Year End Lelong Sale + Gathering - 17 Dec 2 pm

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.
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We may have TWO Questars there at the lelong!
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just wake up from an all-nighter last night with my scope. still raining and thundering here in the east, i'm going to miss this event. sorry :-(
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due to change in programme, I was able to pop by at 3.45 pm but was told event ending soon , so did not go.
do have a report and upload some pics, fellas.
I think it must have been a very frenzied makrketplace there judging from the background noise when I called weixing... :lol:
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Err.. I don't think anyone took pictures... and I think there was less selling but more chatting, which is fine by me! :)

Also, we had a good time looking at 2 white scratches!
[80% Steve, 20% Alfred] ------- Probability of Clear Skies = (Age of newest equipment in days) / [(Number of observers) * (Total Aperture of all telescopes present in mm)]
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Hi,
Also, we had a good time looking at 2 white scratches!
Yes and through one thick uncoated glass!!! Ha ha ha :mrgreen: :mrgeen:

By the way, I think I forget my "branded" umbrella.. ha ha ha :P :P :P

Have a nice day.
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haha Weixing ur branded umbra is with me... :) Can collect from me next time.
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The event was great fun. We have two large APOs and two Questars! :)
We do it in the dark...
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Takahashi Mewlon 210
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And a lot of funny jokes too, right Tachyon?? :P
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mrngbss wrote:And a lot of funny jokes too, right Tachyon?? :P
Oh, you mean about the torchlight? :P

I hope we didn't scare anyone away!
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Post by wucheeyiun »

Ha Ha...Especially the shaking red torch :)

Becareful when the torch is "charged" when being "shaked",

the torch head will turn red.
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