Observatory from Carpark top floor..

kensou · Post by **kensou** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:29 pm

Can I ask is it invasion of privacy to view stars with telescope at the top of carpark near HDB blocks?

I wanna confirm this so as when I go up to view at Carpark top, at least I can tell the police in no rights they can ask me to leave the premises

andeelym · Post by **andeelym** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:41 pm

Should be ok as it is my default mode of viewing. So far so good.

haimi · Post by **haimi** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:53 pm

i have for the past few weeks enjoying the views of Saturn from my top carpark deck at mt hse. Even once, a police patrol car drove up to the top deck but didnt even stopped or me being questoned. So shud be fine.

cloud_cover · Post by **cloud_cover** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:23 am

If they question you, why not invite them to look through the eyepiece without further moving the 'scope? That should prove you're doing soemthing totally legit and harmless

orly_andico · Post by **orly_andico** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 2:20 am

but what if.. the scope was pointed somewhere else?

kensou · Post by **kensou** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:58 am

nah that time me and Junming encounter some1 who contact the police and ask us what we are doing with our telescope.. and then after that ask us to leave.. zzz I was like wtf lo wanted to shoot him back but dun wan la dun tio dai ji better lol

Robin Lee · Post by **Robin Lee** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:55 am

Maybe get yourself some astronomy related t-shirt helps?

vil · Post by **vil** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:22 pm

kensou wrote:nah that time me and Junming encounter some1 who contact the police and ask us what we are doing with our telescope.. and then after that ask us to leave.. zzz I was like wtf lo wanted to shoot him back but dun wan la dun tio dai ji better lol

i hope we wont come to a stage whereby we need to apply for a permit to do so...

orly_andico · Post by **orly_andico** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:27 pm

well the whole telescope thing incites queries about invasion-of-privacy / eavesdropping.

it's basically your right to stargaze, versus the concerns of surrounding apartment dwellers about their privacy being intruded upon. all it takes is 1 complaint right. personally.. given the number of molest cases because yelled about in stomp/straits times, i'm not surprised if people are paranoid.

so it's not about Big Brother government requiring permits for everything, but the concerns of other folks. and it's always easier to come down hard on the (telescope-using) minority.

Post by **VinSnr** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:34 pm

There is a way to go around this.....

Next time, use a truss tube dob.

Most people have no idea that is a telescope.