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Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics
October 2009
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"But I can't draw!"It's a complaint many an art teacher is all too familiar with. Perhaps you had the same thought upon discovering that our topic this month is astronomical sketching. Sketching at the eyepiece isn't as hard as you might think, as long as you don't rush. Besides a telescope and eyepieces, you'll need a clipboard, a sheet of paper with a circle on it to represent the field of view,... Read more »
October 2009: Discovering the eighth planet was a notable application of physics and mathematics.
By Glenn Chaple // Published: August 21, 2009
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