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2 12 Awesomeness....
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Chicago Astronomers - Working to save the Hubble telescope...

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27 67 Hubble Captures Comet ISON
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 17 50 Summer Astronomy & Space - June to August 2025
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Public Observation Session on the 2nd Friday of each month at the 606 Trail...

 34 49 The Chicago Astronomer at the 606 Trail - 09 May 2025
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A place to plan, execute and evaluate group Star Party Observation Sessions...

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295 2,306 The Chicago Astronomer in Evanston - 09 Aug 2025
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Details on the joint public Star Parties of the Chicago Astronomer and the Chicago Park District

 59 146 The Chicago Astronomer at Harrison Park - 01 August 2025
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2013: The Year of the Comet - Chicago Astronomer Comet Catchers

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3 23 Comet ISON Interactive Simulator
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Observation session details and photos from Chicago Astronomer Members...

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402 1,731 Memorial Day with Scope & camera - 26 May 2025
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Graphical Depiction of Current Chicago Astronomical Skies...

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230 985 2025 August mornings of Planets and the Moon -
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Combining Camping & Darker sky Astronomy

 10 78 The 2014 Cherry Springs Star Party
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Prepare for this Month's events now...

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18 22 December 2007 Astronomical Data
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Monitor and Observe Planetary, Stellar and Lunar Mechanics in motion and play amongst each other...

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135 730 Moon Occults Pleiades - 2025 JUL 20
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All Lunar, All The Time...

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217 998 July New Moon Spotting
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112 595 Solar imaging - 16 May 2025
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Outreach by the American Association of Variable Star Observers on the 27.1 year eclipse event

 2 13 epsilon Aurigae Citizen Sky Watch
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238 1,240 Yahoo SCT user group message from uncle Rod...
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In the Cold Vacuum of Space, you'll laugh at anything...

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43 116 Animaniacs, the Solar System, and the Universe
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The place to voice your opinions on Space and Astronomy matters...

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47 229 ISO Scientific/Astronomical Date Format
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Adler Activities, Public Viewing & Observation Sessions by Volunteer Telescope Operators...

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146 318 Adler Staff Preview new Sky show - 30 April 2014...
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104 677 Welcome to the Chicago Astronomer...
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329 2,104 Meade 36mm 2" Eyepiece repair - 15 June 2025
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A quick list of our telescopic and optical equipment and accessories...

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3 3 Quick List of Our Equipment - Rev 29 June 2004
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39 112 Sex on the Moon
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47 379 Making a Solar filter for the 152mm Refractor 0 15 Mar 24+
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381 1,148 Part of North American Nebula from Deefield Illinois
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Inner Space examined during Cloud filled skies via macro photography and microscopes

 4 12 Wasp - 13 August 2011
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 16 56 Dr.Michio Kaku and The Chicago Astronomer - 27 Feb 2014
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284 773 ESA may soon send its next mission to Mercury
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Mapping the Moon in High Definition & Searching for water by brute force

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117 378 The recent impact of Moos was due to a flaming com
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May 25, 2013 13:50:06 GMT -6
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Cassini-Huygens Exploring the Ringed Planet...

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45 233 Cassini: "Beside a Giant"
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Exploring Via Unmanned Space Crafts

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105 410 Pluto Flyby Mission - 2015 JUL 14
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58 267 Exceptional Space Station Pass tonight - 02 October 2023
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Attempting to understand the Mechanics of the Universe...

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46 147 Man from the future at the Collider....
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News and informantion on Manned Spaceflight from Mercury to the Crew Exploration Vehicle...

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103 281 RIP Jim Lovell (97) - Apollo 13 Chief - Chicagoland Resident
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Space Shuttle Updates and Progress Reports...

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72 194 The Fate of the Crew..(Warning-Sensitive Material)
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Earth Based Phenomenon...

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43 150 Aerosols: Airborne particles in Earth's atmosphere
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Slightly skewed and strange stories from the domain of the Weird, off beat and innovative...

 64 181 Are You Smarter Than a 4th Grader?
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There's more to life than scopes and star charts...or is there?

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My activitites and adventures with the Chicago Yelp crew.

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Science Fiction Chronicles

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Enterprise - TNG - Voyager - DS9 - TOS - Battlestar Galactica - Stargate and other Geek television...

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56 221 Meade Telescope in "First Contact"....
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Your Views on The Best and Worse of Sci-Fi Cinema...

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49 208 The City Dark - let's go see this!
by Paulie pchris00
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Strange and Unusual Astronomy

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Knowledge of Historical Astronomers Explored...

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30 126 Copernicus remains(?) found in Polish Cathedral
by Vinod Kumar
Mar 21, 2017 22:50:13 GMT -6
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Exploring the Unknown, the Unexplained and Fringe with an open mind...

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