Getting Started With Observing

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1. Altitude of sun and moon?

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

2. Position of finder scope

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

3. Tripod place in garden

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

4. SCT Dew

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

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

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

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

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

7. What a night 🌙 1 2

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

8. Saturn w/ Celestron 130 SLT

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

9. First proper night of star gazing

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

10. Red Dot Finder and Star Hopping

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

11. Bahtinov mask for observing?

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

12. Help with image sets for a cepheid.

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

13. 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

14. Moonset?

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

15. Moroccan dark sites

    By paddyb, November 6, 2022   

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    • LukeSkywatcher
    • November 8, 2022

16. First time observer - Binoculars desired to support learning

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

17. Help with knowing what we saw

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

18. Sky atlas for use with a newtonian 1 2

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

19. 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

20. Binoviewer vignetting

    By bosun21, September 28, 2022
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    • spartinix
    • October 25, 2022

21. Jupiter dazzling bright 1 2

    By uk_friendly_fire, September 28, 2022   

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    • Louis D
    • October 21, 2022

22. Solar

    By Astro_hobbie, October 8, 2022
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    • Moon-Monkey
    • October 9, 2022

23. Rcx veiwing

    By Virgo man, September 22, 2022
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    • Virgo man
    • October 4, 2022

24. Northern vs Southern Hemisphere viewing

    By Chaven, September 28, 2022   

    • hemisphere
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    • Pixies
    • October 1, 2022

25. 12v Hairdryer 1 2

    By bosun21, September 28, 2022
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    • ollypenrice
    • October 1, 2022