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Amateur Astronomers

Steve Mandel - Great CCD images!
Robert Gendler - CCD images of the universe - a must see!
Ed Grafton - High resolution CCD  planetary images (C14 and a ST6, ST5C, ST 402 CCD).
Al Kelly - High quality deep sky images with a C14.
Randy Brewer - 14.5" RC, Tak FCT 150, Tak FSQ 106.
Thierry Legault - High resolution CCD images.
Russell Croman - High resolution CCD images from Texas.
Mario Weigand - High resolution images with C11 and C14.
Peter Bresseler - TEC140, SBIG STL-11000M, high quality deep sky images.
Johannes Schedler - Panther Observatory.
Damian Peach - Planetary imaging with C9.25 and C14.
Takayuki Yoshida - Some great art work made in Japan.
Alan Friedman - High resolution views of the planets.
Bernhard Hubl - Excellent Deep Sky images with an TeleVue NP101 and ST-2000XM CCD.
Capella Observatory - Amateur observatory located in Greece - a must see!
Oliver Pettenpaul - High resolution images of the planets with a C9.25 and DMK camera.
Daniel Coe - Images and views of the nights sky with a 10" SCT from the UK.
R Jay GaBany - Outstanding astro images, remotely taken from New Mexico.
 

Space Missions

Sun:
SOHO (ESA, NASA) - Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Status: Online.
STEREO (NASA) - The Sun in 3D. Launched October 25, 2006. Status: Online.

Mercury:

Messenger (NASA) - Will become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. First flyby Jan. 14, 2008. Venus approach June 5, 2007. Click here to visit the related NASA website.

Venus:
Venus Express Mission (ESA) - Status: Online.  

Moon:
SMART-1 (ESA) - Mission to the Moon - Status: Completed (Spacecraft impacted on the Moon's surface).
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA) - Will we see the Apollo hardware? Launch: Oct. 31, 2008.  
KAGUYA-SELENE (JAXA) - Japans mission to the Moon. Status: Launched.

Mars:
Mars Global Surveyor (NASA) - Status: Contact was lost in November 2006.
Mars Express (ESA) - Europe's mission to Mars. Status: Online.
Mars Rovers (NASA) - Mars Exploration Rovers Opportunity and Spirit (MER) - Status: Extended.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA) - Official NASA home page. Status: Online.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA) - HiRISE Operations Center (University of Arizona).
Mars Phoenix Lander (NASA) - Status: Launched; Arrival: May 2008.
Mars Science Laboratory (NASA) - Launch: Sept./Oct. 2009; Arrival: July-Sept. 2010.

Vesta and Ceres:
Dawn (NASA) - Launch: September 2007. Arrival at Vesta in 2011 and "Dwarf Planet" Ceres in 2015.

Asteroids:
HAYABUSA (JAXA) - Japans Mission to Asteroid Itokawa. Status: After big trouble back in operation.  

Saturn:

Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn (NASA, ESA) - Huygens successfully landed on Titan in Jan. 2005 and delivered spectacular images of the decent and the surface. Cassini is currently operating in the Saturn system. 

Pluto:
New Horizons (NASA) - Status: Launched. Successful Jupiter approach in 2007. Arrival at Pluto in 2015. 

Comets:
ROSETTA (ESA) - Mission to Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, will arrive in 2014. Mars swing-by Feb. 2007.

Space Telescopes Operating in Earth Orbit:
Hubble Space Telescope (NASA, ESA) - Status: Extended.
The Hubble Heritage Project - Generating brilliant images from HST raw data...
Spitzer Space Telescope (NASA) - Infrared space telescope, diameter = 0.85 m. Status: Online.
The James Webb Space Telescope (NASA) - Launch in 2013.
 

Other Sites of Interest

ESA - European Space Agency. 
NASA - United States Space Agency.
NASA-Television - Provides live coverage of missions and other agency events via web stream.
ROSCOSMOS - Russian Federal Space Agency.
JAXA - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
ESO - European Southern Observatory.

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) - The arrangement of two 8.4m mirrors will have the light gathering power of a single 11.8m telescope! The facility is located at Mt. Graham near Safford, AZ.

The Keck Observatory - Two 10 m mirrors on the top of the Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii.
The SUBARU Telescope - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
Public Observatory Munich - Some spectacular ground based images of the International Space Station.
Heavens-Above - Visibility of the  ISS and many other satellites for any given location.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a new, fascinating image of our universe!
Astronomie.de - German resource for the amateur astronomer.
Astronews.com - Der deutschsprachige Online-Dienst für Astronomie, Astrophysik und Raumfahrt.
Global Rent a Scope - When the weather is cloudy...
 

Software

Cartes du Ciel - Great star charting software. Freeware!
Stellarium - Easy to use planetarium software. Freeware!
Celestia - Another cool planetarium software. Freeware!
Astrogeek - Additional Cartes du Ciel star catalogs. Freeware!
Claude Duplessis - MERIDIAN - Displays the actual appearance of the planets. Freeware!
Christian Buil's - IRIS - Great astronomical image processing software! Freeware!
Registax - Registration and stacking software. Freeware!
Gimp for Windows - Image manipulation program. Freeware!
Autostitch - Automatic image stitching software. Free limited demo.
Registar - Image alignment or registration software. 30 day trial.
CCD Stack - Easy to use and very powerful processing software. 30 day trial.
Neat Image - Reduces the noise of digital images. Free limited demo.

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