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1. Herstmonceux Astronomy fest. Any good?

   By Dochavoc, September 1, 2016
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   • Dochavoc
   • September 1, 2016

2. Ready for the dark site!

   By emyliano2000, August 31, 2016
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   • Aaron F Johnson
   • August 31, 2016

3. Entry level DLSR for Astrophotography

   By redneon, January 6, 2012
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   • Padraig
   • August 31, 2016

4. Confused about which direction to take.

   By tenpinmark, August 22, 2016
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   • cjdawson
   • August 29, 2016

5. Celestron NexStar 4 SE Vs Celestron NexStar 127 SLT Mak or the Nexstar 130 slt 1 2

   By Dark Lawton, September 30, 2015
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   • impactcrater
   • August 29, 2016

6. What got you started? 1 2

   By Moonshed, August 21, 2016
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   • rockystar
   • August 29, 2016

7. What's on around Yeovil

   By Langworthy, August 26, 2016
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   • Sirius Starwatcher
   • August 27, 2016

8. Moon Filter Necessary with 8" Dob? 1 2 3

   By Rich_B, June 3, 2016
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   • Charic
   • August 26, 2016

9. how would you balance this scope

   By iwols, August 24, 2016
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   • iwols
   • August 26, 2016

10. Cricket bags on wheels - telescope transport?

    By noah4x4, August 10, 2016
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    • PorkyB
    • August 23, 2016

11. lens cleaning ??

    By iwols, August 19, 2016
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    • RT65CB-SWL
    • August 22, 2016

12. Anybody at kelling with eqmod knowledge

    By solarboy, August 20, 2016
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    • solarboy
    • August 21, 2016

13. planning tool and timetables

    By FrenchyArnaud, August 16, 2016
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    • Waldemar
    • August 20, 2016

14. Storage and coastal salt

    By Bonnylad, August 18, 2016
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    • Bonnylad
    • August 19, 2016

15. Dark skies near Crawley

    By Blueearthling, February 13, 2012
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    • NosyTrader
    • August 18, 2016

16. *DISASTER* just dropped my ed80 on setup advice needed

    By iwols, August 16, 2016
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    • Waldemar
    • August 17, 2016

17. Dobsonian

    By Adidaz 29, August 16, 2016
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    • Putaendo Patrick
    • August 16, 2016

18. Skywatcher 70!

    By Adidaz 29, August 14, 2016
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    • Adidaz 29
    • August 16, 2016

19. Stupid questions for the maths-minded... with way too much time on their hands.

    By FrenchyArnaud, August 15, 2016
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    • FrenchyArnaud
    • August 16, 2016

20. Why does brightness reduce when magnification increases?

    By mattnedgus, August 6, 2016   

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    • mattnedgus
    • August 13, 2016

21. Thoughts of an 18 month novice astronomer.

    By andyb505, July 28, 2016
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    • AlentejoSkies
    • August 13, 2016

22. All the gear, no idea

    By Ford295, August 12, 2016
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    • Ford295
    • August 13, 2016

23. scope won't focus outward

    By steverobot, August 12, 2016
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    • ronin
    • August 12, 2016

24. meteorshower shooting with GoPro hero3+

    By Alexa, August 11, 2016   

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    • Patbloke
    • August 11, 2016

25. New need help please!

    By Andromeda30, August 9, 2016
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    • ronl
    • August 9, 2016