The community of amateur astronomers around the world is growing fast and this fascinating hobby is probably more popular now than ever before. There are numerous resources across the Internet which provide useful information.

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Links
Some useful links to other websites are listed below.

Amateur websites
Listed in alphabetical order, all thumbnail images, titles and descriptions are featured here with kind permission of the respective site authors.

	All About Astro	Home of the Ballauer Observatory and astrophotography by Jay Ballauer, including image galleries and articles for amateurs
	Astrofotografie von Rochus Hess	Astro photography by Rochus Hess from Austria - German language site
	Astrohjørnet	Amateur astronomy site with images of the night sky
	Astroimaging by Antonello Medugno	High resolution planetary and deep sky images taken from Italy
	Astroimaging by Robert Gendler	Rob Gendler has become established as one of the leading amateur astro photographers in the world. Based in Connecticut, he has had a keen interest in imaging since the mid 1990's and since published numerous breath-taking images.
	Astro Imaging page by Steven Juchnowski	Astro Imaging mainly of Southern Sky objects including the relatively unknown and obscure
	Astrophotographie von Ralph McIntosh	Personal homepage featuring various deep sky photos taken with DSLR cameras
	Astro webcam imaging by Ocupado.de	Astrophotography with a webcam and a modified Canon EOS 350d. Images of planets, solar H-alpha, lunar and deep sky objects taken with a Celestron 8 and Coronado Solar Max 40.
	Astro webcam imaging by Torsten Edelmann	An attempt to obtain high-resolution lunar and planetary images with a webcam
	Averted Imagination	A gallery of our solar system portrayed in high resolution by Alan Friedman
	Backyard	Photography and Astrophotography from Stirling, Scotland
	Carranza Field Astronomers	Daniel McCauley's astro photos taken from Carranza Field, an astronomical viewing site located in Southern New Jersey
	Dark Force Astro (CCD-Imaging)	CCD astro images by Immo Gerber from Germany. The ultimate aim for the future is to take long focal length high-resolution pictures of galaxies, nebulae and small deep sky objects. German language site.
	Dean Rowe	Stunning astro images taken by Dean Rowe - worth checking out!
	IceInSpace	Australian Amateur Astronomy, News and Forums. A website dedicated to amateur astronomy in Australia and New Zealand
	Imaging the Cosmos-Astrophotography by Chris Hetlage	A website dedicated to my hobby of digitally capturing the beauty of our planet and universe
	Jim's Unconventional Astrophotography	This site offers Astrophotography on a limited budget. One doesn't need to "break the bank" to get good astrophotographs. The site features images taken with good basic equipment
	Len Marek's Astronomy Site	An informational website with plenty of background information on Len's astrophotos. Len welcomes all correspondence with other amateurs around the world
	Pete Lawrence's Digital Sky	Pete Lawrence's interest in Astronomy originated in the early 70s. His website is a showcase for his work, entailing detailed Lunar, planetary and deep sky images. Pete is well known due to his many publications online and offline, as well as on radio and TV (including The Sky at Night).
	Skygazer	Digital Astrophotography
	Synner Astrophotography	An amateur's attempt to image the skies from a light polluted location
	Tim's Astronomy and Astrophotography	Website dedicated to amateur astronomy and astrophotography using web cams and digital SLR cameras. It features a gallery section as well as useful tips and tutorials.
	Zodiac Light	Bill Christie's Astronomy and Astrophotography website, offering interesting background information on Astronomy and a useful introduction to Astrophotography

Weather

Eumetsat Meteosat image	Latest Meteosat images and animation
Metcheck	UK weather forecasts
Met Office Infrared satellite imagery	Hourly infrared satellite images with 24-hour playback animation
Meteoblue European Seeing Prediction	Detailed weather predictions for astronomers (Click on 'Astronomy' at the top of the webpage, then select 'European Seeing Predictions')
Jetstream Forecast
300 mb high level wind chart provided on the Unisys Weather website for aviation purposes. Purple areas correspond to low wind speeds and should correlate with good atmospheric seeing conditions. The 300 mb chart shows the winds at the 300 mb level. The wind speeds are shown as color contours, the heights (bold white lines), temperatures in Celsius (thin red lines) and the vectors show wind direction and speed.