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From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch)
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Subject: Re: Small projects for net.astro
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[this is what a star looks like in my 'scope:  .   ]

I'd like to add to Eugene Miya's references that there are many magazines
that provide astronomical info.  Usually there may not be a lot per issue,
but reading these mags over a span of time (short compared to typical
astronomical events!) can help one learn a lot about the subject and the
hardware.  The ads are useful too, just as in many computer-oriented rags.
I especially like Sky & Telescope, from Sky Publishing Corp, Cambridge,
MA (and available on at least some newsstands).  Astronomy is another one
with some hardware emphasis.  It's at a more popular level, probably more
widely available at newsstands, and, to me, not as good as S & T.  Mags
with few or no ads and less hardware orientation include `The Planetary
Report' and `Mercury' (the latter by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific).

Anyone who can fill in the details I left out, or who has other suggestions,
please do so.

Eugene Miya, are you copying?
-- 
Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)
The opinions expressed above are accidents.