SingAstro

Hi mymoon and james,

thanks for your help. i think i'll make a call to the observatory during the day and hope they speak english.

also, will i be able to get around the place with simple english? i'm afraid language might be a problem if i head down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosscha_Observatory Hi would like to ask if anyone has been to this observatory and can advise me on booking on the public visit (there's one available on 7th and 8th July) but instructions are in Bahasa Indon. Any advice on lodging/thanks, preferably near the Bosscha Ob...

Hi I'm looking for a GLP that comes with different diffraction filters that can produce various images. For eg, a star, a money sign, a scattering of dots. The last time i rmbed, it was around 30mW and was sold in a sports store in harborfront. However, its out of stock there and i wondered where el...

Hmm thanks for the explanation.. Maybe the term "planets" was wrong from the start. The Greek astronomers called them "wanderers" because they see the planets move across the night sky.. Pluto's motion is hardly observable at all even with amateur telescopes. I guess the term &qu...

hmm what does the part on "clearing its neighbourhood around the orbit" means?

there was a claim that due to trojan asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit, Jupiter wont qualify for it..

and does it mean that it has a roche limit wide enough to significantly crumble a good area around its path?

ohh.. hmm true..but i was thinking of the Universe as the really really big outer space where we are truly insignficant. the debris..and the light pollution..i'll call it the Earth's surronding. The Universe doesn't exactly welcome us, it threathens to wipe us all out in a few billion years, along w...

Most schools don't have an full fledged astro club, but many have an astro section under their science clubs. Some just represent their schools in astro competitions, while some become more active and eventually buy a scope and end up having their own club. VS astronomy club is not recognised by the...

I don't think we can protect the Universe..much less damage it it's just way too big

Thank you for all of your advice, though I'm sorry I did not realise that I'm not supposed to openly discuss it here. I had no idea where to ask for help so I thought this was the best channel.

My teacher has already went on to get the school's approval, so we are now waiting for the results.

Thank you all for your opinions. The ETX mounts have a damaged/cracked gear for its vertical motion. It's probably due to bad usage cause when my seniors passed down to me, they were using it without the Autostar and manually loosening and tightening the knob. Funds are hard to come by because the c...