Mersing Expedition Trip (1-3 July) [REG CLOSED]

cloud_cover · Post by **cloud_cover** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:25 am

Have a good trip. Working ~(

timatworksg · Post by **timatworksg** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:23 am

CLEAR SKIES all!! Have fun and Stay Safe! Hope to join you all next round...for now....Take care and bring back some good images!!

Enterprise · Post by **Enterprise** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:47 am

Have a great trip guys! Would love to join but my work doesn't end at noon =(

Robin Lee · Post by **Robin Lee** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:18 am

Sky is clearing up at Kluang. Real blue sky is on the way! See you guys later.

Clifford60 · Post by **Clifford60** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:52 pm

Guys, enjoy!

wucheeyiun · Post by **wucheeyiun** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:55 am

Yes... have a good time

starfinder · Post by **starfinder** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:34 pm

Our group got back late this afternoon from Telok Sari, after a traditional stop-over lunch at KFC in Mersing.

In brief, the skies were very clear over the 2 nights we were there. This was quite rare.

I arrived with the vans from Singapore (Ngee Ann Poly pick-up point) at around 1am on Fri night (i.e. early Sat morning). The skies were almost completely cloud free then. I was told that it had cleared up at around 10pm.

From the time I arrived at 1am till around 5am, the Milky Way stretched across the sky for a span of about 120 degrees for hours, practically uninterrupted. It was quite similar the 2nd night, with the skies cleared up from about 9pm onwards, with the clearest at 11pm to 1am when it was high overhead.

The obs site was a grassy/sandy area just in front of the chalet about 50m from the beach. The chalet is itself within the old fields with the tall coconut trees that I've observed from maybe 15-20 times since around year 2000.

Unfortunately, I did not bring any dSLR this time round (probably the only time that has happened). I hope others will post their photos, esp wide field ones.

Here are 2 group photos.

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:06 pm

Nice group photo! lol
Btw, i have started a dedicate thread for photos that was taken this mersing. lol

Post by **rcj** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:37 pm

looks like another fruitful Mersing trip! very nice group shots, Gavin! Luck was on us again, but this time, even more - had over 16 hours of total clear sky time for this 3D2N expedition! couldn't ask for more.... thanks to everyone who came and helped out in one way or another to make the trip a success!

here are some pictures taken of the expedition taken with the camera phone....

shirox · Post by **shirox** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:09 am

what a wonderful trip! lol