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Space related Christmas Presents

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Being a curious person, or is that just being nosy?  (My parents would say the latter!).  I wondered what other amateur astronomers in the community got by way of Space related presents this Christmas?  


I was delighted to get this lovely paperweight which shows all the planets in our solar systems along with their moons, Neptune and Uranus are just out of camera angle.  It came with a lovely wooden display stand as well.


I'm hoping the colder weather may lead to clearer skies so I can get out with my telescope, although being in lockdown I'll be restricted to my back garden and being in the suburbs of Greater Manchester there's quite a bit of light pollution.  Did anyone else get any good astro photography images over Christmas that they can share here?

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    Alasdair Anderson:

     However you do want to be sure that your enthusiasm is not just a passing phase, as many people buy a telescope and then lose interest.



    ? I've been interested in stargazing since I was around 7 or 8 when I was given a really old 'I-Spy The Sky' book by one of my relatives. So I think my enthusiasm will last the distance. ? I have to admit to having an app on my phone that alerts me when the ISS is about to pass over and if it's a clear night I'll run outside to take a look. Even though I've done this hundreds of times now, it's still a joy to watch and think of the Astronauts working away inside. I also have to admit that I always wave at them too...not that they can see me or will ever know... ??


    I have a second home down in a rural area of the south of France where the Milky Way can be seen very clearly on a cloudless night as there is 'zero' light pollution there (apart from the one single lamp outside the local Mairie ) So when I eventually buy a telescope it will probably reside out there as the light pollution in my local area at home is too high to be able to see anything that clearly. When we go out to France my partner is always amazed at the blanket of stars we can see out there and yet at home in the UK we can really only see the ones that shine brightly.

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    Alasdair Anderson:

     However you do want to be sure that your enthusiasm is not just a passing phase, as many people buy a telescope and then lose interest.



    ? I've been interested in stargazing since I was around 7 or 8 when I was given a really old 'I-Spy The Sky' book by one of my relatives. So I think my enthusiasm will last the distance. ? I have to admit to having an app on my phone that alerts me when the ISS is about to pass over and if it's a clear night I'll run outside to take a look. Even though I've done this hundreds of times now, it's still a joy to watch and think of the Astronauts working away inside. I also have to admit that I always wave at them too...not that they can see me or will ever know... ??


    I have a second home down in a rural area of the south of France where the Milky Way can be seen very clearly on a cloudless night as there is 'zero' light pollution there (apart from the one single lamp outside the local Mairie ) So when I eventually buy a telescope it will probably reside out there as the light pollution in my local area at home is too high to be able to see anything that clearly. When we go out to France my partner is always amazed at the blanket of stars we can see out there and yet at home in the UK we can really only see the ones that shine brightly.

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