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• Deep Sky Tours – February
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• Solar System Observing – Venus and Mercury
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• Deep Sky Tours – November
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• The Lunar 100
• Stargazing Tools – Finders, Barlows, Sky Charts, the Caldwell List
• Science of Stargazing – Star Clusters
• Deep Sky Tours – October
• Sky Tours (South) – October
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• Solar System Observing – Uranus and Neptune
• Stargazing Tools – Binoviewers; Urban Observing; Bortle Scale
• Science of Stargazing – Variable Stars
• Deep Sky Tours – September
• Sky Tours (South) – September
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• Solar System Observing – Zodiacal Light; Lunar Mountains
• Stargazing Tools – Eyepieces (Part 2); Dew Control
• Science of Stargazing – Emission, Reflection, and Dark Nebulae
• Deep Sky Tours – August
• Sky Tours (South) – August
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• Solar System Observing – Meteors and Meteor Showers
• Stargazing Tools – Eyepieces (Part 1); Light Pollution Filters
• Science of Stargazing – Star Distances and Motion
• Deep Sky Tours – July
• Sky Tours (South) – July
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• Solar System Observing – Lunar Seas and Craters
• Stargazing Tools – Telescope Mounts
• Science of Stargazing – How Stars Evolve
• Deep Sky Tours – June
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• Solar System Observing – Tour of the Planet Mars
• Stargazing Tools – Telescopes
• Science of Stargazing – Star Formation and Classification
• Deep Sky Tours – May
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• Solar System Observing – Tour of the Planet Saturn
• Stargazing Tools – Choosing and Using Binoculars
• Science of Stargazing – Star Brightness and Names
• Deep Sky Tours – April
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• Solar System Observing – Layout of the Solar System
• Stargazing Tools – Evaluating the Night Sky
• Motion of the Night Sky
• Deep Sky Tours – March
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• Tour of the Planet Jupiter
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• Introduction to Nightscape Imaging
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• Around the Moon in 28 Days
• The Taurus Molecular Cloud
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• Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescopes
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• A Guide to Observing the Planet Jupiter – 2020
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