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The Universe Under One Roof
Welcome to London’s Astronomy Showroom
The Widescreen Centre
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for observation. In fact, his hand-drawn Moon maps were 7KHZLGHVWUDQJHRIWHOHVFRSHVDQG$VWURQRP\SURGXFWVDQG
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to the Universe that you, your family & friends can easily
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explore. As Brian May aptly put it, “Patrick is irreplaceable” ,W¶VDELJ8QLYHUVH%HWWHUJHWVWDUWHG1HLO¶
But Patrick’s Moon is still there. $OOLWWDNHVLVRQHVPDOOVWHS
See www.bakerstreetastro.org.uk for details.
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Lunar photo by Widescreen customer Richard Maun. BSIA image by Tom Kerss. Used with permission.
