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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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Bird sightings. Water`s Edge Country Park. November 2011

List of Bird sightings at the Water`s Edge country park. Week ending 22nd November 2011. Location. Barton Upon Humber, North Lincolnshire Black Bird Bull Finch Coot Cormorant Carrion Crow Collard Dove Tufted Duck Dunnock Gold Finch Canada Goose Great Crested Grebe Little … Continue reading

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Lincoln Astronomy society. Lecture meeting December 6th 2011

Lincoln Astro society .Tuesday 6th December 2011 starting at 7.30pm. The speaker will be Dr. Ann Bonnell of Leicester Astro Society. The title of her lecture is ’50 Years of Manned Spaceflight’ which she was planning to give last year but had … Continue reading

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Exmoor national park given dark-sky protection

The Exmoor national park has been granted international dark sky reserve status by the international dark sky association. The status acknowledges the lighting controls implemented to reduce light pollution that hinders the views of the heavens.

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Skywatcher Quattro-8S. Sky at Night group test winner. November 2011

The superb Skywatcher Quattro-8S telescope OTA has beat all the opposition to win best in class in the November 2011 Sky at Night magazine.  Designed for fast focal ratio photography. But also excellent for visual use. Superb value for money    

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Opticron Aspheric WA 8×40 Binoculars. Group test winner

The Opticrn Aspheric WA 8×40 binoculars have been awarded group test winners in the BBC Sky at Night magazine , November 2011. They beat all the opposition in the 8×40 mid priced class for use on astronomical targets. Excellent value … Continue reading

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Celestron X-Cel 25mm eyepiece

New to the Celestron X-Cel 1.25″ eye piece range is the X-Cel 25mm. Upgraded from the previous models with twist eye cups and improved design.  ED glass and long eye relief for spectacle wearers Click here to buy  

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North Lincolnshire Astronomy Society. Meeting 7th November 2011

Despite the clouds around 14 turned up at the North Lincs Astro club 7/11/2011. Three new members came along to their first meeting. One of which brought his own Skywatcher 6″ reflector to gain knowledge on how to set the scope up and learn out … Continue reading

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