Singastro JuMparty on 5 Aug

Post by **VinSnr** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:13 am

I dun understand why the need to fear the police.....

Trust me, they are not going to give u trouble whether you have 4 people there or 20 people there, AS LONG you do not disturb others.

I think quite a few of us here have had our days with the police already. And most know that the police are pretty harmless with stargazers. I had met them in multi-storey car parks, in beaches in sentosa, in some isolated areas in Lim Chu Kang, etc often with funny looking scopes. Even once with the 12" LX200GPS at Punggol pointing towards the Johor Pasir Gudang port with another 6 guys around me. 3 police cars came and even that they didn't haul me to the police station. So why fear of such harmless stargazers gathering.? Wait till you see those weekly street racers gatherings at Yishun Dam and you will realised that ours is really mild.

So just go and enjoy yourself.

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 10:39 am

Hmmm... any IT expert out there? Someone should write a wireless network program so that our island-wide telescope systems linkage can help the police zero in any criminals on the run. Call it the SingAstro SkyCam Service. Can also help LTA in traffic condition broadcasts too. Good community service that SingAstro can offer in partnership with the police, thus building closer ties and understanding. The police is our friend!

(I am dreaming of the day when good non-light-polluted areas are equiped with GOTO scopes remotely linked to a Central Astronomical Observatory run by volunteers from SingAstro)

Post by **VinSnr** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:27 am

alvinsclee wrote:Hmmm... any IT expert out there? Someone should write a wireless network program so that our island-wide telescope systems linkage can help the police zero in any criminals on the run. Call it the SingAstro SkyCam Service. Can also help LTA in traffic condition broadcasts too. Good community service that SingAstro can offer in partnership with the police, thus building closer ties and understanding. The police is our friend!

(I am dreaming of the day when good non-light-polluted areas are equiped with GOTO scopes remotely linked to a Central Astronomical Observatory run by volunteers from SingAstro)

:roll:

Post by **weixing** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:58 am

Hi,
Off-Topic

Hmmm... any IT expert out there? Someone should write a wireless network program so that our island-wide telescope systems linkage can help the police zero in any criminals on the run. Call it the SingAstro SkyCam Service. Can also help LTA in traffic condition broadcasts too. Good community service that SingAstro can offer in partnership with the police, thus building closer ties and understanding. The police is our friend!

(I am dreaming of the day when good non-light-polluted areas are equiped with GOTO scopes remotely linked to a Central Astronomical Observatory run by volunteers from SingAstro)

Ha ha ha

Have you seen this tales: http://www.scopereviews.com/tales1.html

Enjoy the story and have a nice day.

alvinsclee · Post by **alvinsclee** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:25 pm

Off-topic too:
Ha ha ha... yeah, read that a while ago. Ed Ting's scope review page is a wonderful resource. Really enjoyed the story!

Back on topic:
I am planning to bring my classical cassegrain as well, if I can pack it all in a trolley-bag to walk from home. However, the collimation may be out by the time I reach the park and I need help / advice on collimating a classical cassegrain.

Canopus Lim · Post by **Canopus Lim** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:34 pm

I have found an applet on Sky and Telescope website. Perhaps it was there long ago but I did not notice. The applet is on Jupiter's moon position and events. It seems like there will be a shadow transit from Io tomorrow during the JUM meeting. According to it, the shadow transit ends at 8.52pm.

Jupiter's moon position and events

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:35 pm

Yup. The shadow transit of Io will be visible from 6.30 till about 8.40pm. The Great Red Spot will also be visible till 10+. Good timing, CC!

klutz · Post by **klutz** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:35 pm

Hi, finish printing everything... including Canopus' Jupiter's Moon Position Article!

See you JUMPERS tomoro!

Post by **VinSnr** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:54 pm

klutz wrote:Hi, finish printing everything... including Canopus' Jupiter's Moon Position Article!

See you JUMPERS tomoro!

Kat, many thanks for helping the organisers out....

klutz · Post by **klutz** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:12 pm

Hi, no prob... the papers are "sponsored" by Cisco.. hehe

Should any of my colleagues or managers turn up tomoro nite, SHHHHHHH hor...

Vince, join us tomoro?