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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com

Listener emails and Christmas Presents on Episode 466!

The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Listener Emails and Christmas Presents. We talk about several items listeners received as well as what other people are doing under the stars.

 

We get emails from Alejandro, Adam, Stan, Chris K., another Chris and Tim.

 

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Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can!

Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! 

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