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Why is only one side of the Moon visible from Earth?
Sep 24, 2013
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How powerful a telescope would allow me to view the astronauts aboard ISS do a space-walk?
Oct 16, 2013
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How could a hobbyist astronomer determine apparent magnitude of a star?
Sep 27, 2013
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Is the light we see from stars extremely old?
Oct 15, 2013
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Parking a telescope at a Lagrange point: is this a good idea from a debris point of view?
Sep 29, 2013
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Why do the Pleiades look clearer when viewed indirectly?
Oct 3, 2013
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When we see half moon, why is it always the lower half?
Jan 27, 2014
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Why does the Moon never set in Svalbard, Norway?
Sep 5, 2014
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What is the distance that the Moon travels during one orbit around the Earth?
Nov 20, 2013
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How do I build a stargazing aficionado's Sun funnel to observe our nearest star safely?
Sep 26, 2013
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