An article on observing bright planetary nebulae can be found at https://www.astronom...-the-night-sky/
How to Locate Some of the Major Messier Galaxies and Helpful Advice for Novice Amateur Astronomers
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Posted 10 February 2025 - 02:12 PM
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Posted 12 February 2025 - 04:15 PM
Another daily and weekly source of information on observing is available at https://www.slsc.org.../space-science/
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Posted 13 February 2025 - 03:08 PM
A discussion on what can be seen with various telescopes is posted at https://www.deepskyw...-telescope.html
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Posted 12 March 2025 - 12:27 AM
The Astronomical League's article on Navigating the mid-March Night Sky can be found at https://www.astrolea.../2025-March.pdf
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 10:10 PM
All of the DSOs in the article at https://housely.com/...with-basic-gear are rather good targets for binoculars, with the exception of M57, which can be seen only as being almost stellar.
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Posted 05 April 2025 - 01:38 AM
The Astronomical League's Navigating the April Night Sky can be found at https://www.astrolea.../2025-April.pdf
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Posted 03 May 2025 - 01:35 AM
The link to the Sherwood Observatory Telrad finder charts is now https://sherwood-obs...-finder-charts/
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Posted 13 May 2025 - 12:24 AM
An article on deep sky objects for novices can be seen at https://www.astronom...ovice-observer/
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Posted 13 May 2025 - 01:11 AM
The Astronomical League's Navigating the May Night Sky can be found at https://www.astrolea...May-scaled.jpeg
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Posted 23 May 2025 - 01:23 AM
A very impressive free pdf book titled The Star Hopper’s Guide to the Galaxy can be downloaded at https://artcentrics....ducation/books/
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Posted 25 May 2025 - 07:27 PM
An article on observing a number of the Virgo Cluster galaxies can be seen at https://www.astronom...inest-galaxies/
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Posted 31 May 2025 - 04:16 PM
The following videos discuss various aspects of star hopping.
https://www.youtube....ch?v=UquPqSPTLM
https://www.youtube....h?v=m1DjFt3EFi4
https://www.youtube....pYqMJr3SNA&t=24
https://www.youtube....h?v=esbGwNSStKM - Note: the Crescent Nebula is NGC 6888, not NGC 6995.
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Posted 04 July 2025 - 12:03 AM
The Astronomical League's Navigating the mid-July Night Sky can be found at https://www.astrolea...6/2025-July.pdf
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