LYRIDS STAR PARTY 2008

Post by **VinSnr** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:00 pm

Clifford60 wrote:Thanks Jin Peng for the afford and the drink.

Number of big guns there and a lot of new faces, especially from the school and some Singastroian that I met for the 1st time.

At around 10pm~11pm, the night sky was very good to us, a lot of objects to see. Wow, Omega Centauri at 200+x in S'pore sky , thanks to Remus and Kelvin.

Not to mentioned the nice chat after the ob (Remus, Kelvin, Zong & I) and thanks Kelvin for the prata and tea.

I was quite impressed by Jin Peng's 5" super fast achro refractor. Color was very well controlled even at such short focal length.

Post by **rcj** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:17 pm

Skies were great last night. Definitely better in terms of transparency than the last gathering. Seeing was not too bad too as the night progressed. A little more moisture in the air as usual, and we could see lots of southern DSOs in particular at this time of the year. Thanks to Kelvin for the lift, and the enjoyable supper experience. It was nice to have a break finally from work madness throughout the past two weeks. It was also good to see a couple of new subscribers on site, and Vincent Snr, after about 5 years??Looking as fit as ever! Perhaps we could have such sessions there again on a more regular basis, maybe once a month or two! Cheers!

bluejewel8 · Post by **bluejewel8** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:00 pm

Really glad I made my way down last night =) Had loads of fun! Thanks esp to David and Clifford for all the enthusiastic sharing. Remus, didn't really managed to talk to you much last night but I was peaking down your scope ever so often. Hope you didn't mind.

Thanks again! Sapphire

Jin Peng · Post by **Jin Peng** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:57 pm

Hi everyone, thanks for coming to support Lyrids Star Party 2008. Is difficult to hold the star party on the peak of Lyrids (21-22 apr) this year due to the bright moonlight. And since we hold it annually, shall continue the "tradition" to hold it again for 2008 in april!

Lyrids produce fairly fast meteors with a reputation for being faint on average. Most of the students manage to catch some sights of meteors.

Stay tuned for the next star party. Will not be somewhere this month...

Is time for a break XD

Post by **Airconvent** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:09 am

Sounds interesting!
Too bad I had to miss it...great job, Jin Peng and gang [smilie=cute.gif]

cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:14 am

Hi all, I got a picture to share... [smilie=hi.gif]

http://www.singastro.org/album_showpage ... pic_id=994

Post by **weixing** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:32 am

Hi,
WOW... Tak CN212 and Mewlon 210??

Didn't manage to go down due to some last minutes changes.

Anyway, will try to join you guys next time and hopefully my setup will be "operational ready"... ha ha ha

Well done Jing Peng and gang!

Have a nice day.