Links
The following links are a selection of what is happening in the astronomy world.
The National Space Centre is the
home of the Leicester Astronomical Society.
Check on this site for opening times and other things happening at the Centre.
Astronomical Societies.
- Lincoln Astronomical
Society
- The Leicester Astronomical Society regularly visit the Lincoln Astronomical
Society and their observatory.
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Telescopes and Binoculars shops.
- Evergreen Optics Telescopes
and accessories for beginners and advanced astronomers.
- Official suppliers of Konus, Celestron, and Meade telescopes and accessories,
order online for same day despatch.
- The Widescreen Centre
- Dealer of specialised telescopes in Nottingham & London..
- SCS Astro
- This is based in Somerset, home of the Borg (name of the scope, not the
Star Trek enemy!).
- David Hinds
- Set your sights on Celestron.
- Orion Optics
- A wide range of Europa and Maksutovs telescopes.
- Dark Star
- Another Meade stockists based in Wales.
- Starlight Xpress Ltd
- CCD cameras, including the new HX916 and the MX7-C, are displayed in this
site.
Astronomy magazines.
- Astronomy Now
- Britain's Astronomical magazine...get online for the latest
news about our skies.
- Sky & Telescope
- This is the American version and covers the skies above the USA...also other
news.
- Night Sky
- Sister magazine to Sky & Telescope.
Other places of interests.
- Swift - the Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
- University of Leicester Data Centre for the Swift mission
to detect gamma ray bursts.
- The Sky At Night
- The Sky At Night is now online on the BBC website for the
latest news. Also previous programmes are shown here.
- Australian
Observatories
- Check out astronomical observatories in Australia and what
they are doing
- Big Bear Observatory
- This is a very good website that constantly monitors the
Sun. See the latest solar images.
- Comet
McNaught
- Read about the spectacular comet McNaught here and images
taken by observers in Chile.
- More Comet
McNaught Images
- Images taken by the ESO staff
An advert for lighting! This one is ideally suitable for the non-astronomers
who has astronomers for next door neighbours.
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