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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Join the Soutpansberg Astronomy Club for an evening
of stargazing on Saturday 29th October from sunset
onwards. Everyone is welcome. One of the targets for the
evening will be comet <FONT face=Arial size=2>C/2009 P1 (Garradd) which is
also visible in binoculars in the constellation Hercules. The
three day old crescent Moon will disappear below the western horizon at 9pm
giving us ample time to view our closest neighbour in space and the detail near
the terminator. The giant gas planet Jupiter can also be seen rising on
the opposite side of the sky and is a favourite object through a
telescope. The four Galilean moons discovered by Galileo will be visible,
two on one side of the planet and two on the other. There will also be
plenty of deepsky objects to look at, one of them being M31, the famous
Andromeda Galaxy which can be seen with the naked-eye. The light
reaching us has journeyed over 2 million years, travelling huge distances
through space. </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Further information and directions from Kos Coronaios on <FONT face=Arial
size=2>079 148 4934 or by email at <A
href="mailto:elephantcastle@lantic.net">elephantcastle@lantic.net</A></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kos </FONT></DIV>
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