SingAstro

Hello everyone. I went to the yellow area of the picture at around 12am last night, but couldn't find anyone. I drove along that road until I was stopped by two cars which were parked on it. The site was really dark and I didn't think it was possible to see that many stars in Singapore. It should be...

Hello.

I may be coming with a friend of mine tonight, but can't be 100% certain yet.

Perhaps somebody will be able to answer this simple question...

Will this telescope, with its 1200mm focal length, be too long to fit in the boot of a regular car?

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mrngbss wrote:Press the upper right corner button, on the same line as (Posted: date..) that states "quote".

Ok.. I was being dumb.
Thank you.

Wow. I never expected so many wonderful replies. Thanks everyone! Ok, now I think I understand the reason she wasn't impressed may be due to her near sightedness, meaning that when she saw it, it probably wasn't focused.. Or maybe it looked too small because I used a rather low magnification of 75x ...

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