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History of Telescopes

• Virtual Museum of the History of the Telescope
• The Galileo Project: The Telescope
• The Galileo Project: Making a Galilean Telescope
• The Galileo Project: Using a Galilean Telescope
• Galilean and Keplerian Telescopes
• HubbleSite - Telescope History

Telescopes

• Orion Telescope and Binoculars: Learning Center
• Orion Telescope and Binoculars: Equipment Basics 101
• Sky & Telescope Magazine: Choosing a Telescope
• Epinions: Picking a Telescope
• Sky & Telescope Magazine: Guiding a Telescope
• Purchasing a Telescope
• Prairie Astronomy Club: Telescope Buyer's Guide
• Morehead Planetarium Telescopes: What the Buyer Needs to Know
• Internet Telescope Exchange
• Telescope Review Web site
• Astronomical Optics Primer
• Optics for Birding
• All About Eyepiece Designs
• Shallow-Sky List Planetary Eyepiece FAQ
• The Recreational Astronomer: All About Eyepieces
• Astronomical Telescope Eyepieces: a Discussion for the Beginner
• How Does That Work? -- Telescope
• Bad Astronomy Corrects astronomy misinformation
• The Mount Wilson Observatory Virtual Tour Cool!
• Knowledge Integration Environment Project: How a Telescope Works
• Telescope Basics
• Consumers Rate Telescopes
• The Great Telescope Race

Observing

• Prairie Astronomy Club: Observing Tips
• The Sky Guide
• Moon-Watch.com
• Clementine Lunar Image Browser 1.5
• Solar Observing: Frequently Asked Questions
• The Galaxy Gallery: Messier Objects
• Additional Messier Objects
• Messier Objects by Constellation
• Galaxies.com
• Visual Deep-Sky Astronomy Site
• Adventures in Deep Space: Challenging Observing Projects for Amateur Astronomers
• Astronomical League: How to Observe Meteors

Astronomy Periodicals

• Astronomy Magazine's Web site: Astronomy.com
• Sky & Telescope Magazine
• Amateur Astronomy Magazine Home Page

Amateur Astronomy Organizations

• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Home Page
• American Association of Amateur Astronomers Home Page
• Astronomical League
• International Amateur Professional Photoelectric Photometry (IAPPP)
• The Astronomy Net
• Sky & Telescope's Astronomical Directory
• International Dark Sky Association
• International Meteor Organization
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (ALPO) Home Page

Amateur Telescope Making

• Amateur Telescope Maker's Journal
• Amateur Telescope Making
• TelescopeMaking.com
• Build a Copyscope
• How to Build a Copyscope
• Plumbing Supplies to Telescopes
• Your Basic Copyscope
• Build an 8 inch Dobsonian Telescope
• San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomer's Build a Dobsonian Telescope
• Make a Tabletop Telescope Simple, fun!
• Weird Telescopes
• How to Build a Telescope

Astrophotography

• A Hand-Driven Scotch Mount
• Astrophotography Techniques
• Astrophotography for Amateurs
• The @stropages.com
• The Cookbook CCD Camera Home Page
• Santa Barbara Instruments Group: CCD Application Notes
• Are You Contemplating CCD Astrophotography?
• Halfmoon Obseravtory: CCD Imaging and Astrophotagraphy Web site
• Teaching Hands-On Astronomy With CCDs
• Sky & Telescope: CCD Imaging
• The Role of CCD Cameras in Amateur Astronomy
• Video Astronomy
• Lunar Astrophotography
• Optec, Inc. supplier of photometers for amateur astronomy