Thanks to Yvonne and the rest who turned up for making this an enjoying trip
No doubt the weather was bad, but at least the kids were wowed by Albireo and Vega! (yes, only 2 objects seen tonight!)
I'm missing the pepper crabs already. When's the next trip?
Also special thanks to Ian for giving me a lift!
Cheers
Next Star Gazing Session
Thanks Yvonne/Astrobabe for organizing this event and thanks Colin/Oxygen & Clifford for the ride.. Seafood was yummy, the place was lovely (almost had it exclusively for ourselves except when the security checked on us the last few minutes) but weather was not so good hence only able to view 2 or 3 stars. What's that double star again?
Hope to have better weather in the future .
Cheers,
Lily
Hope to have better weather in the future .
Cheers,
Lily
Glad everyone enjoyed themselves. Too bad I couldn't "tune" the sky to cast the clouds away.
Many thanks to all the drivers - oxygn, Clifford60 and Ian0138 who generously offered to give the rest of us a ride.
Sure, we could have another seafood trip, next time at the kelong restoran.
Thanks for the photos Clifford!
Many thanks to all the drivers - oxygn, Clifford60 and Ian0138 who generously offered to give the rest of us a ride.
Sure, we could have another seafood trip, next time at the kelong restoran.
Thanks for the photos Clifford!
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I think Clifford's son Wenbin said it was R-something and M-something. Don't know which is the blue and which is the yellow one. ;)Lily wrote:What's that double star again?
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Think it was dark enough but too bad the clouds hid the stars. We were lucky to have a brief window period where the clouds "mercifully" moved away to reveal 2 clusters of stars.ariefm71 wrote:how dark is the place?
arief
It probably isn't ideal to watch stars during the rainy season.
Must remember to bring my star map next time. And a torchlight too.
HI.
Decided to put up the smaller versions of the group photo for those who don't want to download the zip file:
A:
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage ... pic_id=550
B:
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage ... pic_id=551
Decided to put up the smaller versions of the group photo for those who don't want to download the zip file:
A:
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage ... pic_id=550
B:
http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage ... pic_id=551
Yes, a big thanks to Yvonne (astrobabe) for organising this wonderful event. The seafood dinner was delicious and fresh, and cheap too, at only $22 ringgit per person. It was quite expected that the bad weather spell will extend over this weekend. We only saw the double star Albireo, the Double-Double (was not resolved to four stars) and the Summer Triangle stars (Vega, Altair & Deneb). We tried to observe the Wild Duck Cluster, the Ring Nebula and the Coathanger but the clouds foiled our attempt (and my binoviewer has yet to see first light!). I am sure those of us who went there are hoping that she will organise another one soon.
Thanks too for our three drivers: Ian, Collin (oxygen) and Clifford!
Thanks too for our three drivers: Ian, Collin (oxygen) and Clifford!
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Looks like you all had a great time. I only hope the group photo was not taken at the site 'cos that street light looks bright!
And I only recognised some faces meaning the rest are "new" Singastroians?
Do write a report on how the night went. I am particularly inteested in how it compares to Mersing, how convenient is it to go there and is it as remote?
rich
And I only recognised some faces meaning the rest are "new" Singastroians?
Do write a report on how the night went. I am particularly inteested in how it compares to Mersing, how convenient is it to go there and is it as remote?
rich
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