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Author: sholbeche

Dick Phillips' Archive

1977-02-27 Drawing of Saturn & Lunar craters

16 Nov 2013
BA News

The Night Sky in November

3 Nov 2013
There’s plenty to see in the night sky this month. Cygnus is still high in the sky in the early evening, and the Milky Way running through to Perseus and…
BA News

Lecture – Life on Mars

24 Oct 2013
UNIVERSITY OF BATH & WILLIAM HERSCHEL SOCIETY JOINT LECTURE THURSDAY 31 October 2013 Continue reading "Lecture – Life on Mars"

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