Some Useful Links

TARGET COMPENDIUM

Gary Imm presented below on The Astro Imaging Channel. Worth watching it. He’s compiled all the main catalogs into a single resource. Both in a static PDF format and an interactive Excel Sheet. Both of which can be downloaded from http://garyimm.com/compendium. Fanstastic resourve to have images of alimost every target out there and in a consistent format. There are also links to his Astrobin account for every image in there so you can view them in full. The Excel Sheet in particular is very useful as you can enter your location and time and use it to filter out targets of interest. Huge amount of effort from Gary to put this together.

We have listed some useful links below:


Useful Astronomy & Astrophotography Links.

Mayo Dark Sky Reserve - Mayo Dark Sky Park 

Skellig Star Party - Skellig Star Party - Home | Facebook

Dark Sky Ireland - Dark Sky Ireland » Dark Sky Ireland 

Irish Federation of Astronomical Societies - IFAS - Home of Irish Astronomy 


Astronomy Equipment (Ireland)

Horizon Astronomy (Astronomy & Astrophotography Store) - Horizon Astronomy Ireland

Ktec Telescopes - Ktec Telescopes Ltd 

Buy & Sell secondhand Astronomy & Astrophotography Equipment (Ireland) - Astrophotography - Buy & Sell - Ireland | Facebook


Astrophotography Image Acquisition & Processing:

Deepsky Stacker - http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html

Astro Pixel Processor - https://www.astropixelprocessor.com/

Pixinsight - https://pixinsight.com/

Astrophotography Tool (APT) - https://astrophotography.app/

Nina - https://nighttime-imaging.eu/

Firecapture - http://www.firecapture.de/

Sharpcap - https://www.sharpcap.co.uk/

Autostakkert - https://www.autostakkert.com/

Registrax - https://www.astronomie.be/registax/


LIST OF APOD PAGES, COMPETITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

If you are looking to showcase your astrophotography and share your images with a wider audience and / or you are interested in submitting your images into various contests, the links below could be useful.

Daily Competitions / APOD Type:

NASA APOD email: nemiroff@mtu.edu; bonnell@grossc.gsfc.nasa.gov

APOD GRAG: https://apod.grag.org/send-a-photo/

APOD Astronomia: https://apod.astronomia.com/send-photo/

AAPOD 2: https://www.aapod2.com/submit-your-image

Astrobin Image of the Day: if you have an Astrobin account, you can opt in for IOTD https://www.astrobin.com/iotd/archive/

Weekly Competitions:

ZWO ASI Cameras: https://www.facebook.com/groups/zwoasiusers/, tag #ASIWEEK for a chance to win the Image of the Week - note your image has to be taken with a ZWO ASI camera

Monthly Competitions:

Golden Photons: https://millenniumphoton.com/photon-dor/...

Yearly Competitions:

DIAS Reach for the Stars: keep an eye on this website for opening and closing dates of competition: https://reachforthestars.ie/home/

Astronomy Photographer of the Year by Royal Museums Greenwich UK: keep an eye on this website for the competitions opening and closing dates: https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/... 

Publications:

Astronomy Ireland Magazine: gallery@astronomy.ie

EarthSky: https://earthsky.org/...

Sky & Telescope (USA): gallery@skyandtelescope.org

Sky at Night Magazine: contactus@skyatnightmagazine.com - add "Readers Gallery" as subject

Astronomy Now Magazine: gallery2022@astronomynow.com

Astronomy Magazine (USA): readergallery@astronomy.com

Sky News Canada: photo@skynews.ca


CATALOGUES

Object Catalogue: https://in-the-sky.org/data/catalogue.php?cat=NGC