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Most of the users particularly remember the telescope's fine performance on lunar and planetary detail. In early August 1933, local amateur astronomer Mr John Pettley observed the famous Great White Spot on Saturn on the same night that it was discovered by Will Hay and later observations of the white spot by Pettley appeared in several issues of the "English Mechanic" during September 1933. 
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On 6 May, 2000, the Aldershot Observatory was opened to the public for the first time, the event stimulated considerable public interest in its future. 
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