ENVIRONMENT 

CFDS - CAMPAIGN FOR DARK SKIES  

BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION  

INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION   "To preserve and protect the nighttime environment and our heritage of dark skies through quality outdoor lighting. 

SEPA - SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY

NSCA - NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR CLEAN AIR  active in the fields of air quality, noise, land quality, local environment, and industrial regulation.

EARTH BY NIGHT  A link to an NOAA image showing the affect of artificial lighting on our planet at night.

UK BY NIGHT  A map of the UK showing the spread of light pollution and information on the rural impact of it.

GUIDANCE NOTES FOR GOOD LIGHTING .PDF ON GOOD LIGHTING FROM THE INSTITUTE OF LIGHTING ENGINEERS

WWW.DARK-SKY-LIGHTING.CO.UK  energy-saving and anti-light pollution light fixtures

EVERGREEN OPTICS (WWW.UK-TELESCOPES.CO.UK)   UK Telescopes including Celestron, Meade and Konus

PHOTOGRAPHY, ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHYBOARD.NET  Photography Community

NIGHT SKY INFO  Weekly news about the night sky and articles on selected astronomical topics

UKAI - UK ASTRO IMAGING FORUM        

Dedicated to all kinds of astro imaging based in the UK but welcomes members the world over. Best on the web.

UK ASTRONOMY BUY & SELL  UK's Trading Place for Used Telescopes and Accessories

Email : gordon@mackayphotography.co.uk

EQUIPMENT

(Astronomical telescope and binocular website, official suppliers of Konus, Meade, Celestron and Sky Watcher)

AMBERMILE ENGINEERING  Quality astro engineering

LOSMANDY  Home of the Losmandy G-8 and G-11 equatorial mounts

GEMINI  René Görlich , the creator of the Gemini Astronomical Positioning system

SOFTWARE BISQUE  Home of 'that' mount and various mount software programs

SANTA BARBARA IMAGING GROUP  SBIG range of CCD camera and accessories

SOFTWARE AND IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS

CAPTURE ONE DSLR  RAW file converter and image workflow management

NEAT IMAGE Noise removal software for digital camera images, a very handy program

IMAGESPLUS  Astronomical image processing software for all kinds of astro images

IRIS  Astronomical Image processing software

REGISTAX  Image stacking software

SPACE, WEATHER AND ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA

SPACEWEATHER.COM    News and information on the Sun - Earth environment

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS    A fascinating guide to atmospheric phenomena 

SEDS Messier Database  Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, lots of information on the Messier list of objects

METCHECK  UK Weather forecasts. probably one of the more informative of the popular UK forecast pages

STAR PARTIES

                  KIELDER FOREST STAR CAMP  Very dark skies in Northumberland, some of the best in England

                  PEAK STAR PARTY  Site of the Peak Star Party located in the Peak District

                  KELLING HEATH STAR PARTY The popular star party in Norfolk

CENTRAL SCOTLAND OBSERVERS GROUP - www.scottishastronomers.com

FRIENDS, FELLOW ASTRONOMERS AND ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER'S WEBSITES

CONTINENT-AMASTRO  Links to hundreds of European amateur astronomers sites by Christian Vestergaard

IAIN MCDONALD - www.pbase.com/mcdonald599

ANDY STENTIFORD - www.56degreesnorth.co.uk

ANDY ELLIS - www.coxellis.net

NICK KING - www.synner.co.uk

MARK HILL  - homepages.tesco.net/mark.hill4

GREG BEEKE - www.cosmicshed.com

CHRIS GRAHAM - www.backyard.8m.net/

LIAM GOODING - www.freewebs.com/alienaters-astro/

DAVID HARRIS - www.harrisphotography.co.uk

PAUL STEPHEN - www.paulstephen.com/astronomy.htm

TONY POTTRELL - www.pyroport.com/astro/index.asp

DAVID CAMPBELL - http://www.12dstring.me.uk/index.htm