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Charles Duarte
Astronomy has been a hobby/interest of mine for as long as I can remember. In early 2002 I purchased a larger aperture telescope (the last one I owned was a 3" refractor some 20 years ago) and intensified my observations to once weekly and which is still the case. Even after so many years of observations i still weather-watching and wishing for long, clear nights again. In 2003, I decide to a take a further step and study towards a Master Degree with James Cook University , Queensland, Australia, (website: http://www.jcu.edu.au). After a full three years studying I obtained a Master Degree in Astronomy. Areas that I covered were both in astronomy and astrophysics, details below: Modern Astrophysics - mathematical understanding of astronomy related physics, Astronomy Instrumentation - reading, understanding and data analysis, The Solar System - from it creation present and it future, Galactic Astronomy and Cosmology - galaxies, and other cosmos’s bodies measurements, distance, and it composition, Pilot Research Project Study Gliese 876 Star Solar System and, Finally a Astronomy Literature Review of Gliese 876 of 50,000 words. In 2013 I am selected to become a Fellowship Member with the Royal Astronomical Society

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