Resources - Internet

Here are some that I found especially useful or interesting. The list is not complete - I am adding more all the time, so please check here from time to time.

Web Sites.

• Clear Sky Clocks. Wonderful web site providing local astronomical observing forecast. Great!
   

• Cloudy Nights Telescopes Reviews. Must see! Great collection of articles, reviews etc.
   

• Astromart. Astronomy site for listing used equipment (with buyer/seller feedback and ratings) plus equipment reviews and articles. Very good website to visit and quite safe place to trade, buy or sell.
   

• The Interactive NGC Catalog. Very useful when looking for more info, coordinates etc.
   

• The Schmidt-Cassegrain Telesope Web Site. Great site - a lot of practical info.
   

• Heavens Above.  Great source for satellites, current objects etc.
   

• Love the Night Sky - lots of resources, especially for beginners. Explaining basics, comparing telescopes etc.
  

• And more - coming as soon as I have time to copy them here and comment ... Below, in the category "Web Sites - uncommented" I am pasting interesting sites worth visiting, I will hopefully comment on them later.

Web sites - uncommented.
These are the interesting sites worth visiting, I saved them in my bookmarks anyway.

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• Home Advisor amateur astronomy page for beginners

• Thierry Legault - The collimation

• PlaneWave Instruments - Home

• Polar Align - No Drift

• Surface imaging of Betelgeuse

• Latitude-Longitude of US Cities

• Measuring Skyfog from Camera JPEG photo - Samir...

• NexStar Resource Site - Celestron NexStar Teles...

• Eyepieces

• Filter comparison

• 'Drift Alignment' made simple

• Celestron.com  / Home  

• Arkansas Sky Observatory - cleaning

• NSO/SP: Images and Current Data

• And more as soon as I can ...

Internet Shops.
These are the shops I have been dealing with most frequently, and by no means exhaustive list.

• Astronomics

• High Point Scientific

• Oceanside Photo and Telescopes (OPT)

• Orion Telescopes and Binoculars

• Starizona 

• Shoestring Astronomy. A shop specializing in accessories for DSLR astroimaging.

Internet Magazines.

• Sky Insight. Online magazine devoted to imaging.
   

• Uncle Rod's Astro Blog.  An interesting blog from Rod Mollise.
   

Discussion Groups.

Yahoo is the best here - most of the discussion groups I found interesting are Yahoo groups. See below, they are great source of information and help.

• SCT User

• C14

• Digital_astro

• Canon_DSLR_digital_astro

• CGE-TelescopesUNCENSORED

• Videoastro

• Nebulosity