
good tips Sean , and get your self a ' Planesphere ' these cost $20 and are a God send for the newbys , like I was many years ago and I still have and use that one I got way back then .

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Bintel sells these , as well as most astro suppliers , be wary of the ones sold in book shops and the like as I have seen Northern hemisphere ones sold down here

in the south ( where we live , and see the southern sky ) and thats really confusing , no carp I have had people over the years ask me how do I use this thing , only to find its for the northern sky , thats behind the Earth all the time and we never see it

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Sad but True . ( and money down the drain , spinning anti clockwise )
Brian.