SingAstro

Congrats to Gary and Singastro for being featured in today's Digital Life Glad to know that more will be introduced to Astronomy. Keep up the good work!!

This is how the Sun looked today (7Aug 12). The long filament that we saw on 4 and 5 Aug 12 has erupted. Missed that one

Hi Chia,

The photos were taken on Sat and Sun. Couldn't do imaging today

Hope we can catch the filament breaking up

Alfred

The filament was especially impressive. I estimated that it's length may have been about 50 times the Earth's diameter!!

This is a zoom-in view of the Sunspot

There were gaps in between flowing clouds during the last weekend. Here are some images.

Hi Roland,

I was too lazy to remove the string Here is a close-up of an improvised CW made of few pieces of mild steel glued together. Doesn't look great but does the job

Bought the SmartEQ mount for solar imaging. It came in one box. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J8HAjfHM3WQ/UBVcnApBw7I/AAAAAAAAAHk/6ISC4K0SOc4/s1600/Content+of+Box.jpg It consists of mount head, tripod (resonably solid) and a controller. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QpKDMKnalms/UBVcrnNE9gI/AAAAAAAAAHs/8gFqZ...

Bought this from Sim Lim Square for about $10. Runs on 4 AA size battery. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tmlw-E_Ikz0/UBVZboOYlPI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/7i6_cxOD200/s1600/UV+Lamp.jpg Home Fix has 'em. They are just regular fluorescent tubes but without the phosphor (the white coating inside the tube that converts th...

Good job. Keep it coming. There is hope to do imaging in the city. Thanks