")

Student's Guide to Solar and Lunar Eclipses - basic eclipse information from a youngster

Wired Cosmos!!! product reviews and observing tips