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Our Favourite Links

Useful books/catalogues/... for CCD photometry and variable star - exoplanet observing

	Downes' Catalog and Atlas of CVs - the 'reference' catalogue on cataclysmic variables, now online.
	Handbook of Astronomical Image Processing (R. Berry & J. Burnell) - the 'reference' handbook on CCD image processing
	The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS SkyServer)
	Bruce L. Gary's free book Exoplanet Observing for Amateurs - a must read.

Useful sites on Cataclysmic Variables

	Center for Backyard Astrophysics, Columbia University, NY
	CVnet, a website devoted solely to cataclysmic variables. Excellent and frequently updated.
	The International Variable Star Index VSX
	Recurrent Objects Programme - BAAVSS, UK
	AAVSO variable star charts and sequences

Useful sites on Exoplanets

	Looking for transits of exoplanets ? Visit Transitsearch.org and you'll start observing.
	The reference site for exoplanets : Oklo.org
	Bruce L. Gary's excellent Amateur Exoplanet Archive AXA
	Jean Schneider's exoplanet catalog

Astronomy sites that I strongly recommend

Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG CCD camera's)

Information Bulletin on Variable Stars (IBVS) at Konkoly Observatory, Hungary

AAVSO - The American Association of Variable Star Observers

VVS (Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde) - The Belgian Astronomical Society

What's up in the sky tonight ? Heavens-above will tell !

Subscribe to Sky & Telescope's excellent AstroAlert news service

Keep an eye out for auroras and read all about the Sun-Earth environment at Spaceweather.com

"Must-visits" and other interesting resources

One of the top visual dwarf novae observers in the world : Gary Poyner, BAAVSS, UK

Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory of Gianluca Masi (CBA Italy)

Beersel Hills Observatory of my very good friend Paul Van Cauteren (Belgium)

Atom Time - sync your computer clock with an atom clock

Join a worldwide list of comet and asteroid researchers.

The ultimate resort for supernova observers : the International Supernovae Network

Useful software tools for the CCD photometrist

	AIP4WIN - Astronomical Image Processing for Windows (R. Berry & J. Burnell). Our favourite 'aperture photometry' package.
	AIP4Plot from CBA member Lew Cook A must have Excel workbook to automate your AIP4WIN data reduction results.
	MaxIm/DL & MaxIm/CCD from Cyanogen Productions, Inc. Our favourite CCD control software.
	TheSky Astronomy Software from Software Bisque. The ultimate planetarium and telescope control combination.
	ASCOM - The Astronomers Common Object Model. A great standardization initiative for programming wizards seeking automation.
	PERANSO - the most powerful Period and Light Curve Analysis software.