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Advice for Beginning Amateur Astronomers

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To motorise myself.....

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Dew problems

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S Orionis

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Beginner tips for mobile observatory [long]

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by h.jones » Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:09 am

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Books on Go-To Scopes?

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New challenge?

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by Lariliss » Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:02 am

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What to look at?

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by Jabber » Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:31 am

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Binoculars or telescope

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by OldTimer66 » Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:50 pm

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Desperately seeking Christmas gift scope

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by nigelpbwye » Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:59 am

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Smart Phone Adapter

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by s4eyes » Mon Nov 23, 2020 3:11 pm

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which telescope?

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by asiadra » Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:33 pm
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Membermojo

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Dark Sites

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by Jabber » Thu Sep 03, 2020 8:18 am

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Did I see Mars?

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by Jabber » Thu Aug 27, 2020 12:21 pm

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Stuck for choice ..

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by brian livesey » Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:30 pm

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Star Aligning NEQ6

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by Tom48 » Sat May 30, 2020 4:46 pm

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Where to Look

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by Joop » Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:41 pm

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"Turn Left at Orion" online resource

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Telescope for deep sky astrophotography

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by Phigla » Thu Sep 05, 2019 2:25 pm

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Buying a telescope, Patrick Moore

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Cant see the wood for the trees

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by spudos » Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:47 am
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jupiters moons

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by Lydia » Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:56 pm

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Just a suggestion

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by Ryohei56 » Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:38 am

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Possibly a daft question about images & eyepieces

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by SueGS » Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:07 pm

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learning help

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by alecras234 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:08 pm

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getting into it

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by alecras234 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:05 pm
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What do all these numbers mean? Help!

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by SueGS » Thu Jun 14, 2018 12:51 pm

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Spectrum Labs

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by NeilMudford » Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:30 pm

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Returning to Astronomy

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by chrispldexe » Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:22 pm

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What Am I Looking For?

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by Joop » Wed Aug 16, 2017 1:22 pm

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GPS on Go To Mount

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by Joop » Thu May 11, 2017 2:46 pm

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whole Sky Simulaters

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by vincentvan » Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:38 pm

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Magnification

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by Umar Ahmad » Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:53 pm
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Altitude observations

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by vincentvan » Mon Jan 16, 2017 6:05 pm

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Choice of Telescope

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by chrispldexe » Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:50 pm

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Tripod for Binoculars

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by chrispldexe » Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:48 pm

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This set up or would you recommend something else?

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by tehmac » Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:38 am

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Just a quick hello

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by Mark L » Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:05 pm

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polar scope setting up

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by speedy21 » Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:25 pm

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Meade ETX-80AT-TC

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by Zeke » Tue May 17, 2016 9:32 pm

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New Online TV Astronomy Show

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by G Burt » Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:50 am

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Help with Eq2 equatorial mount

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by KentuckySkies » Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:13 am

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skywatcher EQ5 mount

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synscan

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by speedy21 » Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:43 am

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astrophotography

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by Zeke » Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:11 pm

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learning the cosmos

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by speedy21 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:06 pm

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Brand new to this game

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by astroweald » Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:30 pm

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