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		<title>Solar Storms</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sun is our constant companion; it supplies heat and light to us and keeps our small blue/green world from freezing. However, as serene as the sun seems on a lazy summers day, a close look at its surface tells a very different story. The surface of the sun is a roiling, turbulent, ever-changing environment. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=354&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Galaxies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a typical night, looking into the sky, you can see somewhere between 500 and 6000 stars, depending on how dark your night sky is. If you live in a reasonably dark area, you may be lucky enough to see a faint, diffuse band stretching across the sky, from horizon to horizon. This band, known [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=343&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Build your own Newtonian Reflector&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well done everyone who helped build the class telescope last night &#8211; I hope you all enjoyed the experience of putting your very own telescope together and getting a chance to view a lovely full moon through it too. If you want to get hold of your own kit, it is available from here: http://www.mutr.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1009287, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=340&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Sagan &#8211; Pale Blue Dot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. Both the idea for taking the distant photo and the title came from scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan, who also wrote the 1994 book of the same name. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=333&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Galileoscope™: An IYA2009 Cornerstone Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Galileoscope™ is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 by a team of leading astronomers, optical engineers, and science educators. No matter where you live, with this easy-to-assemble, 50-mm (2-inch) diameter, 25- to 50-power achromatic refractor, you can see the celestial wonders that Galileo Galilei first glimpsed 400 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=326&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sun – lifecycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of a human lifetime, the Sun is an unchanging, constant companion – bringer of light and heat and champion of the day. It is often tempting to believe that it will always be here and always has been here. The truth, however, is quite different. Birth We have already seen and discussed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=322&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Telescopes and Lenses</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an exciting time in which to become an amateur astronomer. Never before have novice stargazers been presented with such a vast array of telescopes and accessories to pursue their hobby. Naturally, this brings the burden of choice. A bewildering variety of instruments make it difficult for the uninformed consumer to make the right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=317&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comet Lulin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fairly bright comet is passing through the solar system right now: C/2007 N3 (Lulin), or just Comet Lulin to its friends. Over the next few days it’s passing very close to the position of Saturn in the sky, making it a very easy target to spot. Take a look at a map of Lulin’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=316&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spectacular Saturn Transit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something is about to happen on Saturn that&#8217;s so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look. &#8220;On Feb. 24th, there&#8217;s going to be a quadruple transit of Saturn&#8217;s moons,&#8221; says Keith Noll of the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute. &#8220;Titan, Mimas, Dione and Enceladus will pass directly in front of Saturn and we&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=312&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Saturns Shadow</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After successfully observing Venus, the Moon and Saturn (with tiny Titan) last night, I thought it was apt to show you this impressive panorama of Saturn, taken by the Cassini probe, currently in orbit around the ringed planet. This image, released in 2006, shows a unique view of Saturn with the probe behind the giant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stargazingmadesimple.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4459822&amp;post=310&amp;subd=stargazingmadesimple&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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