SingAstro

To come to think of it, a Total Solar Eclipse is actually an Occultation of a star by the humble Moon. It so happens that it's no ordinary star for Earthlings, so it's a very special Occultation. In fact, to further import terminology from elsewhere, a solar eclipse may correctly be compared with or...

There will be a partial eclipse of the Moon this Monday, 17th October. It should be visible from Singapore. Mid-eclipse will be at 8.03pm, when the Moon will be just 17 degrees above the horizon in the east. However, this will be a slight eclipse only, as at most, only 7% of the Moon will enter the ...

By the way, I wonder what is that brownish curve line on the left side of the polar cap which extend from the polar cap to the equator?? I also saw that on the same day in Mersing through my 6" newtonian... only difference is that it appear a bit whitish in my scope. Have a nice day. Thanks Mr...

Yes, Kay Heem, I too can't wait to get good shots of Saturn! Wow. That's a very nice photo! Can I use it for Mars Watch 2005? Did you take it in Singapore? Yup, but I am sure there are nicer Mars photos out there from S'pore amateurs! I took it in Singapore from my room window, right in the city. We...

Last month, I bought a Philips Toucam Pro II webcam with a custom-made 1.25" adaptor from the Grand Eye Scientic Company in Hong Kong (thanks to Remus for the tip), to try my hand at CCD imaging with a webcam. It is surprisingly easy to get good results. Here is a photo of Mars which I took on ...

As far as I can remember, Singastro was founded by Remus as an "eGroup" at egroups.com; the records show the founding date and first post by Remus on 19 February 1999; it was later taken over by Yahoo groups (and perhaps another organisation in between that), and then became today's stand-...