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As part of our revised beginners program for the public at large and our own members attending the Monthly tutorials on Astronomy and the night sky, you can now download a complete 100 page program entitled "Amateur Astronomy for Beginners". This highly detailed and graphical guide has been written by club Chairman; Markus Woerner and is wonderful insight for anyone interested in taking up this lifelong hobby. The course is divided into two sections and available in PDF format and available below Click HERE for the complete Spring 2011 season & HERE for the complete Autumn 2011 season
To order the whole beginners package send an email of enquiry to
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or you can fill out a request form HERE To download monthly sky maps and information on other celestial events look HERE For anyone interested in buying a telescope we recommend North Down Telescopes A useful website for Monthly sky notes can be viewed HERE The best advice we can give is to get yourself along to a club and talk to fellow astronomers before making that first purchase. Whatever type of telescope you end up buying, have fun and keep looking up! The folowing link will also be of interest - So You Wanna Buy a Telescope... Advice for Beginners
The following pages are articles from our old Skywatch Newsletter that was published for the club from 2004-2006 |
For anyone interested in buying a telescope for Christmas, hold back try his great starter kit that contains all you need to get started in the fascinating and lifelong hobby.