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Hello,
As a new subscriber can anyone direct me to some good tutorials on how to use Astrobin. Just the basics to get me started.
Thanks
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AccidentalAstronomers 10.92
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Here's a great presentation Salvatore, the owner of and programmer for Astrobin, did for The Astro Imaging Channel just last week. He goes through a ton of features and functions in this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snXGMF6XAKY
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siovene
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Hi Rob,

while there is no official tutorial, there's several YouTube videos by YouTubers that showcase many features, e.g.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ouc0y9g1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBH-iRBK0Rk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvrir_Alb88

Some official documentation about some of the features can be found here:

https://welcome.astrobin.com/features

And frequently asked questions are here:

https://welcome.astrobin.com/faq

If you want to learn about the Image of the Day, this is the page:

https://welcome.astrobin.com/iotd

In general, AstroBin tries to be as "obvious" as possible, so do the following:

 - Keep an eye for the orange menubar for context menus
 - Do read the help text underneath form fields: there will be some explanation if the field is not super obvious
 - Mouse-hover icons when there's no other text: a popover should explain what it is
 - If you find something that is unclear, contact support using the Help menu above so that page can be improved for everybody!

Hope this helps!
Salvatore
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