really bad haze this month..

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:27 pm

Hi,

Just curious, what do you guys do given such weather condition ... apart from equipment discussion? I see a lot of equipment discussion in various threads but I am not a gadget person and would avoid handling equipment unless I have absolutely no choice.

All I want is the haze to clear so that I can see my diamonds, sapphires and rubies (not egg yolk!!!) in the sky ....

Lily

siahheng · Post by **siahheng** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:12 am

Hi Lily

I look at the moon when the haze is around. I can still see the various craters and trying to identify them is the fun bit.

Siah Heng

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:12 pm

Yah..

I've been looking at the moon, reading books, surfing the web, and writing stuff for SingastroWiki..

Chris

jiahao1986 · Post by **jiahao1986** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:52 pm

I changed my avatar according to the weather...

Post by **weixing** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:43 pm

Hi,

I changed my avatar according to the weather...

Hmm... are you sure you can see such a clear Sun?? Hee hee

Anyway, the sky tonight clear up a bit after the rain... finally able to see a few stars when on my way back home after so many hazy night... hope the weather will improve soon...

Have a nice day.

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:40 pm

Ok. I've run some analysis on the PSI readings from 1 Sep - 16 Oct, and the chart below confirms some of my suspicions, namely:

1. The PSI is numerically higher during weekends (Sat/Sun) vs weekdays (Mon-Fri) (although not statistically significant, p = 0.16, one-tail).

2. The PSI in the East is lowest (vs Overall: p = 0.006, one-tail).

3. The PSI in the West is the highest.

Thank goodness the Orionids Obs Session is in East Coast!

Take care and breathe carefully!

Post by **zong** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:47 pm

wow tachyon.. you're the peak of all observers.. going to such lengths to find out when is the best time to stargaze!!

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:00 am

Actually, I also did an analysis of which days is the best, but the sample size is not large enough to generate statistical significance (only 6 weeks data), but I would bet on Wed if I want to do some observations:

amin7074 · Post by **amin7074** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:26 am

hi,
hopefully the skies will be clear this week...........

Orionid meteor shower peaks. Arises from the debris field of Comet Halley. Active from October 2 to November 7. Produces very fast (66 km/sec), generally faint meteors (20 per hour). Observe in the pre-dawn hours of 20-22 October; radiant is located near Orion's "club" asterism. Occurs near New Moon this year so viewing conditions are excellent.
• The Orionids (Gary Kronk)........

Amin.

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:23 am

Did anyone notice that the sky was unusually clear last night (for a while, that is)?

Perhaps there is some truth to the data showing Wed nights have the lowest PSI... I wonder why?

Could it be that the firemen are not working on weekends?

And when they start work on Monday, by Wed the fire is more or less under control... Just my wild guess!