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Ready for Xmas

Using my Canon EOS 600D DSLR camera and a standard lens, this was a hastily grabbed shot of the Moon as it was rising over the rooftops. I even slightly overexposed the Moon to give the effect of a Christmas tree with a giant light on the top branch. It’s the ultimate Christmas decoration!

John Consadine, Dereham, Norfolk

Lost in space

In Chris Lintott’s ‘Comment’ in the December 2021 issue (‘Bulletin’, page 11), he mentioned the Huygens spacecraft nearly missing out on sending

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