What's the most memorable astronomy event/object seen?

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For me, the most memorable one was when Mars was nearest to Earth in 2003. It was the first time (and only) time I will ever see it again at such a size. That viewing session was shared among my students and teachers, and had created so much excitement in astronomy in school.

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You'll see better Saturn image next year with your 15 incher. If not, you can return back the mirror to CZ. Better order the platform now.
Haha! I certainly hope so, same for your 14.5 incher! But whatever it is, I definitely won't be returning it back to CZ! I will consider about that eq. platform later.
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Re:I do recalled this invitation.

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rlow wrote:There was one great night late last year when I observed Incidentally, I had initially invited David Lian to join us but he declined, and I felt it is most unfortunate that he did not share that great moment with us.
I remember this invitation.Unfortunately I got "three monkey" at home to take care when my wife is at work. :oops:
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mrngbss wrote:For me, the most memorable one was when Mars was nearest to Earth in 2003. It was the first time (and only) time I will ever see it again at such a size. That viewing session was shared among my students and teachers, and had created so much excitement in astronomy in school.

:) :) :)
I'm glad that I managed to capture about 2.5 hrs Mars rotation with my 5 incher during that closest Mars apparation. The animation was posted on Spaceweather gallery and Space.com and I ended up receiving emails from ppl all over the world. Some of them are teachers asking my permission to use the animation for their classes, and I gladly let them to use it. It made me feel really good to be able to contribute something to the astro community around the world.

I also saved the link from SWPOD : :D http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/sw ... /Teng1.gif
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Wow... looks like most of you have had some truly unforgettable experience..

For me, it was just seeing the night sky for the first time.. by luck because there was a complete blackout. Never in my wildest imagination did I expect the sky to look like that. Just sat there for hours gazing...
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I was making out at the beach when I was 18 yrs old when I saw my first meteor! The finale was, erm, stellar! :)
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I was in desaru in 2000 and took a boat ride at night to look for fireflies. It was totally dark with no light pollution around. In the middle of the river, I looked up and there was the milky way. Never seen anything like it since.

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chrisyeo wrote:Wow... looks like most of you have had some truly unforgettable experience..

For me, it was just seeing the night sky for the first time.. by luck because there was a complete blackout. Never in my wildest imagination did I expect the sky to look like that. Just sat there for hours gazing...
Were you in singapore then? I assume your blackout is only for your home/block of flats.. what about street lights?
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:lol: Haha.. I was telling Ah Beng the other day dat I only had to log in once a week to Singastro nowadays... Since the bad cloud & haze days started, there's only been mostly Equipment talk and Buy & Sell on the Forum... (>_<)

As for myself, the most memorable event had to be my first Mersing trip on July 29th. It was the only nite I saw the most constellations, and the only clearest nite at all. I think I can really quote the same above sentence for the next 5 decades... Unless I could have another miracle trip. :mrgreen:
You know dat children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers...
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Tachyon wrote:I was making out at the beach when I was 18 yrs old when I saw my first meteor! The finale was, erm, stellar! :)
Come on, lah...who are you trying to bluff?
If you were making out, I am sure you wouldn't notice the meteor!

Was it really a meteor or was it 'sparks' flying? :oops:

Like VinSnr, my most memorable object was Halley's (thru a borrowed bino).
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