SingAstro

Hi,all and including astrologers This pics and the previous one that showed a lion face and a cheeky face are no good sign of things to come according to some astrologer friend of mine;and they are as good as what naked eye visible comet will bring us/warn us about.--natural or man made disasters li...

Hi,guangwei Selfix or DIY has those stainless L bracket that can do that if your bino is no larger than a 7x50;but you must enlarge the hole to fit in the 1/4-20 thread;however if your bino is larger than that, its recommended that you consider real pro ones from Joo Beng or cathay photo which will ...

Hi,all solar observer Recently the sun is getting more and more interesting.Its getting more active-no doubt about that-but its also showing us all kinds of funny face if viewed in Ha and Cak.Whatever the implication(to astrologer--well perhaps they should start a new field of study--Cak;Ha astrolog...

Hi,cheeyuin Why not if someday we can achieve iso 12800 with NO NOISE.At the last pc fare fujifilm has one capable of iso 12800 but noise intro many colours in dark images.Nikon D3 boast of even iso 25600? but it seems its use even the infra portion of the spectrum to achieve that.Down the lane perh...

Hi,eMinity With bright objects like the sun a normal camera will do for afocal photography;but if you want to shot star clouds etc you need at least a DSLR or some CCD cam and one at least is around s$400++;also you need special narrow band filter to cut out the polluted light.Our master astrophotog...

Hi,All
Its always better to get a filter so that you can see the changes in real time;and decide what to do next.;but must add that those computer tech is ingenious.
Anyway do have a look and see how the sun can show us interesting faces too!-in event and .... .posted just now.Thanks

Here is the other photo.Thanks

Hi,THEO-007 I think you miss the cheeky/lion face on the sun on 16 oct09.Actually it a filament that show up for two days.This is the first time I saw such a interesting structure on the sun.Tho two photo are unedited photo except resized; while the other had constast and brightness enhanced.I reall...

Hi,rlow Certainly like to join you in your obs in JB,but now the Cambridge exam is keeping me occupied with my kid.In fact I intend to go to JB with you or join Tasos or Singastro in one of those trip around Jan 10 to show my kid what a real dark sky is--well NZ is too cold for her!So thanks in adva...

Hi,rlow and all meteor enthusiast I really envy you guys because the weather is now so hot that throughout the watching my kid and I were watered with sweat-not to say sleeping;cant even concentrate properly.This comparison of what you see prove beyond any doubt that light polution is the greatest e...