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 Newsletter - May 2012 CLUB NEWS from David Durham, BAS President THE CONSTELLATIONS Learning your way around the sky with David Durham WHAT’S UP David Durham’s recommended objects for May COMET NEWS Steve Taylor’s rundown on May’s comets QAEC 2012 Tony Surma-Hawes reports on the Queensland Astronomy Education Conference THE AQUA-TORIAL PLATFORM Hermann Schraut’s take on the McCreary Telescope Mount NEW LASER POINTER REGULATIONS A must-read for all BAS members BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN An interesting diagram from Roberto Ziche, showing how much sunlight reaches the various planets (submitted by Paul Floyd) QUEENSLAND ASTROFEST JUNIOR ASTRONOMY SESSIONS ASTRONOMICAL FORMULAE Tony Samson’s guide to optical and other astronomy-related calculations TRANSIT OF VENUS ASTROPHYSICS CORNER The Main Sequence, and the life and sizes of stars by David Durham BAS INFORMATION Equipment hire, library borrowing and membership subscriptions 
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