Mersing Trip: 29th July

philip · Post by **philip** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:11 pm

:oops: I think I am The oldest Newbie :oops: maybe the oldest member

Post by **weixing** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:47 pm

Hi,
Below are two group pictures I took after the event... sorry for the blurriness... My lens are seriously dew up... there goes my UV filter...

Please identified yourself.

Have a nice day.

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:06 pm

This Mersing trip was quite eventful for all of us! I was hoping one of our Mersing first-timer or newbie will post an enthusiastic personal account of the trip rather then having a report coming from one of the old-timers ... still hoping...

Anyone?

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:17 am

Yah, I agree.. a trip report anyone?

ariefm71 · Post by **ariefm71** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:05 am

yes, klutz needs to write a report, she's the most enthusiastic!

klutz · Post by **klutz** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:19 am

Haha.. I would love to provide a report of the trip. Unfortunately, I can't remember all the constellation names etc, and I was too happy tele-hopping to notice much about the others. (Was able to view thru Rich's scope, WX's wife, Chris' TALL scope, Clement's baby, a cute portaball and Rich's Bino)

Well, but here's a few items of which I saw and can still remember well (dun penalise me for the spelling mistakes or incomplete description/name!). :roll:

Seen the "butterfly", has viewed also Antares, Centauri before it sets, M22 (or was it M-something else?), a small Clothes Hanger, Saggi, Capri, Aqua, Pisces, Taurus, Scorpio, Libra, Hercules, a big Tea-Pot, Pegasus (the horse), Cepheus (the King), Cassiopeia (the queen in a chair), Andromeda (the princess), a big whale, a small dolphin, Perseus (the hero), Jupiter (before it sets), Venus at 6am, Altair & Vega, a small cluster that looked like a slanting question mark, a jewel box, a few other beautiful clusters, a double star, some other M-thingy, the Andromeda galaxy, Milky Way, Dumb-bell neb, Ring neb, Duck neb, Veil neb (tat puts a smile across WX's scope), an upside down Swan neb, Lagoon neb plus a few of the members taking naps at 4am...

Me and my friends and WX left Spore Custom at 4pm, reached MG Restaurant in Mersing and waited for Chris' van till 9pm+. There were stuck at the Custom for a long while. We reached the site after 10pm and two cars were already there waiting.

All in all, I really enjoy the trip

I'll leave the detailed parts to another better journalist.

klutz · Post by **klutz** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:26 am

Oh, I've left out the DOZENS of beautiful meteors, 2 bright fireballs, 2 long trails left by meteors and a beautiful bush fire near the beach (non of the Singastro were culprit)!

My girlfriend was too busy browsing WX's sky map that she kept missing out on the meteors.

Lesson learned : To avoid disappointment when looking out for meteors, keep head up and best to insert toothpicks in between the eye lids. 8-)

klutz · Post by **klutz** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:40 am

Hi, just for fun

Canopus Lim · Post by **Canopus Lim** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:46 am

Cool. Best way to see meteors is lie down on a mat. Will get neckache looking up while standing leh.

Hmm.. hope this month the skies will be good at Mersing.

Lily · Post by **Lily** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:59 am

Wow! Now I have trouble keeping the green-eyed monster away. May I join you guys for the next Mersing Trip? When will that be?

Lily