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useful links and information

How to Choose Eyepieces for Your Astronomy Telescope
Useful article on eyepiece selection

Lunar Atlas
Lunar information and an online atlas with images

Back Garden Astronomy Week - Sky at  Night Magazine
Sign up for a week of useful e-mails from 2nd to 10th February designed to help you get started in astronomy

The Loughton List
A very useful observing guide for beginner and expert alike, including targets relevant for urban astronomy

Learn how to observe the sky in 10 easy steps

ASTR 103: Introduction to Planetary Astronomy
A great introduction to astronomy; try this free podcast available through iTunes

Constellation hunt
A fun game to learn about constellations, suitable for both kids and adults

Astrobuysell
Buy or sell used astronomy kit

Skymaps
The Evening Sky Map (PDF) is a 2-page monthly guide to the night sky suitable for all sky watchers including newcomers to Astronomy.

Stargazerslounge
An excellent, and very friendly online astronomy  forum

Go Stargazing
Very useful site for finding local stargazing events

Telescope Equations
A very useful site which explains all the basics and equations which you might need to understand your scope and how to get the best out of it.

Donz Optics
A study by one of our members on setting up a portable robotic ‘wide-field’ telescope
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