Kevin's Astronomy Links

These are links that I have been referred to (source version is http://inst.EECS.Berkeley.EDU/~kevinm/astronomy/index.html).

http://www.astrosurf.com/dallmon/ (QuickCam)
http://www.astrosurf.com/dallmon/html/qcsoftware.html (QCV2 by Dave Ammon)
http://overton.tamu.edu/rdb/qcam_mod.htm (Quickcams & CCD)
http://www.spogee-ccd.com/ccdu.html (Quickcams & CCD)
http://www.skypub.com/imaging/ccd/ccd.html (Quickcams & CCD)
http://www.vub.ac.be/STER/www.astro/AstroCCD/AstroQC.htm (Quickcams & CCD)
http://www.oddstray.com/astronomy (Quickcams & CCD)
http://astrocam.astrosurf.org (programming the Quickcam VC for extended exposure times, by JP Godard)
http://members.xoom/sonfest/ (low cost astro cams)
http://ww.astrabio.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG (software for grabbing astro images and dark frames)
http://ww.astrabio.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG/research/index.htm (general site)
http://www.genesis16.net (cooling a CCD chip with a Peltier device)
http://www.emmgraphics.com/pilot/astro/equipment.html (Magnification is large because the image sensor is small, like using a short focal length eyepiece. Make a 'focal reducer', opposite of a Barlow, by placing a small lens in front of the CCD sens or. Uses a ETX finderscope, f1 approx 100 mm.)
news://news.berkeley.edu/astro.ccd.imaging (newsgroup)
http://www2.gsoc.dlr.de/scripts/satvis/ (satellites visible from Richmond CA)
http://www.bester.com/satpasses.htm
http://www.jackstargazer.com/ ("Jack Horkheimer: STar Gazer" PBS TV series)
http://www.heavens-above.com/ (Heavens Above)
http://www.ucolick.org/ (UC / Lick Observatories)
http://www.spaceweather.com (Science news and information)
http://cleardarksky.com/ (forecasts of local sky conditions)
http://science.nasa.gov (NASA)