Getting Started With Observing

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

   By Helen, May 28, 2017
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   • robhatherton
   • Yesterday at 08:40

2. What Can I Expect to See....? 1 2 3 4 13

   By Qualia, October 3, 2013
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   • GrahamCJ
   • July 4

3. Planning your sessions. 1 2

   By cotterless45, November 20, 2014
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   • wookie1965
   • May 16

4. Collimation and Star-hopping 1 2 3

   By Moonshane, October 22, 2013
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   • RouxM
   • April 23

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

   By acey, April 2, 2015
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   • Nova2000
   • March 3

6. Why does Jupiter appear white through my Celestron 130EQ telescope? 1 2

   By Armaan Sandhu, July 1   

   • planet
   • jupiter
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     • planet
     • jupiter
     • telescope
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   • Waddensky
   • 1 hour ago

7. When is Neowise going to become in view in the evening sky

   By Taff, 7 hours ago
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   • paul mc c
   • 3 hours ago

8. neowise location/time 1 2

   By iwols, 18 hours ago
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   • iwols
   • 7 hours ago

9. is there anyway to locate and track neowise with sgp

   By iwols, 7 hours ago
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   • iwols
   • 7 hours ago

10. is there a best filter to use to view comet Neowise? 

    By pblackwell, Sunday at 13:13   

    • comet
    • filter
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    • Merlin66
    • 18 hours ago

11. Andromeda - Stellerium Says.... what am i doing wrong

    By KeithD, June 15
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    • KeithD
    • 19 hours ago

12. Neowise yesssss

    By Pybo, 19 hours ago
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    • Pybo
    • 19 hours ago

13. Celestron Stock EP or Plossl/Kelner

    By Karan05, yesterday at 13:14   

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    • Philip R
    • 22 hours ago

14. Wikey????

    By Simon Dunsmore, Saturday at 20:53
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    • Chefgage
    • Yesterday at 08:12

15. Something to look at in the Summer - viewing the sun 130pds

    By Simon Dunsmore, June 24
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    • jonathan
    • Sunday at 20:09

16. Jupiter and saturn

    By LeeHore7, May 9
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    • jonathan
    • Sunday at 20:05

17. What am I doing wrong

    By Shaun Sr, Sunday at 13:25
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    • Waddensky
    • Sunday at 15:58

18. New Dob

    By Ken82, June 26
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    • merlin100
    • Saturday at 22:02

19. Astro-Fix Setting Circle System for Dobsonian Telescopes

    By Simon Dunsmore, Saturday at 17:24
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    • Philip R
    • Saturday at 18:07

20. Used Skywatcher 250 won’t focus 1 2

    By Daznok55, July 6
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    • Daznok55
    • Saturday at 13:27

21. What causes blue and red areas in my view of Jupiter

    By Robindonne, July 6
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    • Sunshine
    • July 6

22. Observing Planets with 9mm Lens

    By MountainDog, July 4   

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    • nxt130
    • 18 replies
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    • MountainDog
    • July 6

23. First session tips! 1 2

    By Blackware, June 23
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    • DeathWarpedUp
    • July 5

24. Observing better tips please

    By Shaun Sr, July 4
    • 12 replies
    • 336 views
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    • Waddensky
    • July 5

25. Understanding light pollution

    By BS269, July 2
    • 8 replies
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    • dd999
    • July 3