SingAstro

now... i wonder when will the 200d come out to replace the handicapped 300d

i've to say mooey's post-processing skill is most impressive.

Sam, as for your unidentified bird... i'm no expert but it sould be a tailorbird.... i think they are quite common in singapore. i did a brief google search and found there's a 1991 singapore stamp of this bird: http://www.birdtheme.org/country/singapor.html it would help if you remember the call of...

Today's catch : All taken with Nikon D70 + a basic 70-300mm zoom lens. The background of the photos look a bit grainy. What ISO setting did you use? yes sam, they are very good, the birds in botanical gerden seem to be very approachable. i was wondering about the grains too - is that artefacts from...

you must love friends who fire off camera flashes at the obs site.
or was it really that cloudy?

sorry. i can't resist

Weixing, better make sure the young astronomers get consent from parents before they join you for a night time obs session.
or, bring the parents - if they get interested, someone will finance a new scope.

Hi guys, nice to introduce myself here. Secondly, i often notice one or two bright stars in the western sky, near my zenith. However, i simply cannot identify the stars even when using sky charts/software, because there only 1 or 2 stars exist! Any solutions? 1stly, by "often" do you mean...

my st102f5az refractor gives this very peculiar out-of-focus pattern - a disc with a diagonal (more or less) line across it. in a reflector or other hybrids, one may gets a cross, and the black center, but a single diagonal line in a refractor? where can that possibly comes from? the diagonal? i'll ...

nice photos, samuel.
yeah, these birds are often seen in pairs, making a lot of noise, probably courting.
you have steady hands! very sharp for handheld.
what's with the ringed highlights in the last photo? what lens were you using?

like the Singaporeans say: money not enough :lol: and dobs are apparently still not good for imaging. otherwise will be very attractive. Not true that dobs are not good for imaging. With a tracking equatorial platform, it is possible. Take a look at: http://astronomy-mall.com/regular/products/eq_pl...