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Star-Hopping Workshops

Turn Left at Orion, right at Betelguese, up a bit at Spica, then over at the hard shoulder outside Whitstable. Can't miss it.Hosted on alternating months at H.M.S. Beagle, these workshops help to instruct beginning telescope users in the art of star-hopping, or how to find faint night-sky objects by moving to them from bright ones, as exemplified in the book Turn Left at Orion. Within a few short hours, you will have learned how to use the signposts in the sky to help you to find some of the more elusive and amazing sights in the heavens.

For more information on star-hopping, try these sites:

Star-Hopping at Astrocentral UK
Star-Hopping at Night Sky Info
Star-Hopping Described at Wikipedia

June Star-Hopping Workshop: Friday, 18 June 2010, 10pm

Telescope
Session Date: 16 April 2010, 9pm
Fee: $5
Seats Available: 12
RSVP: Please email or telephone 816-587-9998

Join the Beagle's own Leif Bahl for a course in finding faint deep-sky objects, in a presentation entitled "Night of the Globulars". Learn to find fascinating deep-sky objects using simple techniques and then practice what you've learned. This is an invaluable course for the beginner or intermediate amateur astronomer.

Bring your telescope and prepare to be amazed!

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Made 1 August 2008
Updated 15 June 2010.