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Laser Pointer Safety
Please note this article was written in 2012 and regulations may have changed so the following should not be treated as comprehensive or completely accurate. The authors are not experts…
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All about the Aldershot Observatory
The observatory, a red circular brick building with a hemispherical dome, has stood for many years as a listed building in the centre of Aldershot army garrison, home to the…
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Astro Hacks: DIY Tube Ring Marker
I’m sure that many of you will have come across the same frustration that I used to have – I’d set up my ’scope (a 6” Fullerscope newtonian) for my…
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Fireball class meteor photographed over Surrey
IAbout 9.30 on Saturday 3 March 2012 I went oout to try and capture an image of comet Garradd with my DSLR. At mag 6.8 it is in range of…
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Collecting meteorites
Owning a piece of the early solar system Since joining the UK Meteor Monitoring Network Project my interest in meteors, their compositions and origins is growing. Whilst tucked up in…
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Blue Moons
When is a Blue Moon not a Blue Moon ? Most people, including me, would say that January 31st 2018 is a Blue Moon as it is the second Full…
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Variable Stars: VW Cephei
VW Cep Observing Notes 2007-2008 W Ursa Majoris Stars are contact eclipsing binaries with very short periods (fractions of a day), and because they are so close together the stars…
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Cygnus
The Constellation of Cygnus Cygnus the Swan forms a huge cross in the northern sky with Beta Cygni (the beautiful double star Albiero) at its head and 1st magnitude star…
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The Magnitude Scale
Even with the unaided eye we can make some estimates of the properties of a star against the dark background of the night sky. Perhaps the most obvious observation we…
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Viewing coloured nebulae
Why can’t I see fabulous coloured nebulae with my telescope? We are all used to seeing fabulous, colourful images from space, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope or from some of…