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Reading Astronomical Monthly (RAM)

RAM is a free monthly newsletter which is distributed at the meetings. It contains details of upcoming society events and has the night sky highlights for the month ahead. It also features a deep sky object of the month. It is published just before the main meeting and covers the period up to the following main meeting. i.e. March 2004 covers the period 20 Mar - 17 Apr.

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Issue	Object of the Month
2008
January (536kb)	NGC 2539 - "The Dish" Cluster
February (379kb)	NGC 2903
March (268kb)	M 109
September (380kb)	M 30
October (501kb)	M 33 - Pinwheel Galaxy
2007
February (245kb)	NGC 2419 - Intergalactic Wanderer
2006
January (228kb)	NGC 2362 - Mexican Jumping Star
February (354kb)	NGC 2539
November (341kb)	NGC 752
2005
2004
January (170kb)	M37
February (269kb)	M48
March (133kb)	NGC 3115 - The Spindle Galaxy
April (145kb)	NGC 3242 - The Ghost of Jupiter
May (147kb)	NGC 6826 - Blinking Nebula
June (154kb)	NGC 6543 - Cat's Eye Nebula
2003
January (168kb)	M44 - Beehive Cluster/Praesepe
February (211kb)	M35 & NGC 2158
March (187kb)	M47
April (354kb)	M81
May (218kb)	M5
September (265kb)	M11 - Wild Duck Cluster
October (321kb)	M71
November (172kb)	Cr 399 - The Coathanger
December (143kb)	NGC 752
2002
May (216kb)	M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
June (287kb)	M13 - Great Cluster
September (270kb)	M27 - Dumbbell Nebula
November (221kb)	M77
December (171kb)	M34

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15th November 2008
7.00pm
Supernova Remnants
Owen Brazell
(Webb Society)
Images and description of remnants of stars that have destroyed themselves in the most explosive events in the Universe.

Followed by DIY evening where Reading AS members share their astronomy projects and techniques; software demonstrations and image processing clinic.

ASTRO BASICS
25th October 2008
7.00pm
M31 - Andromeda Galaxy

Mercury
The innermost planet has its best morning apparition of 2008 in late October. Look for it low in the east before dawn, especially on the 27th October when a slender crescent Moon will be close by

Uranus & Neptune
The outer two planets are well placed for spotting during September and October. You can follow their daily movements using binoculars. Finder charts can be found at Sky & Telescope

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