Alright, this is for sharing of your observation experience. Or, if you are arranging gatherings, star-gazing expeditions or just want some company to go observing together, you can shout it out here.
Still in shock after observing the mag -8 irdium flare this morning in Auriga. Flare centre almost directly overhead. 43 times brighter than Venus! Best view ever!
Under usual hazy skies in SG and at lower altitude, only the brightest part of the flaring can be seen for a second or two. This time round, sky was clear enough to see the dim iridium approach for a couple of seconds, suddenly flare up to mag -8 for about 3 seconds, them dim down but still visible for another 4 or 5 seconds. And framed nicely with stars around it near Capella. What a gorgeous commercial break while hunting for ISON!
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Yupe. But brightness only about -2 because the flare centre is 23km away. Unlike the previous one which was directly over Singapore. There was a very bright one yesterday (-7.3) and 3km off flare centre. But unfortunately sky was cloudy. Was prepared to bring the library talk audience out to take a look if the sky was clear enough.
The next best iridium flare to look out for is on Monday Nov 4 at 06:13:45. At least -6 right above Singapore. And more importantly, very close to Castor! Will be spectacular to look at through telescope framing both of them in same FOV!
Unfortunately due to changes in Deepavali date, that Monday is no longer a public holiday.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Super bright Iridium Flare visible from Singapore if sky's clear! Tmr morning, 7 Apr at 05:56:33am. Near star cluster NGC6231! Imagine observing both in same FOV through a wide-view binocular.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
