SingAstro

Language shouldn't be a problem while in Penang. Although, people speak mostly hokkien, but ordering food or getting service using other languages should not be a problem nowdays, thanks to flood of cantonese series. Or simply use english, although you may need to "pay" more, when they rea...

There are cheap accomodation near to the university. The nearest is about a kilometer away.
Kek Lok Si is around 15 km away. Penang is a much smaller island than Singapore. So, from one place to another is relatively near. Can't say much about traffic though.

It's great to hear that you guys are planning to come to Penang for the star party. Since you guys are talking about it, I'll chip in some information that is available so far. Day One will be on 14th Jan 2005. Exhibition starts in the morning at 9am with planetarium show and sun observation. Openin...

Hello Everybody, First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their kind hospitality while I'm in Singapore. I have had a wonderful time meeting all of you and hope that I'll be able to return to Singapore soon. I would like to apologize for the problem with my website. The website was down a wh...

Vignetting is caused by part of the light path that is blocked by the focuser (usually). To reduce vignetting, use a longer focal length telescope or simply crop off the edge.
The prism by the off axis guider will indeed block part of the light from reaching your film or electronic sensor.

TG, I am interested to know how you modified you camera. Did you have a website to guide you through the process like in Terry Lovejoy site? I owned 300D too. So far, I have just dare to upload a hacked firmware to increase it's ISO number to 3200 and mirror lockup. I hope to see more of you work po...

Hi, I dabbled in astrophotography for some time now and I hope I can provide you with some answers that make sense. Back focus is the ability for the telescope to reach focus. To focus an object with your telescope for your eye is different than with a camera attached to it. Back focus is rarely an ...