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Hi Jonathan,
Also enjoy the magazine. In regards to the Targets and Deep Sky section (I'm into DSOs!) recent issues have focused on targets very much low (or low-ish) to the North, or focus on various Messier objects or what's around them. I assume these articles are sourced from the Northern Henisphere? I feel a little frustrated when we have Dorado and Columba and the like high up early in an evening and we have various other Southern Catalogues (I'm into Dunlop at present) that would be wonderful to explore or highlight in an Australian magazine? I'm only recent to this so perhaps I've missed something or there's a need not to repeat other issues etc. so please correct me if I'm wrong :-)
Also like the Mac idea suggested earlier (Stellarium, AstroPlanner and Gamma Adjust are the three I use on my Mac) and the DIY suggestion (I have a Dob so things like fans, light shields, shrouds, counterweights, trolleys etc. interest me).
Think the magazine is still fascinating in what it presents (new discoveries, new telescopes, revisiting basic observing concepts (which I'm still learning). Clear skies.
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