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Articles with Advice for Beginning Amateur Astronomers

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Article	Submitted by
A Glossary for Telescope Buyers and Users	Jay Reynolds Freeman
Astronomical Formulas	Matthew Buynoski
Astronomical Telescope Eyepieces	Jay Reynolds Freeman
Beginner's Advice	Matthew Buynoski
Building a Dobsonian Telescopes	Ray Cash-Le Pennec
Bumbling Through Eyepiece Selection	Matthew Buynoski
Cold Weather Clothing	Russell Chmela
Collimation discussion	John Kuklewicz
Contrast Thresholds of the Human Eye	Nils Olof Carlin
Cosmic Bird Watching: Visual Observation of the Deep Sky	Jay Reynolds Freeman
Eyepieces for the Beginner	Matthew Buynoski
How To Find Deep Sky Objects Rapidly	Jay Reynolds Freeman
Pickering's List (visual acuity)	Unknown submitter
Picking an Astronomical Binocular	Jay Reynolds Freeman
Recommendations for Beginning Amateur Astronomers	Jay Reynolds Freeman
Super Polaris/Great Polaris alignment	Paul Sterngold
Telescope calculator utility	Kenneth Hess
Useful Star Atlases for Amateur Astronomers	David Knisely
Paper Atlases	Jamie Dillon