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This page contains an on-going compilation of my favorite astronomy sites from the World Wide Web where I have learned pratically eveything I know about telescopes and astrophotography.

Hope you like them as much as I do.

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       Software

  • K3CCDTools
    • Freeware by Peter Katreniak, this freeware  program is excellent for imaging with webcams.
  • Astrovideo
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  • Registax
    • Freeware for alignment/stacking/processing of images by Cor Berrevoets
  • iMerge
    •  Freeware by Jon Grove, small (40k) program to easily create large and accurate image mosaics.
  • AstroStack
    •  Freeware by R. J. Stekelenburgh
  • Iris
    •  Freeware by Christian Buil
  • Irfanview
    •  Freeware by Irfan Skiljan
  • Vega
    •  Freeware by Colin F. Bownes
  • Teleauto
    •  Freeware by Philippe Martinole
  • Loreal
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  • CCDcalc
    •  Freeware by Ron Wodaski
  • Maxim
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  • The Planets
    • Freeware by Brendan DJ Murphy  
  • Astroplanner
    • Freeware by Paul Rodman. Allows observation planning/logging and telescope alignment star selection with control of a computerised go-to telescope
  • Winstars
    • Freeware by Franck Richard
  • ImagesPlus
    •  Image processing software
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     Distributors

  •  Perseu
    • One of the few shops in the world selling modified webcams (Philips Toucam) for long exposure astrophotography. Also sells Meade, Televue, and other brands.

  •  Astrofoto
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  •  OPT
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      Books

  • Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe
    • Author: Jay M. Passachoff. Sixth Edition. Published by Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning -Wadsworth Group
    • 38 chapters on the past and the future of the universe and the astronomy.
  • The New CCD Astronomy
    • Author: Ron Wodaski. New Astronomy Press.
    • How to cpture the stars with a CCD camera in your backyard.
  • The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets
    • Author: F.W. Taylor. Cambridge University Press.
  • Introdução à Astronomia e às Observações Astronómicas
    • Author: Máximo Ferreira e Guilherme de Almeida. 6ª Edição, Plátano Edições Técnicas.
  • As Leis do Céu - Astronomia e Civilizações Antigas
    • Author: Juan António Belmonte, Mareantes Editora
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  • Telescópios
    • Author: Guilherme de Almeida, Plátano Editora.
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  • Fotografar o Céu
    • Author: Pedro Ré. 1ª Edição, Plátano Edições Técnicas.
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