Links

Below are a number of links to sites I've come across that I have found useful.

• Astronomy User Groups

  • Ottawa Valley Astronomy & Observers Group (OAOG)

  • Meade LX-10 User Group

  • EQ6 (Atlas, EQ6, SkyScan & SynTrek) User Group

  • Mallincam Astronomy Video CCD Camera User Group

• Astronomy Clubs

  • Ottawa Valley Astronomy & Observers Group (OAOG); a great friendly and informal group of astronomers in the Ottawa area that meet fairly regularly

• Weather & Other Viewing Technical Stuff

  • The Weather Network Current Conditions for Ottawa, Canada

  • Clear Sky Chart for Ottawa from ClearDarkSky.com

  • Natural Resources Canada Magnetic Declination Calculator

  • Telescope Field of View & Power Calculator

  • Bahtinov Focusing Mask Generator

• Astronomy Parts & Accessories

  • Agena Astro; a small web-based outfit out of California that has a very good selection of accessories, good prices, and great customer service

  • Island Eyepiece & Telescope Ltd; a larger store out in BC, again very good prices and great customer service

  • Optics Planet; a monster of a web-based outfit with a huge selection, but they bring you mainstream items at great prices, and their service is pretty good

  • Surplus Shed; Wow! Where does this guy find all this neat stuff?!  An awesome store to find bits and pieces like objective lenses for making custom telescopes or other optics related projects

  • Astronomy Buy & Sell; a Canadian used astronomy buy & sell site (like Astromart) that costs nothing to post or view the listings

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