{"id":3620,"date":"2023-02-05T15:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2023-02-05T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T15:33:49","slug":"stargazing-for-beginners-by-mark-thompson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/stargazing-for-beginners-by-mark-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Stargazing for Beginners by Mark Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Well known astronomer and broadcaster Mark Thompson has sent in details of his new video course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course-593x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3622 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course-593x1024.jpg 593w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course-768x1326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course-890x1536.jpg 890w, https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/MarkThompson-course.jpg 1186w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 593px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 593\/1024;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Join Mark Thompson from BBC Stargazing Live in his new online Stargazing for Beginners course. Perfect for the newcomer to astronomy, Through a series of video lessons Mark guides you through telescopes &#8211; how to choose one and how to use it , astrophotography basics, and what wonders await you in the night sky and accompanying audio guides take you on guided tours of the sky during each of the four seasons.\u00a0 If you are a little daunted by a star filled sky, this is the course for you.\u00a0 You can watch it when it suits you, over and over again if you like and can learn at your own pace.\u00a0 There is even a discount code for FAS members which gives you 25% off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/markthompsonastronomy.thinkific.com\">https:\/\/markthompsonastronomy.thinkific.com<\/a> or from Mark\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markthompsonastronomy.com\">https:\/\/www.markthompsonastronomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well known astronomer and broadcaster Mark Thompson has sent in details of his new video course. Join Mark Thompson from BBC Stargazing Live in his new online Stargazing for Beginners course. Perfect for the newcomer to astronomy, Through a series of video lessons Mark guides you through telescopes &#8211; how to choose one and how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Martin Baker","author_link":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/author\/martin_baker\/"},"featured_img":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/category\/uncategorized\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 5 February, 2023","modified":"Updated on 5 February, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 5 February, 2023 3:28 pm","modified":"Updated on 5 February, 2023 3:33 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NBna-Wo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3624,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions\/3624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fedastro.org.uk\/fas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}