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Classic Telescope
and Equipment Designs:
The Trackball
Telescope
Buy/Sell your
Astronomy Equipment:
Astroclassifieds
-
buy and sell used astronomy equipment
ScopeTrader
- buy and sell used astronomy equipment (new; check it out!)
Free Software
Sky
Charts (Carte du Ceil)-Free
planetarium/telescope control program..excellent
Planetarium
Software list for Mac, IBM, Linux, PDAs, OS/2...up to date with
links to the producer.
Planisphere
Maker - This
program is great. You can make a planisphere in varying colors
and for any lattitude from 25-80 (N or S). There is an editor
program for customizing constellation lines. When laminated they
are
attractive and durable.
Free PDFs
Messier
Marathon Logging sheet (4 pages)
Photos/CCD Imaging
Rent-a-Scope
- Try CCD imaging! Under New Mexico, Australian and Israeli skies with
the best equipment!
Basic Compilers:
Ever since MS did in Visual Basic and shareware, I have been
looking for a good Basic Compiler. You might want to check these
out!
REALbasic (can
crosscompile to Mac, Windows, Linux)
Pure Basic (You
get the
Windows, Linux, Mac, and other compilers...one source code will run on
all)
Interested in
leaving Office and its cost behind?
Try Open Office. Works
in
Windows, Linux and can be used free. It will read and write .doc
files as well as other formats
Other stuff:
Arkansas Sky
Observatory - Observatory with a lot of good information, public
outreach, info on lens cleaning & mirror cleaning & much more.
Eyepiece
Transmission Study:
This
is a study of eyepiece light transmission that David Hall and myself
(John Duchek) did to explore the effects of coatings. Published on
Cloudy Nights.
Light
shields:
This
is a howto article on building a portable device to shield you from
your neighbor's obnoxious porch lights and the headlights of passing
cars. Written by me (John Duchek) and published on Cloudy Nights.
Dew
shield for
the 10" LX-200:
I won myself a free book on Cloudy Nights with this article. John. |