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RussBLib

(9,027 posts) Mon Dec 3, 2012, 12:39 PM Dec 2012

Amateur astronomy, anyone?

I subscribe to StarDate Magazine, and it's one of the things I read closely each month. It's a monthly publication from the McDonald Observatory in West Texas. And they have a daily radio show and a great website. Check it out. Be dazzled.

http://russblib.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-stargazing.html

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Amateur astronomy, anyone? (Original Post) RussBLib Dec 2012 OP

Is it possible that I was subscribed to ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2012 #1

I was into astronomy when I was a teen, but Speck Tater Dec 2012 #2

ChisolmTrailDem

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1. Is it possible that I was subscribed to

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 12:48 PM

Dec 2012

StarDate Magazine when I was a teen amateur astronomer? I remember getting packages from the McDonald Observatory when I lived in Austin in 1976-77. I remember it being a much-anticipated mailing but can't quite remember if it was StarDate. If StarDate has been around that long, then it probably was.

I've been thinking alot lately about taking up astronomy again since I'm a night owl anyways. Thank you for the post!

Speck Tater

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2. I was into astronomy when I was a teen, but

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 12:55 PM

Dec 2012

now I live in Oregon and we don't have a sky here. Just clouds and rain.

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