ASTRONOMY - INDEX

All these pages can be reached from here.

     Amateur Astronomy, Telescope Building - a Newtonian on a Dobsonian mount, an Equatorial Platform, Astro-Photography with film and CCD cameras, particularly the Vesta and finally, FlightSim stuff - are all covered on these pages. I hope you will find something of interest here.

Please click on the subject of choice.

WELCOME !

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY    My old experiences with film and the change to CCD imaging.

TELESCOPES   How it all started and links to the following sections:-

WEBCAMS A list of webcams suitable or otherwise for astro-imaging.

HOME-BUILT NEWTONIAN  The construction of my 150mm reflector described with detailed plans.

CCD STUFF  Webcams and astronomy imaging.

DOBSONIAN MOUNT  A detailed description of the building of a Dob mount for the Newtonian including plans. There's also a page on bearings.

EQUATORIAL PLATFORM How I built a motorised platform for the Dob, driven by a stepper motor. The drawings are here as well.

LINKS TO MORE ASTRO SITES  Here are some of my favorite astronomy-related sites.

MODELS FOR MS FLIGHT SIMULATOR