Stargazing Session This Saturday at Marine Parade CC

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just back from the event! the most wonderful thing was we managed to see one star only.....Sirius! Yes, i am serious....

quite a crowd turned up, all at the roof premises. may start missing out on the names, but those that i can remember were: Vincent, Rlow, Chee Hoe, Liu Ming, kuzumcat (i still haven't got your name!), kelvin, jingguo, jiayi and the NUSAS crew, mooey, yew ti, chee yiun, paul, and many more! scopes included two melon 210s, meade whitish 8-inch SCT, Mr TOA, Portaballicious, Kenko 102, Kenko 120, etc!
The public came, at any one time, maybe 30-40 people...came and go...

here are some photos!

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Hi hi~! I'm here~ my name is andrew or wee teck...
<--- my nickname...
Saw the few of you pros.. Sure is a load of weight to carry~!
Must head to the gym frequently liao~ LOLx.. I see rcj's muscles... and his TOA, that "heavy iron tripod" and the mount... Wanna faint sia~!
~Clear Skies~

Clear Skies~! I wish for Clear Skies when i'm free~!!! Clear Skies~!
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Hi everyone,

Firstly I would like to thanks to all who came and support with their glorious telescope!
THANK YOU! [smilie=beg.gif]
Mr Kwan will further improve the next stargazing gathering in March.

The ball start rolling at 7:10pm, it begin with a talk by me about "possible life in other planet". The stargazing begin around 7:40pm - 8:00pm with the people and their telescope coming and set up at the rooftop. After the talk, the crowd move to the rooftop for stargazing. Then, the sky is very bad and we only get to see Sirius! many of them enquire about the telescope and some i talk to even interested in getting one too!

At 8:00pm, another talk started by Nicholas from ACSI Astro, give a talk on the Moon. After a break, the next talk started at 8:45pm by Jiayi from NUS Astro, the talk is about astrophotography. Most of the public attended find the talk - COOL! After the talk, all the public are directed back to the rooftop again, this time, the sky did not clear up.

At around 9:45pm, Richard spotted Saturn! The public are amaze by the view of saturn. Soon... we started packing and call off a day!

More photos will be uploaded once ready.

[smilie=relax.gif] Clear Sky for next event!

Jin Peng~
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Post by wucheeyiun »

Yes...we manage to catch Saturn on Richard Low's mewlon 210 just before we pack up.....The Sphinx Mount finally delivered the planet despite we cannot find it with our naked eyes.....:)
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