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	<description>A guide for the naked eye, binocular, and telescope deaf owners, complied by Derek Rowley</description>
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		<title>The Sun exploded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday 5th September 2010
NEVER  NEVER LOOK AT OR NEAR THE SUN
THROUGH BINOCULARS or TELESCOPES !
PERMANENT BLINDNESS WILL RESULT EVEN
JUST QUICKLY LOOK AT THE SUN.
NEVER means DO NOT TRY!

Click here for enlarge image that it shows Sun Spots (Ref Number Spots :- 1105) is growing rapidly, but does not yet pose a treat for a strong solar flares [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/09/3354/</link>
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		<title>See Aurora in daylight?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday 4th September 2010

Splashes of Green in the daylight!
A high-speed solar wiind stream is buffeting Earth&#8217;s magnetic field, energizing bright auroras around the Arctic Circle. &#8220;There was quite a heavy outburst on Friday 27th August 2010,&#8221; reports Bernt Olsen from Kvaløya, Norway. &#8220;Even though the arctic nights still are bright, we could still see splashes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/09/see-aurora-in-daylight/</link>
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		<title>Successfully Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday 3rd September 2010

(Credit: NASA)
NASA and ATK Successfully Test Five-Segment Solid Rocket Motor
Smoke and fire billow as the DM-2 motor roars into a successful test in Brigham City, Utah, on Aug. 31, 2010. (Credit: NASA)
With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/09/useful-links/</link>
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		<title>Amazing image of Jupiter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday 2nd September 2010


I want to sharing with you an amazing image of Jupiter that was captured by the telescope of world-famous astrophotographer Anthony Wesley, Australia &#8211; Click here for an enlarge image &#8211; crystal-clear transparency!
&#8220;On a scale of 1 to 10, the seeing was a 12 and now I know what it must be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/09/amazing-image-of-jupiter/</link>
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		<title>This Month &#8211; September 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dairy Dates for September 2010
Wednesday 1st
Moon less than one degree from the Seven Sister (Messier 45 &#8211; Pleiades Cluster) @ 01:00 / 1am.
Last Quarter Moon @ 18:00 / 6pm.
Venus and Mars low in the west with Saturn @ 20:00 / 8pm.
Friday 3rd  -  14:00 / 2pm
Mercury inferior conjunction.
Wednesday 8th
The Moon is at Perigee (223,294 miles) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/09/this-month-september-2010/</link>
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		<title>This Month &#8211; August 2010</title>
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Dairy Dates for August 2010
Tuesday 3rd &#8211; 06:00 / 6am
Last Quarter Moon
Thursday 5th
Moon less than 5 degrees from Pleiades (Seven Sister / Messier 45) @ 02:00 / 2am.
Mars is 3 degrees from Saturn and 5 degrees from Venus in the west @ 21:00 / 9pm.
Saturday 7th  - 21:00 / 9pm
Saturn and Venus 2 degrees apart.
Tuesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/07/this-month-august-2010/</link>
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		<title>Observing the four largest moons but one missing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday 30th July 2010 @ 23:30 / 11:30pm

 Observing the Galilean Moons
Spots the giant gas planet, Jupiter’s four largest moons &#8211; The Galilean Moons.
See above the image (left to right) - Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto  - were first seen in 1610 by the Italian Galileo Galilei, known as the Galilean moons, after his name.

Through a small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/07/observing-the-four-largest-moons-but-one-missing/</link>
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		<title>What is the difference between &#8220;Dark Nebula&#8221; &amp; &#8220;Nebula&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thursday 29th July 2010

See the bright-orange  &#8221;Neo-Clouds&#8221; where it was reflected by the sunsets below the horizon, it was captured by myself on Tuesday 27th July 2010 at 21:00 / 9pm.  This example in meanings of nebula in the Universe &#8211; the word nebula is Latin for `cloud`.
And see the dark shadow clouds &#8211; against [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/07/what-is-the-difference-between-dark-nebula-nebula/</link>
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		<title>What is Space?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday 28th July 2010

What is Space?
Space is the name to give the region beyond our planet, Earth which may stretch forever. Space is made of nothing at all! &#8211; but it has lots of things in it, such as planets and stars!  That contents are called the Universe.
How was the Universe made?
Many scientists believe that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/07/what-is-space/</link>
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		<title>The Wild Duck Cluster (Messier 11)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday 27th July 2010 @ 23:00 / 11pm

Click here for enlarge image.
Messier 11 &#8211; The Wild Duck Cluster (M11)
It is an Open Cluster, readily seen with binoculars and is a magnificent object with high magnifications by a small telescope that possible to see the V-Shape.
M11 is one of the richest and most compact of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.derekscope.co.uk/2010/07/the-wild-duck-cluster-messier-11/</link>
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