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At the end of this journey, you will have a sound basic knowledge of the sky and will have gathered useful snippets of astronomical information and miscellany along the way. Ive decided to keep this offer running for a little longer,but please grab it while you can at this price because it is likely to go back to. Volume 4 of the night sky observers guide, which bears the subtitle the glories of the milky way to 54, has been a wonderful resource on this journey. You will be better off buying a really good star map and use this with the book. The astronomical society of the pacific the nasa night sky network is managed by the astronomical society of the pacific. An imaginary sphere formed by the sky surrounding the. Anyone who follows this yearlong systematic approach will acquire a sound basic.
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