Astronomical Organisations :
- Federation of Astronomical Societies (FAS)
- Southern Area Group of Astronomical Societies (SAGAS)
- British Astronomical Association (BAA)
- Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
Astronomical Equipment Suppliers :
- 365Astronomy ……………… on-line, based in Brighton
- First Light Optics
- iOptron
Astrophotography Software :
- Deep Sky Stacker
- Astro snap image capture
- Carte du Ciel – sky map software
- Stellarium – sky map software
- Backyard EOS – Canon camera control software
- Autostakkert – video stacking software for lunar, solar & planetary
- Registax 6 – similar function to Autostakkert, but includes wavelets
- PHD guiding
- Astro Photography Tool
- GIMP – Image processing software
- PixInsight – Image processing software written by astro-imagers
- Sequence Generator Pro – equipment control & image sequencing
- Siril – Free alignment, stacking and image processing
Local Astronomical Associations :
Other sites of interest :
- Sky at Night magazine – lots of useful information e.g guides/reviews
- Astronomy Now magazine
- South Downs Planetarium
- South Downs National Park – Dark Skies
- Astronomy Speakers and Societies
Smart Phone Apps :
There are a seemingly endless number of Smartphone apps available. The following is just a selection :-
- Stellarium – skychart and equipment control
- SkySafari – “
- puniverse – skychart
- Skyview – “
- Starmap – “
- Goskywatch – “
- ClearOutside – weather app from First Light Optics
- Moon Globe – the name says it all
- Mars Globe – “
- Astrolocator – Where am I ?
- Polar Clock – Polar Alignment app