Wolverhampton Astronomical Society

Established 1951

Useful Internet Links

To have your web site listed here please email website.secretary@wolvas.org.uk with full details.

Astronomical Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers

I. R. Poyser - Makers of superb brass refracting telescopes in the traditional style, suppliers of optical components and suppliers of Astronomy Kits for GCSE courses.

Chris Livingstone Telescopes -  www.livingstonetelescopes.co.uk

14 Ellsdon Rise Kempsey Worcester WR5 3NU Tel: 01905 821 103

 

Evergreen Optics www.uk-telescopes.co.uk

UK telescopes and binoculars including Celestron, Meade, Konus and Skywatcher

 

Telescope House

Orion Optics

Resources

Night Sky Info: Weekly information about the night sky and articles on selected astronomical topics

 

'Fotosearch Images: Stock Photography and Stock Footage

 

BBC Space Web Site: Great for astronomy news and resources

 

Astronomy Forum: A New Astronomy Forum

 

Isee Stars: A Site for image enthusiasts

 

Latest UK Satellite Image

 

BBC Weather

 

Heavens Above

 

Astronomy Picture of the Day

 

http://stellarium.org/ Stellarium:

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/ Celestia: 3D galaxy simulation (great fun for watching eclipses!)

http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/universe/ Digital Universe: create a flight video. Powerful software, but not the most user friendly.

http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/satellite-kml/ The Orbiting Frog website where you can get satellite orbits for Google Earth, including the debris from the recent collision!

Astronomical Societies (UK)

British Astronomical Association: The National Astronomical Society

Heart of England Astronomical Society

University of Birmingham Astronomical Society

Astronomy Action Groups

Campaign for Dark Skies

Magazines

Astronomy Now: The popular astronomy magazine.

Sky At Night Magazine: The Magazine to accompany the BBC TV programme.

New Scientist Space: The Space and Astronomy web site from New Scientist Magazine

Spaceflight

European Space Agency

NASA

Space Weather

Midlands Spaceflight Society

Private Spaceflight Companies

Virgin Galactic

Starchaser

Xcor

Places to Visit

Spaceguard Centre

Spaceport

Jodrell Bank Observatory

Holidays and Accommodation

Les Granges (south of France)