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| | February 2012 Skies
[Article] | 02/04/12 | by Dick Cookman
| | | | | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Meteor Showers, Fat Tuesday, Leap Day, Planet Plotting, February Moon. Focus Constellations: Cassiopeia, Cepheu. . . |
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| | C6-SGT Review
[User Review] | 01/16/12 | by Haseeb Modi
| | | | | As long as newcomers to astrophotography learn to understand the limitations of this basic set-up and are prepared to undertake this journey, the adventure. . . |
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| | Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
[User Review] | 01/16/12 | by Ray Sanders
| | | | | In Summary, the Orion XT8 is a great mid-range telescope which balances price and performance quite well. Despite Orion classifying this telescope as an “I. . . |
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| | Book Review: The Complete Guide to the Herschel Objects: Sir William Herschel's Star Clusters,Nebulae and Galaxies
[User Review] | 01/13/12 | by Paul Lawler
| | | | | This is a book that doesn’t just come along once in a lifetime or once in a century, but once in two centuries. To my knowledge, not since William Hershel . . . |
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[CN Report] | 04/06/11 | by Tom Trusock
| | | Join Tom T and the rest of the CN crew for this special weekend of webcasts from the worlds largest astronomy show. |
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[User Review] | 01/16/12 | by Haseeb Modi
| | | As long as newcomers to astrophotography learn to understand the limitations of this basic set-up and are prepared to undertake this journey, the adventure would be both exciting and rewarding. |
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 | Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
[User Review] | 01/16/12 | by Ray Sanders
| | | In Summary, the Orion XT8 is a great mid-range telescope which balances price and performance quite well. Despite Orion classifying this telescope as an “Intermediate” telescope, the XT8 would be an excellent choice for a beginning astronomer, or even an experienced observer looking to add a new scope to their fleet. |
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 | Black Beauty - Introducing the Skylight f/15m
[User Review] | 01/10/12 | by Neil English
| | | It produces textbook diffraction patterns that are seldom seen in larger telescopes, even of high quality. And there are literally hundreds of targets that are a joy to track down with this instrument; all it takes is a little bit of preparation. |
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 | THE KAGUYA LUNAR ATLAS: The Moon in High Resolution
[User Review] | 01/08/12 | by Thomas Watson
| | | The book presents a collection of 100 high definition images from the Kayuga mission. Each image includes a lengthy caption – presumably written by Prof. Wood – on the geology and lunar history illustrated by the selected images. |
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 | The Magnificent Meade 127ED
[User Review] | 12/06/11 | by Neil English
| | | I came across an advert for a used Meade 127ED refractor. Not the current triplet, but the older doublet; the units advertised in the major astro-magazines throughout the 1990s. They were drool-worthy alight, stylized as they were astride a nicely designed LXD 600/650 mount. And the user testimonies, in retrospect, were intriguing too. |
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