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#558 - Observer’s Calendar for November 2026

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#557 - 12 Months of Messier October Edition

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#556 - Listener Emails

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#555 - Saturn at Opposition

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#554 - Clear Skies Astro Hopper with Steven Rosenthal

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#553 - Observer’s Calendar for October 2026

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#552 - Top 10 Techniques for Buying Used Gear

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#551 - 12 Months of Messier September Edition

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#550 - Sketching the Night Sky for the Average Observer

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#549 - The Observer’s Calendar for September 2026

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#548 - Visual Astronomy in Draco

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#547 - 12 Months of Messier August Edition

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#546 - Planning Dark Sky Trips

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#545 - Observer’s Calendar for August 2026

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#544 - 7” Achro Attempts at Correcting Chromatic Aberration

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#543 - 3D Printing and Astronomy

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#542 - 12 Months of Messier July Edition

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#541 - Observer’s Calendar for July 2026

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#540 - 12 Month of Messier June Edition

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#539 - David Nagler Answers Listener Questions

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#538 - Listener Emails

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#537 - Observer’s Calendar for June 2026

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#536 - Observing While the Moon is Up

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#535 - 12 Months of Messier May

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#534 - Telescope Powers

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#533 - The Observer’s Calendar for May 2026

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#532 - Spring Galaxy Hunting and Listener Emails

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#531 - 12 Months of Messier April Edition

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#530 - Tele Vue in June & Chris Sends a Prized Possession to a Listener

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#529 - A Listener Builds His Dream Observatory

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#528 - The Observer’s Calendar for April 2026

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#527 - A Reflection Nebula Filter?

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#526 - 12 Months of Messier - March Edition

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#525 - Dumb Things We Have Done at the Telescope

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#524 - The Observer’s Calendar for March 2026

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#523 - 12 Months of Messier February Edition

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#522 - Owning 20+ Telescopes with Richard Navarette

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#521 - Listener Emails

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#520 - The Observer’s Calendar for February 2026

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#519 - OzSky with Clint Reading

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#518 - 12 Months of Messier Month 1

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#517 - Navigating the Night Sky

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#516 - The Observer’s Calendar for January 2026

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#515 - PiFinder with Richard Wolf-Jacobson

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#514 - Beginner Christmas Scope Recommendations and Our Wishes Lists

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#513 - Late Autumn Observing

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#511 - Mark Radice’s Recent Adventure

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#512 - The Observer’s Calendar for December 2025

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#510 - Getting Ready For Cold Weather Observing & Listener Emails

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#509 - A Tribute to Al Nagler

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#508 - Bad Light Update & Comet Observations

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#507 - Observer’s Calendar for November 2025

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#505 - First Night With Your First Telescope Guide

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#506 - Comet A6 Lemmon & Comet R2 SWAN

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#504 - Bad Light and Light Pollution

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#503 - M55, Helix Nebula and other Observations

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#502 - Observer’s Calendar for October 2025

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#501 - Titan Transit and Other Observations

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#500 - Feature Constellation Taurus

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#499 - Observing Features on Jupiter’s Moons & Other Observations

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#498 - Observer’s Calendar for September 2025

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#497 - 78 Nights in Namibia with Alister Ling

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#496 - Listener Emails

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#495 - Grasslands National Park Observing & Telescopes for Young People

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#494 - Mid-summer Observing Reflections with Mike O’Brien

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#493 - The Observer’s Calendar August 2025

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#492 - How to Get Over Your Fear of the Dark and General Astro Topics

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#491 - We Judge Your Observing

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#490 - First Upgrades For Your Telescope

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#489 - Observer’s Calendar for July 2025

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#488 - Telescope Store Tours

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#487 - Mini Solar Scope and Recent Observations

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#486 - Chiricahua Sky Village with Peter Monson

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#485 - Observer’s Calendar for June 2025

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#484 - Star Party Primer

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#483 - Affordable Wide-Field with Brian Ventrudo

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#482 - Organizing Astronomy Gear

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#481 - April Observing Sessions

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#480 - The Observer’s Calendar for May 2025

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#479 - Comet C2025F2 SWAN and Listener Email

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#478 - Favourite Equipment by Elimination

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#477 - Observer’s Calendar for April 2025

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#476 - Gear Talk and Listener Emails

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#475 - A History of Planetary Motion with Dave Chapman

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#474 - Skies Over the Southern Ocean with Michael Wright

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#473 - Sirius Observing in Canis Major

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#472 - The Observer’s Calendar for March 2025

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#471 - Naked Eye Observing

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#470 - Gear Haul with Craig Levine

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#469 - Non-Astronomy Things We Do While Observing

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#468 - Observer’s Calendar for February 2025

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#467 - Eyepiece Updates and Contact Red Polymer Advice

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#466 - Listener Emails and Christmas Gifts

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#465 - 7” Refractor First Light

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#464 - Observing Lists and Eyepiece Cleaning

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#463 - Observer’s Calendar for January 2025

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#462 - Atmospheric Dispersion Correctors

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#461 - Obstacles to Doing Astronomy

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#460 - Lost Astronomy Gear and Listener Emails

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#459 - Winter Observing Plans