Bishan Park sidewalk astronomy- Tonight (1/9/2014)

[Davegn]

Thanks all for your support and those who came.

Gary. Amazing deal on the bargain telescope!! Well collmated!!!

Nice to be back after a really long monsoon break! Hopefully many more clear skies this year!


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[Davegn]

Weather permitting, Some of us will be conducting a sidewalk astronomy session at Bishan Park.

Date: 22/02/2014
Time: From 8.30PM onwards
Venue: Bishan Park's McDonald's

We would be bringing our telescopes for the session.

Feel free to join us.
All are welcome to join in the fun with or without telescope.


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[Davegn]

Tonight is International Sidewalk Astronomy Night.

Weather permitting, Some of us will be conducting a sidewalk astronomy session at Bishan Park.

Date: 8/03/2014
Time: From 8.00PM onwards
Venue: Bishan Park's McDonald's

We would be bringing our telescopes for the session.

Feel free to join us.
All are welcome to join in the fun with or without telescope.

[Davegn]

Weather permitting, Some of us will be conducting a sidewalk astronomy session at Bishan Park.

Date: 22/03/2014
Time: From 9.30PM onwards
Venue: Bishan Park's McDonald's

We would be bringing our telescopes for the session.

Feel free to join us.
All are welcome to join in the fun with or without telescope.

[Davegn]

Weather permitting, Some of us will be conducting a sidewalk astronomy session at Bishan Park.

Date: 10/05/2014
Time: From 7.45PM onwards
Venue: Bishan Park's McDonald's

We would be bringing our telescopes for the session.

Feel free to join us.
All are welcome to join in the fun with or without telescope.

[Gary]

Will be there with my telescope!

[spenchew]

cool. i will be there.

[Gary]

cool. i will be there.

Hi spenchew. Welcome to the forum! Hope you managed to make it and enjoyed yourself.

Thanks to Dave for organising the event and everyone who came. It has been a while since I went back to Bishan Park. Reminded again how open the sky view is even from McDonald's.

With 3 telescopes deployed, we had good interaction with the crowd - phone photography, reading star maps, sharing astrophotos taken in Singapore. Saw Moon, Mars, Jupiter and main attraction - Saturn in opposition! Big Dipper and Crux was very clear despite the existing local light pollution. Nice to see star cluster NGC 6231, mizar/alcor, alpha centauri. Overall, sky transparency is quite good but seeing only average. The public enjoyed the views nonetheless.

A light drizzle came very suddenly around midnight. Thankfully, we are near McDonald's and have enough manpower to escort our equipment to safety.

Had wonderful supper at nearby 24hr hawker centre and enjoyed the chit chat session.

Moon pic from phone thru 5" MCT:

[spenchew]

thanks Gary.
i was there and did pick up loads of advice and tips fm you and the others there.
you guys are commendable for keeping this hobby alive in singapore.
GOOD JOB!!

[joshuapzkpfw]

Hi Dave,

When do you intend to organize another sidewalk session? I have a C8 which I am dying to share with the public! Although knowledge wise I still think I have a long way to go, I hope to be able to contribute to astro awareness in SG. Will look forward to joining you guys at Bishan park soon!

Joshua