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General Observing [Top]

The Monthly Skyguide - Free Star Charts and Astronomy Resources
Astronomy a go-go - Astronomy podcast. general astronomy info
The Night Sky This Week - Weekly information about the night sky

Weather Pages[Top]

Richard Angwins Weather Page
BBC Bristol local forecast

Space Missions[Top]

The Hubble Space Telescope
Galileo mission to Jupiter
Met office satellite pictures
Cassini mission to Saturn
The Space Shuttle
Beagle 2 Mission report (PDF File)
Heavens Above (Satellite Path Predictions)

Institutes[Top]

NASA
Cambridge University
University of Central London (U.C.L) Starlink
The International Astronomical Union (I.A.U)
The European Space Agency (E.S.A)
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena (JPL)
The Lunar and Planetary Institute

Observatories[Top]

The Royal Observatory at Edinburgh
The Royal Greenwich Observatory

Planetaria[Top]

The British Association of Planetaria
Explore Planetarium @Bristol
Armagh Planetarium
The South Downs Planetarium
Vectis Planetarium, Isle of Wight
Auriga Mobile Planetarium

Places to Visit[Top]

The Herschel Museum

Magazines[Top]

Astronomy
Astronomy Now
The Astronomer
Sky and Telescope
The BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The Sun[Top]

Solar & Heliospheric Observatory
The Sun today - up to date solar images

The Moon[Top]

Clementine images


The Planets[Top]

A multimedia tour of the solar system
NSSDC Photo Gallery

Comets[Top]

Halley's Comet
Hale Bopp

Asteroids[Top]

What are asteroids?
Near Earth Objects Survey

Stars[Top]

The life cycle of stars
Variable star news

Nebulae[Top]

Types of nebulae
The Caldwell Catalogue
The Messier Catalogue

Galaxies[Top]

A multimedia guide to galaxies


Cosmology[Top]

The origin of the universe.
COBE Big Bang Cosmology

Life on other Worlds[Top]

The latest on the Martian discoveries
The search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (S.E.T.I)

Light Pollution[Top]

BAA Campaign for Dark Skies

Local Societies[Top]

Cardiff Astronomical Society
Swansea Astronomical Society

National Societies[Top]

Sky Watch - UK Astronomy Clubs
One Site - List of UK Astronomy Clubs
BAA
William Herschel Society - Bath
Society for Popular Astronomy

Equipment Manufacturers[Top]


Please note that the inclusion of a compny in this list should not be considered an endorsement by the Bristol Astronomical Society.

I. R. Poyser - Makers of superb brass refracting telescopes in the traditional style, suppliers of optical components and suppliers of Astronomy Kits for GCSE courses.
TeleVue optics
Daystar filters
Alexander Observatories

Equipment Suppliers[Top]

Ace Astronomical - Here at Ace Astronomical we stock all the major brands of astronomical telescopes, these include: Helios, Konus, Meade and Skywatcher

Evergreen Optics Telescopes including Celestron, Meade and Konus.

Astronomical telescope and binocular website, official suppliers of Konus, Meade, Celestron and Sky Watcher.

Amateur Sites[Top]

The Sky Guide
Project Galileo

Shopping[Top]

The BAS Shopping Portal

Software[Top]

Focus Multi-Media - producers of Redshift 5, Planetarium Software
Deep Sky Stacker
Registax
K3CCD Tools
WcCtrl