Getting Started With Observing

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1. Planning your sessions. 1 2

   By cotterless45, November 20, 2014
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   • GasGiant
   • September 19

2. Member Contributed Observing lists (and links to others) 1 2 3

   By Helen, May 28, 2017
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   • josefk
   • May 31

3. Collimation and Star-hopping 1 2 3 4

   By Moonshane, October 22, 2013
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   • LunarRob
   • April 8

4. What Can I Expect to See....? 1 2 3 4 14

   By Qualia, October 3, 2013
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   • bosun21
   • January 28

5. What is a dark site ? 1 2 3 4

   By acey, April 2, 2015
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   • starsailor70
   • May 14, 2023

6. Advice for starting out with binoculars

   By Mike_J_Smith, Friday at 09:12
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   • LukeSkywatcher
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7. Why bother going out in the cold ? 1 2 3 4 5

   By GasGiant, September 18
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   • Ags
   • Friday at 00:48

8. Your single suggestion

   By Richard N, Wednesday at 14:26
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   • Richard N
   • Thursday at 15:13

9. Bode’s Nebulae

   By Richard N, September 29
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   • Jasonb
   • October 1

10. Telescope positioning

    By Jack Frost, September 29
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    • Cornelius Varley
    • September 29

11. I'm using app that says deep sky camera

    By Jennifer ag, September 23
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    • saac
    • September 28

12. Trouble viewing Saturn with 88((sky wayyá

    By dom088, September 21
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    • Mr Spock
    • September 21

13. Cannot view from my back yard anymore. 1 2

    By wookie1965, August 6
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    • wookie1965
    • September 17

14. Dew heater

    By PatrickO, March 7
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    • SaffaSwede
    • September 16

15. Trouble observing moon

    By r_avion, September 14
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    • Sunshine
    • September 15

16. Celestron omni plossl lens

    By Gregor108, September 3
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    • Louis D
    • September 3

17. Sky Safari

    By wookie1965, September 3
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    • wookie1965
    • September 3

18. Messier Object Catalog completed! - 21 months - lessons learned 1 2

    By AstralFields, April 3
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    • josefk
    • September 3

19. Does the Pinwheel actually exist? 1 2

    By Starfazed, August 14
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    • tomato
    • September 2

20. What did we do wrong?

    By RFaber, May 2
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    • RFaber
    • August 31

21. Observing Venus

    By LondonNeil, August 20
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    • VNA
    • August 28

22. Cassiopeia A

    By wookie1965, August 1
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    • DaveS
    • August 1

23. Moroccan dark sites

    By paddyb, November 6, 2022   

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    • GraemeC
    • July 25

24. Should I go stargazing with a waning gibbous moon?

    By Lenticular, July 22
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    • Elp
    • July 22

25. Looking for friends

    By evmar, July 6
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    • W0nderste
    • July 7