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Observing at Wellow on Sat 1st April

2 Apr 2017
Attendees - Jonathan, Charles, and about 8 visitors at Wellow, from 20:00 Dusk was still falling at 20:00, with a 3-day old moon, transparent skies, but also 50% cloud cover.…
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April Night Sky

28 Mar 2017
For me, April is galaxy month. The Virgo and Coma galaxy clusters offer much the best galaxy field for amateur telescopes in the entire night sky, with scores of galaxies…
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March Night Sky

27 Feb 2017
March provides the best opportunity this year to see Mercury in the evening sky for us northerners. Mercury is never very far away from the sun in the sky, so…

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