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Robert Gendler:  The work of Dr. Robert Gendler is well known by anyone seriously involved in astrophotography. If you are not familiar with Rob's work, you must visit his web page and be prepared to have your socks knocked-off. Top of the line equipment and talent leading to fantastic images. I believe that Dr. Gendler has made the Guiness Book of World Records for the largest digital image of a galaxy. See his page for the facts.

Richard Crisp:  Richard specializes in narrow band imaging at discrete wavelengths (e.g. Ha-SII-OIII, etc). I can't say enough about his work. The colors resulting from Richard's narrow band imaging techniques are unique and truly exotic. You have to see it to believe it. Richard has taken a shot of M16 that I bet 90% of the population could not differentiate from the famous Hubble shot. Enough said. Go there.

Michael Garvin:  Michael has captured a number of remarkable images using narrow-band filters. The use of these filters (Ha-SII-OIII) to isolate specific wavelengths of light results in color mapping similar to Hubble shots and the images are very beautiful. I am looking forward to more of these images from Michael because most amateurs do not engage in the use of this specific filter set. (Note: These filters are primarily effective on nebula.) 

 Michael Siniscalchi: The "Abbott Observatory". Great results.

Dave Street: Lots of cool CCD images...check out Dave's page.

 Thor Olson: FILM! Color expert Thor Olson's page, with astrophotographs obtained using film. If you are getting started in color imaging, or even if you are already doing it, Thor's papers on "true color" in astroimages are a "must read". Thor's astrophotographs are taken with film and are quite beautiful.

Ski's Pages: Cool observatory, cool page, cool scopes, cool images!

Local University Observatories:

 St. Johns University:  This is where I got my start in astronomy over 34 years ago. Some of the images contained in these pages were taken at the St. Johns Observatory. Many thanks to the late Fr. Melchior Freund, OSB, for his support over the years. SJU has recently developed a very good photometry program for those interested in this area of study (now under the direction of Dr. Thomas Kirkman and Dr. Sara Yost)


Software:
 
Cartes du Ciel:  Sky-charting software with the capability of driving computerized telescopes. We use this program frequently and almost exclusively. 

IRIS: Image processing software with functions that rival those of software costing literally hundreds of dollars. Thanks to Christian Buil for this amazing...and free package.

Stark Labs: Affordable, Powerful, and Easy to Use Astrophotography Software, some of it is free. Home of the increasingly popular "Nebulosity" software for image capture and processing using a wide range of astronomy CCD cameras. Craig Stark writes and distributes the software. Interestingly, when Craig is not involved in some aspect of astroimaging (or creating the tools for doing so), he is engaged in brain research at John Hopkins University.

Deep Sky Stacker:   Image registration and stacking. Various types of stacking algorithms and can handle large DSLR images (including RAW format). Allows inclusion of dark frames and flat fields. 

COAA:  This is an observatory based in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. You might recognize some of the software they have written for CCD imaging, which includes Astrovideo (for the SAC cameras) and FitsX. Visitors to the observatory are welcome...so check out their page for details.

Telescopes and Imaging Devices:

There are a wide variety of suppliers of telescopes and imaging devices. Many are excellent. I used to have links here but I removed them because after reading some of the "terms of use" and legal stuff on many commercial web pages, I cannot determine if I am allowed to legally link to their page or not. Then, there is also some legal language involving "product endorsements". Too much confusion. Simple solution was to just delete all the links. Done.

Reference Pages:

Atlas of the Universe:  This is just cool! Steps you through the scale of the univers in a most interesting way. Great fun and really helps understanding perspective on the universe.


Nuclear Links:

American Nuclear Society: Professional Organization for those involved with this field.

NRC: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC): The "NRC". This is the federal agency that regulates nuclear power in the USA.

The Virtual Nuclear Tourist: If you want to learn a bit about nuclear power, this is a great site to visit.
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