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Newcomers
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Come and say hello and tell us a little about yourself.
by DAVPPK
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The place to come for help and advice with astronomy. Feel free to post any questions you need assistance with and people will be glad to help.
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Primers and Tutorials (1 Viewing)
Useful primers and tutorials designed to help you get started in various areas of astronomy.
Sub-Forums: Glossary of Terms
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The Astro Lounge (1 Viewing)
Astronomy related chat and general banter.
Sub-Forums: Heads Up
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Community
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Look here for any official forum announcements and to discuss any future events.
by Grant
24th June 2009 11:45 AM Go to last post
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Space news from around the web - automatically updated 24 hours a day. Contact admin to suggest other news feeds.
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Star Parties (1 Viewing)
News on official SGL organized events. Also externally organized star parties (Spring/Autumn Equinox, Keilder, SW Astro Fair).
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This section is made available to members to aid communication in arranging get togethers. These are not official SGL organized events. PLEASE be safety concious and don't go out on your own!!
Sub-Forums: Society Speakers
2nd July 2009 09:12 PM Go to last post
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This is the place to list all of the upcoming IYA events and to post back your photos, videos and reviews of the events you've attended.
by lunator
25th June 2009 09:08 AM Go to last post
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As the name suggests, images will be shown here that the Moderators feel are worthy of your praise! Submit your images in the normal sections and they will be selected from there. Good Luck!
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Check out our ever growing astronomy knowledge base, if you want to help write content, please contact one of the admin.
     
Retailers
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This section is reserved for the sponsor of SGL.
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Equipment
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Equipment Help (1 Viewing)
Help with choosing your setup, picking the right telescope for your needs or just helping you get up and running
by LaVey
Today 12:42 AM Go to last post
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Equipment Discussion (4 Viewing)
For members set up's and general equipment comments/chats.
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For Sale (3 Viewing)
Need to raise some cash? Sell your items here! Be warned - items will be archived after 8 weeks! You'll need 10 posts in order to place an ad....
Sub-Forums: Swap Shop, Wanted, Completed
by vinny
Yesterday 11:43 PM Go to last post
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For reviews only, giving new members advice regarding astronomy equipment.
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DIY Astronomer (1 Viewing)
Here you can share/Discuss Telescope Mods you have planned aswell as camera's,Mount's,Binos etc etc..
Sub-Forums: DIY Observatories
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Observing
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For any discussion on techniques, tips and tricks for purely visual astronomy.
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The place to find out the Forum's targets for the month, the Monthly Sky Charts, and the current Constellation under discussion
2nd July 2009 08:59 PM Go to last post
354 2,365
Share your observations of our close friends the moon and sun.
2nd July 2009 09:04 PM Go to last post
216 1,612
All observation discussion regarding planetry bodies.
243 1,671
A place to discuss deep sky observations including widefield such as constellations etc...
27th June 2009 01:32 PM Go to last post
292 2,340
A place to discuss your observations if anything that doesn't fit into another category, e.g. comets, meteors, iridium flares and Aurora.
by Ibbo !
Today 02:57 AM Go to last post
230 1,603
A forum dedicated to binocular observing only.
Today 12:01 AM Go to last post
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Imaging
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The place to discuss imaging.
Yesterday 02:31 PM Go to last post
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Techniques, tips and tricks regarding imaging.
by rikyuu
30th June 2009 09:33 PM Go to last post
454 3,665
Post an image in here for specific help on what may have gone wrong. Do not post an imagine in here and moan that people said it needs improvement :) . Don't forget as many details about the equipment used, settings and oberving conditions as possible should be posted.
by MartinB
1st July 2009 01:46 PM Go to last post
388 3,228
Imaging - Lunar/Solar (1 Viewing)
Share your solar or lunar images here.
by G4YVM
Yesterday 10:36 PM Go to last post
2,819 21,507
Share your images of the planets here.
Today 12:41 AM Go to last post
1,321 11,548
A place to share your deep sky images including widefield such as constellations etc...
4,700 49,527
Share your images of anything astro related that just doesn't fit in any other area. Comets, Asteroids, The ISS, Meteors, Aurora etc...
Today 12:12 AM Go to last post
969 7,587
A place to post all your images obtained via unusual means e.g. PDA's or mobile phones. This section now includes images taken using remote set-up's.
by Talitha
25th June 2009 05:26 AM Go to last post
216 2,153
Science
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For all observations/images of double and variable stars. From the Pretty picture to the full blown scientific reports.
by daz
28th June 2009 07:41 AM Go to last post
126 1,128
Discuss theory on astronomy, physics and general space science.
by acey
Yesterday 01:35 PM Go to last post
157 2,894
For discussions regarding all aspects of Radio Astronomy.
11th June 2009 01:46 PM Go to last post
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