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• Getting Started in Astronomy
• Interested in Astronomy
• Mike Mattei's "Best of the Internet" links
• 2004 Venus transit photo collection

News reprints

03/26/09 - Chelmsford Historic Society holds a star party.

Reading Chronicle article on Reading TV astronomy show. June 07, 2007.

Reading Star Party feature Dr. Brian Marsden. Reading Daily Times Chronicle February 8, 2007 (Doug Wood-Boyle).

Reading Star Party feature Dr. Brian Marsden. Reading Advocate, February 8, 2007 (Mac McEntire)

Article about Dr. Mario Motta's 32" telescope using Scott Milligan's relay design. Eagle Tribune, June 26, 2006. (Julie Kirkwood).

Article about Reading Community TV in Reading Daily Times Chronicle by Charlie McDonald. February 17, 2006.

Front page picture of Barrows School Star Party from Reading Advocate, February 2, 2006.

Front page picture of Barrows School Star Party from Reading Daily Times Chronicle, February 1, 2006.

Front page article of the Paul Manning Observatory naming in Tewksbury. Tewksbury Town Crier, Dec 15, 2004.

Front page photo in Reading Daily Times Chronicle of star party at Killam School. January 29, 2003.

Article on front page of Reading Daily Times Chronicle about star party at Killam School, and the pictures published with it. January 23, 2003.

Article in Reading Advocate - front page, with photo. Ed Carlman uses StarLab at the library to teach children about constellations. August 15, 2002.

Charlie McDonald and Ted Carlman receive an award for their work in Reading, August 2001.

Reading Lecture Series on Astronomy. Organized by Charlie McDonald and assisted by John Reed. Held at the Birch Meadow School in Reading. Pictures from Lecture 1 and Article and Pictures from Lecture 2. Spring 2001.

Reading Star Party at Killam School, Monday Feb 12, 2001.

Project Astro event organized by Charlie McDonald : From the Marblehead Reporter, Thurs Oct 19, 2000 edition, page 7.

Member written

Articles added since Jan 1, 2003:

• Mars from Stellafane, by Paul Valleli.
• A Three-Tube Dobsonian, by Bob Smith (composed by George Roberts).

Articles added since Jan 1, 2000:

• A personal account of how one amateur got started in astronomy by Eugene McAuliffe.
• An Inexpensive Dobsonian Slow Motion Control by Joseph Rothchild.

Older Articles:

• Lew Gramer's Geminids 1999 guide.
• Retrofitting a 13" Dob, by Dave Aucoin.
• Star parties: Lessons Learned by one Old-Timer. By Peter Bealo and Charlie McDonald.
• A review of Ray Trace programs that would be of interest to ATMs. by Kevin McCarthy.
• Articles on educational activities, and building a solar system model for use at night, Project Astro materials, by Brewster LaMacchia. Updated 1-Oct-99.
• Falling Stars and Mosquitoes - Leonids '98 Florida... by Lew Gramer.
• Sky Maps with Telrad circles, produced by John Small. Updated 23-Aug-99.
• HISTORY!!! Who needs it anyhow??? by Ana Hillier.
• Thoughts on Building a Dobsonian by Steve Scampini.
  
• Astronomy and the Human Eye by Mario Motta.
  
• Star light, star bright, is that a real star I got tonight?? A Christmas Mystery by Alan D. Mazurka.

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