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     Karen Hedges, gave a very well received talk at Exeter Central Library followed by the launch of her new book Stargazing for All  (ISBN: 9781739123611) .  The book is available from Winstone’s Bookshop in Sidmouth (which has a wonderful array of beautiful books for young and old) as well as online from Waterstones and Amazon.  The book is a guide to stargazing for beginners and for amateur astronomers whose memories may need refreshing from time to time.  The book contains illustrations from renowned artist, John Meacham.  Karen gave many talks at St Thomas Library in Exeter when former librarian Lee Rawlings ran a monthly science club.  She has drawn on her experience with the general public as a telescope presenter and from her previous work in education to produce the book.  She is most grateful to Exeter Central Library for hosting the book launch. 

     Karen presented a copy of her book to David Strange, Chair of Norman Lockyer Observatory, who kindly made some positive comments about the outreach work and promotion of the NLO that Karen does.

     The Norman Lockyer Observatory contains three historic telescopes through which can be seen images as good as any modern telescope can provide.  The central library contains a magnificent bequest of books belonging to Sir Norman and Lady Lockyer. 

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