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Venus Transit events in Singapore - 6 Jun 2012 (Wed morning)
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Re: Venus Transit events in Singapore - 6 Jun 2012 (Wed morn
I died laughing reading that...rlow wrote: "sorry, you are not allowed to bring your own scope into this area."
"why not?"
"only the public are allowed in...if you want to view your own scope, you can bring it to Chinese Garden MRT to view there."
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Oh dear! I wonder why they would turn away people with their own scopes. Fear of breakage or wrong usage perhaps? Or to prevent liability should someone show up with an improperly filtered scope thus causing eye damage to the unsuspecting public?rlow wrote:Interestingly enough, my wife and I were not allowed entry into this observation area at first...
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I'm appalled by this. It's not as if you're there to take up space just for your own benefit. Good thing I decided to stay away from the area.rlow wrote:"sorry, you are not allowed to bring your own scope into this area."
"why not?"
"only the public are allowed in...if you want to view your own scope, you can bring it to Chinese Garden MRT to view there."
"if I want to view myself, I can just view it ouside my home...I bring my scope here is to help show it to the public."
"no, my boss gave me orders that you can't bring your own scope in here."
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Re: Venus Transit events in Singapore - 6 Jun 2012 (Wed morn
This morning looking at the 100% cloud cover from the office, I assume the sessions were a disaster but apparently, it was not so! Great show guys!
And rlow, very sad you had to endure that. Really crazy an institution that is promoting astronomy should turn people away who wants to help. And from the photos, its not like tis too crowded too. Senseless. Should have done an outreach at your place instead. or join Gary or Sam Lee at their respective venues.
And rlow, very sad you had to endure that. Really crazy an institution that is promoting astronomy should turn people away who wants to help. And from the photos, its not like tis too crowded too. Senseless. Should have done an outreach at your place instead. or join Gary or Sam Lee at their respective venues.
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Considering the SSC does allow amateur scopes in during Friday evening observing sessions, maybe the concern was to ensure that no unsafe scopes were let in (thus "officially" the responsibility of the SSC) since this was solar viewing after all?
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Thanks for all the event and transit photos guys and gal! Once again, Singapore is blessed with good enough skies to see and photograph the egress.
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Re: Venus Transit events in Singapore - 6 Jun 2012 (Wed morn
Relax guys ... this is maybe just a one-off incident
The young lady who stopped us is probably a student volunteer who just blindly follows orders.
Later I informed her that we had regularly brought our own 15-inch scope to help out at the Science Centre on Friday evenings...she disappeared again to look for her boss, and after that we finally got 'approval'.
When I gained access to took those few photos, a few guys from TASOS asked me "where is your scope?" and I told them about this earlier incident. They seemed to be puzzled about this new restriction policy too.
The young lady who stopped us is probably a student volunteer who just blindly follows orders.
Later I informed her that we had regularly brought our own 15-inch scope to help out at the Science Centre on Friday evenings...she disappeared again to look for her boss, and after that we finally got 'approval'.
When I gained access to took those few photos, a few guys from TASOS asked me "where is your scope?" and I told them about this earlier incident. They seemed to be puzzled about this new restriction policy too.
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Re: Venus Transit events in Singapore - 6 Jun 2012 (Wed morn
Dear All
Here are some of my pics
[url]https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?f ... =3&theater[/url]
I used the "Add file" option at bottom of submitting posts.. is this a correct way to upload image...please help
Thanks to Richard Low, for guiding me to buy lense cleaning solution.
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Here are some of my pics
[url]https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?f ... =3&theater[/url]
I used the "Add file" option at bottom of submitting posts.. is this a correct way to upload image...please help
Thanks to Richard Low, for guiding me to buy lense cleaning solution.
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Re: Venus Transit events in Singapore - 6 Jun 2012 (Wed morn
You need to upload your pictures onto a hosting website. Facebook doesn't allow photo-hosting.Sandeep10 wrote:Dear All
Here are some of my pics
https://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?f ... =3&theater
I used the "Add file" option at bottom of submitting posts.. is this a correct way to upload image...please help
Thanks to Richard Low, for guiding me to buy lense cleaning solution.
Rgds
Sandeep
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