Getting Started With Observing

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1. Is this the Andromeda galaxy M31? 1 2

   By imakebeer, November 5, 2022
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   • Dark Adaptation
   • January 29, 2023

2. Is this Jupiter?

   By fullmoon, January 23, 2023
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   • great_bear
   • January 26, 2023

3. M36,37,38

   By StephenRh, January 21, 2023
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   • RobertI
   • January 22, 2023

4. Coma corrector for 12” dobsonian

   By bosun21, January 19, 2023
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   • Captain Scarlet
   • January 20, 2023

5. Getting started with observation tips

   By AstronomyEnthusiast, January 7, 2023
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   • Merlin
   • January 17, 2023

6. S Shaped Chain Of Bright Stars Near Orion's Belt?

   By Ian McCallum, January 13, 2021
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   • jjohnson3803
   • January 13, 2023

7. Altitude of sun and moon?

   By Student B, January 6, 2023
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   • Student B
   • January 6, 2023

8. Position of finder scope

   By Seoras, November 22, 2022
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   • apaulo
   • January 2, 2023

9. Tripod place in garden

   By Richard N, December 14, 2022
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   • mikeDnight
   • December 26, 2022

10. SCT Dew

    By Westmoorland, September 18, 2022
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    • cjdawson
    • December 21, 2022

11. O-III Filters For Visual Observing... 1 2 3 4

    By Guest, August 24, 2020
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    • bosun21
    • December 17, 2022

12. ? are these diffraction artifacts - visual observing 1 2

    By Altair8389, November 26, 2022
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    • Froeng
    • December 16, 2022

13. What a night 🌙 1 2

    By Neil H, December 11, 2022
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    • Neil H
    • December 14, 2022

14. Saturn w/ Celestron 130 SLT

    By TAFiller, June 20, 2022
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    • DBushell1
    • December 9, 2022

15. First proper night of star gazing

    By Seoras, November 21, 2022
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    • bemak187
    • November 23, 2022

16. Red Dot Finder and Star Hopping

    By Murf26, October 8, 2022
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    • Ed the Fox
    • November 17, 2022

17. Bahtinov mask for observing?

    By stephec, November 9, 2022
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    • Louis D
    • November 13, 2022

18. Help with image sets for a cepheid.

    By LukasB, November 9, 2022
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    • LukasB
    • November 9, 2022

19. Can someone maybe help?! I can barely see anything on Jupiter or that!

    By Sirbananad, November 8, 2022
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    • AstroMuni
    • November 9, 2022

20. Moonset?

    By paddyb, November 6, 2022
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    • paddyb
    • November 8, 2022

21. Moroccan dark sites

    By paddyb, November 6, 2022   

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    • LukeSkywatcher
    • November 8, 2022

22. First time observer - Binoculars desired to support learning

    By Nitecoda, November 3, 2022
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    • Nitecoda
    • November 3, 2022

23. Help with knowing what we saw

    By Simon Faulkner, October 30, 2022
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    • Stu
    • October 31, 2022

24. Sky atlas for use with a newtonian 1 2

    By Ratlet, August 17, 2022
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    • Les Ewan
    • October 28, 2022

25. Did anyone manage to capture Jupiter last night at around 00.45 BST?

    By Gonzo0, October 25, 2022
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    • Gonzo0
    • October 25, 2022