SingAstro

Yes, Cambridge Star Atlas is used by me as a second choice other than the Stars and Planets. The atlas give very detailed and accurate maps and all the stat. of objects located inside the atlas. Good book. ah yes...now that you mention it, the Stars and Planets by Ian Ridpath is also a very good bo...

Yea, its in b&w because of im using the baader solar filter (courtesy of SP; Thanks Sam!) to take the above shots. However, i've tried the Thousand Optics' range of glass solar filters, which gives a more natural colour to the Sun, with orange sun and nice shades of the umbra and perumbra of th...

Yea, agree on the equipment fest! But i felt i got niche for predicting weather this few months (probably because im living so high up, i can see oncoming clouds!). But then, need to clear my papers first before i can do anything!! darn, so stressed about exams!!!! I need some starlight to unwind!!...

ChaosKnight wrote:I live at west too.
Can i come along?

Of course! But as you already see, the sky is very bad now.
It rained earlier and I was hoping it will clear up but unfortunately, the rain was not heavy....maybe next week ? But then the almost-full moon will be in the way....

rich

Well, we have alot of choice because it's near lim chu kang. The place there have alot of dark site which is very near Malaysia too as for location i'm not sure what is the name for it. If you ( DEW ) are interested we can also ask along COSMO and we meet up at Jurong Point MRT because i found that...

weixing wrote:Hi,
Is it the Dec issue?? Heard that got an article on how to take astro-video using camcorder... Need to see is there other way or technique that I can use to improve my video or how to take deep sky object if possible...

yup...that's the one...
rich

any pre-requisite for entry into SPAC? naturally you have to be an SP student! :lol: But SP does have close links with Singastro through Remus and they normaly extend invitation to Singastro members for their overnight sessions. its just that skies have not been good....but be patient!..heh heh rich

Hi All, Please visit my homepage to view the image of the Sun taken this afternoon. It was taken through my 8 inch SCT telescope fitted with TO solar filter. Canon 300D camera 1/250 second exposure at 100ASA. http://members.tripod.com/~choonkiat/gallery.html Have a great weekend. regards, CK Hi Cho...

I'm using a Nextstar 4. I'm not sure if the fringing is because of image manipulation. The photos numbered with letters are actually "photoshoped" to (atttemp to) contrast the rings. Took the shots at around 3am when Saturn is near mid-sky. I was a little lazy and took that from my bedroo...

weixing wrote:Hi,
The problem is the wedding dinner is in Malaysia, wonder when will I be back?? May be I can try to drop by if I come back early, but never been the dempsey site before... is it along the holland road ??

yes. at the old cmpb camp. check out cc's post on how to get there.

rich