The Spirit of 33
Links to selected Web sites


This page will lead you to very interesting sites related to double star observing. Some sites, while not having a direct relation to this type of celestial objects are really complementary and I'm sure you'll be delighted visiting them. Don't forget also to visit the links to Member's Pages. Above all, please have fun!.


Link's name: Alpa Ravenna (Italy) download page
http address: http://digilander.iol.it/alparavenna/33doppie/download
Description: Outstanding observing Booklets to download in Word format. Covers every Spirit of 33 observing program and more. A must have for doubles’ enthusiasts!
Submited by: Paolo Morini

Link's name: U.S. Naval Observatory's Double Star Library
http address: http://ad.usno.navy.mil/dsl/
Description: Extensive library of double stars, including binary, variable, many useful catalog links are included.
Submited by: Penny Fischer-Otte

Link's name: Astronomical League's Double Star Club
http address: http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/dblstar/dblstar1.html
Description: Get your A.L. double star certificate here as well as being able to download their log sheet.
Submited by: Penny Fischer-Otte

Link’s name: The STScI Digitized Sky Survey
http address: http://stdatu.stsci.edu/dss/dss_form.html
Description: Althougt not a double star site, it does generate digitized sky maps based on the latest all-sky survey giving a lot of clues to double-stars observing.
Submited by: Richard Harschaw

Link's name:  85 Double, Multiple, and Stars of Unusual Color
Description: Sorted by constellation. Object list derived from DeepMap 600, copyright (c) 1997 Orion Telescopes & Binoculars
http address: http://sites.netscape.net/raycash715/85mult.htm
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name:  Dawes Limit Calculator
Description:   Calculates the Dawes Limit, the resolution of double stars in arcseconds, for any size telescope
http address: http://www.asterism.org/clubact/calc06.htm
Submitted by:  Susan Delaney

Link's name:  Washington Double Star Catalog (WDS)
Description: Washington Double Star Catalog
http address: http://ad.usno.navy.mil/wds/wds.html
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name:  Bedford Catalogue
Description: Admiral William H. Smyth's Bedford Catalogue from "A Cycle Of Celestial Objects"
http address: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/similar/smyth_c.html
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name:  John Caldwell List
Description: List of deep sky objects and double/multiple stars for Southern observers.
http address:http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/similar/JCaldw.html
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: Observing double stars
Description: About observing double stars
http address: http://www.cyburban.com/~mrf/a_doublestars.htm
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: Stars
Description: Info about named stars
http address: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/starname_list.html
Submitted by:  Susan Delaney

Link's name: Constellation Portraits
Description: The Constellations using astrophotography; move your cursor over the photo to see the constellations drawn in and labelled
http address: http://www.astronomyboy.com/constellations/index.html
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: Constellations and their Stars
Description:  Constellations and their Stars
http address: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: Constellation Pronounciation guide
Description:  Constellation pronunciation guide (for English speakers. Latin-based languages have no problem here :)
http address: http://www.eaglequest.com/~bondono/iconst.html
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: The Greek Alphabet
Description:  The Greek Alphabet. Always a help when involved in Stars!
http address: http://www.dibonsmith.com/greek.htm
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: Astrometry & Dynamics: Double & Multiple Stars. Royal Observatory of Belgium (Brussels)
http address: http://www.astro.oma.be/D2/DSTARS/index.html
Description: Welcome to the world of double and multiple stars. Are you interested in the Universe? Stars? Double Stars?. Have a look here
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: The Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission
http address: http://astro.estec.esa.nl/Hipparcos/
Description: Here is the ESA Hipparcos site.  Much of enormous value for double-star observers.
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: The Orbital Elements of selected visual binaries
http address: http://www.dibonsmith.com/elements.htm
Description: For the mathematically minded.
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: The Double Star Observer
http address: http://www.cshore.com/royce/dso/
Description: This is the site of Tanguay's 'Double Star Observer' Newsletter.
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: The Double Star Library
http address: http://ad.usno.navy.mil/dsl/
Description: The Double Star Library.  Very useful link, but fairly advanced.
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: The Tycho-2 Catalogue Information and Links
http address: http://www.astro.ku.dk/~erik/Tycho-2/
Description: The Tycho 2 catalogue.  Indispensable for researching wide, faint or otherwise obscure pairs.
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: Webb Society
http address: http://www.webbsociety.freeserve.co.uk/index.html
Description: The main purpose of the Society is to encourage amateur observations of double stars and 'deep-sky' objects such as star-clusters and nebula,
and to provide a forum where observers can communicate and publish the results of their work.
Submited by: Tom Teague

Link's name: Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page
http address: http://www.atm.dal.ca/~andromed/index.html
Description: Not a "Doubles" page itself, bot lot of links. The mother of all links, as Eddy has commented!
Submited by: Eddy O’Connor

Link's name: Besançon Double and Multiple Star Database
http address: http://narval.obs-besancon.fr/bdb/Welcome.html
Description: Very interesting database of double stars.
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: SAF - Commission des Etoiles Doubles (in French)
http address: http://www.iap.fr/saf/cometdbl.htm
Description: Home page of the SAF (French Astronomy Society). Very active commision on Double Stars.
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: Doppelsterne zum Fernrohrtest (Double stars to test telescopes. In German)
http address: http://home.t-online.de/home/Dr.Strickling/dopptest.htm
Description: Very good selection of difficult to split doubles (something like a "Nutcracker" project but a bit easier). Easy to read by no-german speakers because a list of stars is always and only a list of stars!
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: Doppelsterne im Wohnzimmer (Double stars in your own Living-room. In German)
http address: http://home.t-online.de/home/Dr.Strickling/doppelst.htm
Description: Delicious article by the same author of the previous link about how to simulate double-star observing inside your home when the sky is cloudy/rainy.
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: The Prairie Astronomy Club's "Double Stars to Follow"
http address: http://4w.com/pac/dblstar1.htm
Description: A thorough five part discussion of doubles of interest.
Submited by: PJ Anway

Link's name: Hanwell Community Observatory's "Double Stars" discussion
http address: http://www.soft.net.uk/hanwell/double_stars.htm
Description: A nice discussion on measuring double stars
Submited by: PJ Anway

Link's name: The Visual Binaries List: The Widest 100
http address: http://www.cyburban.com/~mrf/c.htm
Description: A list of 100 beautiful doubles including orbit maps
Submited by: PJ Anway

Link’s name: Astronomer's Bazaar. The CDS Service for astronomical Catalogues
http address: http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cats/Cats.htx
Description: Data, data and more data from a lot of catalogs.
Submited by: Richard Harschaw

Link's name: Binary Stars
http address: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Runway/8879/
Description: Theoretical introduction about double stars, chronometric micrometer, angular micrometer, measurements, bibliography, etc. You can download freely a useful program about orbital stars.
Submitted by: Rafael Benavides

Link's name: Deep Sky Database, A tool for deep sky observers
http address: http://www.virtualcolony.com/sac/
Description: It employs a web-based version of the Saguaro Astronomy Club's database (ver 7.2), consisting of over 10,000 records. This online version of the SAC database allows amateur astronomers to compile detailed and customized observing lists.
Submitted by: Rik Hill

Link's name: Astronomy: The Cosmic Journey
Description:  Wonderful e-book on Astronomy it has also a nice section on double stars.
http address: http://astronomica.org/textbook/
Submitted by: Susan Delaney

Link's name: Double Stars Astrophotos
Description:  A delicious collection of double stars pics.
http address: http://user.mc.net/arf/doubst.htm
Submitted by: Chuck Shinn

Link's name: Star Data Pages
Description:  Detailed information about stars using data from several catalogues.
http address: http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/SIT_en.htm
Submitted by: Hans-Goran

Link's name: QCUIAG, QuickCam and Unconventional Imaging Astronomy Group
Description:  Astroimaging with affordable devices
http address: http://www.astrabio.demon.co.uk/QCUIAG/
Submitted by: William Schart

Link's name: Central Texas Astronomy Society
Description:  Web page of this society.
http address: http://www.centexastronomy.org/
Submitted by: William Schart


Member's Pages
Links to Websites created and mantained by members of the Spirit of 33 Group

Link's name: Penny Fischer's Stargazer Home Page
http address: http://www.monmouth.com/~govega
Description:  Astronomy, Space, and Observing information. Great links!
Submited by: Penny Fischer-Otte

Link's name: Forums America Space Forum
http address: http://www.forumsamerica.com/space
Description: Space and Astronomy Related feature articles, image gallery, and an active discussion board  with topical messages.
Submited by: Penny Fischer-Otte

Link's name: Lookum Observatory. Patrick J. Anway's Homepage
http address: http://www.munisingwebsites.com/lookum/
Description: Lunar Videophotography and more.
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: William's Page
http address: home.hot.rr.com/wschart/index.html
Description: William Schart Astronomy Page.
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: Unofficial Zeiss Telementor Web Site
http address: http://whuyss.tripod.com/zeiss/
Description: A site dedicated to this Wonderful Zeiss refractor.
Submited by: Luis Argüelles

Link's name: Astronomia Backyardiensis
http address: http://www.geocities.com/maksutov_cassegrain/
Description: Personal Astronomy page by Otto Piechowski
Submited by: Piechowski2@aol.com

Link's name: Bob's Pagina's
http address: http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~nbhogeveen/
Description: Observing Page by Bob Hogeveen and then more!
Submited by: n.b.hogeveen@hetnet.nl

Link's name: Orlon Petterson's Homepage
http address: http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/~physokp/
Description: Personal Page of Orlon Petterson from New Zealand
Submited by: pmorini@libero.it

Link's name: Matt and Chuck's Astronomy Page
http address: http://www.connect.net/cshinn/New1.html
Description: Chuck Shinn Astronomy page from Texas
Submited by: pmorini@libero.it

Link's name: Luz Estelar (Stellar Light)
http address: http://www.luzestelar.com/
Description: Jose Fernandez (Pepe) Astrophotography page (impressive!) with some fine articles (in Spanish)
Submited by: pmorini@libero.it

Link's name: Susan's Astronomy Page
http address: http://delaneys.home.att.net/astronomy/
Description: Lovely page by Susan including observing reports and then more.
Submited by: pmorini@libero.it

Link's name: Imagen Digital de Bajo Presupuesto (Low Cost Digital Imaging)
http address: http://usuarios.tripod.es/rbarbera/
Description:  Rafael Barberá pages about using a Web cam for Astrophotograhpy (in Spanish)
Submited by: luis.arguelles@wanadoo.es

Link's name: Doubles & CCD
http address: http://www.involved.com/nt7t/
Description:  Page devoted to the CCD observation of double stars, by Jim Jones
Submited by: luis.arguelles@wanadoo.es

Link's name: Andrew's Page
http address: http://www.geocities.com/ariane1au/index.htm
Description:  Some double explorations from the Southern Hemisphere
Submited by: luis.arguelles@wanadoo.es

Link's name: Notes in double stars - Colour
http address: http://www.geocities.com/ariane1au/Page029b.htm
Description:  Excelent article about coloration in Double Stars by Andrew James
Submited by: luis.arguelles@wanadoo.es
 
Link's name: Maurice Toet's Page
http address: http://www.amateur-sterrenkunde.nl
Description:  Excelent page from Holland with sketches and some very good astrophotography.
Submited by: luis.arguelles@wanadoo.es


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