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The Most Amazing Hobby

There are thousands of hobbies, aren’t there? Some appear pointless, others offer a chance for self-improvement and others offer the chance to create some money, but what is the most amazing hobby of them all? Continue reading

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Apocalyptic Dates

Predicting the demise of the world has almost certainly been going on since man began thinking, whenever that was. It is warned about in Revelations in the Bible, so that must be about 2,000 years ago. Continue reading

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Astronomy – Some Important Dates Before Christ

There is no doubt that astronomy is the oldest science and there is also no doubt that astronomy was being studied by everyone, not only the wise men, thousands and thousands of years ago. Continue reading

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Calendar – Which Calendar Do You Mean?

In the West, we tend to think that there is only one calendar, but there are dozens of them around the world. And what is more, there were almost certainly hundreds of them previously. All defunct now either because ours is more accurate or because theirs did not fit in with our commercial way of life. Continue reading

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Calendars And How To Understand Them

The calendar is such a routine, ordinary thing, but how much do you really know about the working of it. Why is it like that? Continue reading

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Advertising To The Masses

If you were to create a self-cleaning textile, the world may want to beat a path to your door to buy some from you, but first of all they will have to know that the fabric exists, that it is available for purchase, and they have to be aware of where your door is. This means advertising. Continue reading

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Learning Astronomy through Meade Telescopes

Man had a great passion for observing celestial bodies from time immemorial. There were numerous means by which they were observing the planetary movement. Until the invention of telescope by Galileo, great astronomers like Aryabhata, Bhaskara and Copernicus used naked eye and mathematical calculations to record planetary positions. In addition keeping the reference to the pole star and the positions of the stars relative to which calculations were made and the eclipses forecasted. In the Egypt the pole star was kept as the reference and the mathematical calculations made relative to that were used during the construction of the pyramids. Continue reading

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Attempting To Find A Telescope? Read This Beforehand

Imagine being able to look up to the night sky and have everything brought hundreds or thousands of times closer to you, imagine being able to see the intricate details of the moon, planets and star constellations. Using a telescope it all becomes possible. Continue reading

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Find The Best Telescope For You Using These Recommendations

The sky at night time offers us so many interesting things to see, although it’s great to look at the sky with our eyes, what is even better is when we can get up close and personal and see more of what there is to see up there. Using a telescope it all becomes possible. Continue reading

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Looking To Purchase A Telescope? Follow These Tips

There is nothing better than the night sky! But even better is having everything brought hundreds of times closer to you so that you can see it in all its glory. Using a telescope it all becomes possible. Continue reading

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