During a perfect moment of peace at Sun, 22 Jun 2003 12:31:40 +0000
(UTC), "Stuart Turrell" interrupted with:

i am going to buy a telescope over the next month
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I live on the isle of Wight (south of UK).
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around a 30 miles radius or something of me?

Stuart

Two things,

Try news:\\uk.sci.astro and do a web search on
http://www.google.com/search?q=hamps...omical+society.

There are astro clubs all over Hampshire and Sussex. The Net is
probably a better medium for finding them.