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What is a Celestial Sphere

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North Lincs Astro. Latest news

The North Lincolnshire Astronomy Society has now added a latest news page.  Keep checking the link below for all the latest from the society. North Lincs Astro Website  

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Opticron Countryman BGA HD binoculars

New for 2012, the Opticron Countryman has been upgraded with superior optics compared to the old model. Available now. Attractive pricing. Image shows the 8×32 version The new Opticron Countryman BGA HD series binoculars are designed and built to deliver … Continue reading

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BBC Stargazing Live at the Waters` Edge Visitors Centre. 16th Jan 2012

North Lincs Astro have teamed up with The Waters Edge Country Park and the Lincolnshire Wildlife trust to host a great event in conjunction with BBC star gazing live. Date. January 16th 2012. 6pm till late Location. Waters` Edge Visitors … Continue reading

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North Lincs Astro at Star Gazers Live 2012

North Lincolnshire Astronomy society will be part of the Star Gazers Live week on Monday 16th January 2012. The venue will be at the Waters Edge Visitors Centre at Barton Upon Humber in Lincolnshire. Time 6pm till late Many more … Continue reading

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Opticron Aspheric WA 8×40 Binoculars Review

Evey now and again a pair of binoculars will come along, and no matter how hard you try, you can not find a fault. The Opticron Aspheric WA 8×40 binoculars come in this category. They come packaged in a quality … Continue reading

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Hawke Premier 8×42 Binoculars. Customers review

  A customer recently came to the Northern Optics retail outlet looking for a good quality pair of binoculars. Key requirements were to be compact and lightweight. Despite looking at smaller 8×25 binoculars, they opted for the Hawke Optics Premier … Continue reading

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Lincoln Astronomy Society. Next Meeting 10th January 2012

Lecture Meetings   The next lecture meeting will be on Tuesday 10th January starting at 7.30pm. The speaker will be the writer and broadcaster, Paul Money and his talk is ‘Images of the Universe Vol 4’ The lecture meetings are … Continue reading

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North Lincs Astro. Review of Celestron Ultima 80mm spotting scope

At the North Lincolnshire Astronomy Society on the 5th December 2011, we had the chance to test a members Celestron Ultima 20-60×80/45 spotting scope on some astronomical targets. We were not disappointed. At 60x Jupiter showed the main cloud belts … Continue reading

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North Lincolnshire Astronomy Society. 5th December 2011

We had a great evening at the North Lincs Astro club on the 5th December 2011. Around 15 members turned up. Despite a little cloud cover and a very chilly wind, we got some super views of Jupiter, The Moon , … Continue reading

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