SingAstro

Aircon: Just dropped in to see if anything on perseids. Surprised not much said.

Haha I went to have a look around 11pm. Looked North East and major cloud cover. Rest of sky..mostly uncovered. Murphy's law strikes again? Bit coughy so will not be staying up.

do you mean 2am onwards? Only realised today the perseids are here, I'm a bad astronomer. What's the expected window for viewing? Tonight and early morning hours last chance? I usually go to bed at 2am...try not to go at 3am

airconvent! long time no see hehe..I think Richard (forgot his nickname) is the only one I'm in touch with very occasionally. He is very nice and sms-es me once in a long time when there is a star party. Mersing, don't think so but thanks for the news. Anyone has a pic of their planisphere made usin...

Thanks Chris, would rather buy a ready made plasticy one so it's more lasting. I'm not very art crafty lol weixing thanks have used monthly charts etc before from skymaps.com and from my peterson's guide but I find them quite troublesome to figure out. thanks for the tip on wee kiong, will email him.

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Anyone knows where to buy a planisphere for Singapore and how much?

Thanks

This is the 3rd Ed, not the latest 4th version but the star charts (by Wil Tirion), the descriptions of different constellations, highlights of what objects to look out for, pics with colour, moon maps, what to look for in planets etc are all still applicable. Gives tours for each constellation with...

Been using it for years, good software. I like the look and interface better than Cartes du Ciel

Hi all

Eh, my dad ask me to find out about Meade scopes and Oberwerk binocs for him as a ship captain wants to buy.

AFAIK, Meade doesn't have local dealer, only malaysia right? And has any of our local dealers brought in the Oberwerk binocs?

Thanks
Cindy

hehe rich, you write part 2 lah, I'm quite out of touch. Bino-viewing techiques? That one is good for discussion to see what tricks people have. I have used the cheapo deck chair before, arms just right for elbows and no need to keep craning neck up. The rubber dinghy idea is good but I don't have o...

Hi Rich

Glad it's still useful, I wrote that erm, around 1998!! :p