ASSNE Winter Stargazing Article in Mass Audubon Magazine

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ASSNE Winter Stargazing Article in Mass Audubon Magazine

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Mass Audubon's quarterly magazine, Explore, reaches about 63,000 members. Featured on the front cover of the winter 2017 issue is an article & photos from ASSNE members, briefly describing some ideal naked eye & bino targets for winter stargazing. Here's some links to the online version:

Front cover: http://www.massaudubon.org/news-events/ ... ns/explore
Article page: http://www.massaudubon.org/news-events/ ... nd-meteors

I hope you enjoy the article & congrats to Andy G, Mike M on photos - Rebekah
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Oh! We've got ourselves a real writer. Very impressive Rebekah.

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Very nicely done!
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Great Job!!!
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Yes, Supurb, very nicely done. 8) 8) 8)

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Thanks everyone!

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Nice work everyone!
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Now that I have my communications problems fixed,Iam very excited to hear our group has another venue for getting info out to the public .Ever since you were involved with Moose hill,we have been pleased at the interest people in the area their news letter covers. Thank you for your input.Jerry :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Great article and pics. Congratulations, Rebekah, Andy and Mike!

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