Sidewalk Astronomy: May 29 Tiong Bahru Park

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:03 am

Sidewalk Astronomy @ Tiong Bahru Park
Place: Tiong Bahru Park (opposite Tiong Bahru Plaza)
Date: Friday 29 May 2009
Time: 7.30pm to 10pm

1. acc, Portaball 12.5"
2. rlow, BT80M-A
3. catalcylsm, newt 8"
4. Clifford60, 25x100 bino
5. VinSnr
6. ?

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Thu May 28, 2009 4:55 pm

Some of our regular Singastro members have expressed interest to try out this new bino which is not so common here, so I have arranged to bring out this Vixen BT80M-A for its first public viewing tomorrow. We hope to try out different pairs of eyepieces in it (pls bring some pairs if you have) and maybe also compare it as a 28x80 bino with another 25x100 big bino.

Post by **acc** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:56 pm

Wow looks good. With so many astro activities tomorrow evening all around the island, hopefully we will get clear skies... see you all!

cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:56 pm

Some of our regular Singastro members have expressed interest to try out this new bino which is not so common here, so I have arranged to bring out this Vixen BT80M-A for its first public viewing tomorrow. We hope to try out different pairs of eyepieces in it (pls bring some pairs if you have) and maybe also compare it as a 28x80 bino with another 25x100 big bino.

Oh boy! this looks like a pair of interesting bino. I will be bringing the binoviewer, so got a pair of 10mm vixen LV to try on.

rlow · Post by **rlow** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:44 pm

I will be bringing the binoviewer, so got a pair of 10mm vixen LV to try on.

Thats a nice pair! Lets try it on the binoscope too!

10,000rpm · Post by **10,000rpm** » Fri May 29, 2009 5:37 pm

Bros,

The sky does not look promising....Sigh!

Post by **VinSnr** » Fri May 29, 2009 5:42 pm

10000rpm wrote:Bros,

The sky does not look promising....Sigh!

For bino comparison, can always look at HDB flats.....keke

10,000rpm · Post by **10,000rpm** » Fri May 29, 2009 6:30 pm

VinSnr wrote:
10000rpm wrote:Bros,

The sky does not look promising....Sigh!
For bino comparison, can always look at HDB flats.....keke

They may appear larger than what they really are through those giant binos! hahahaha

Post by **weixing** » Sat May 30, 2009 1:01 pm

Hi,
Weather wasn't that good.. quite cloudy, so limited to the Moon observation. Scope present are:
1) Bushnell 60mm(??) refractor
2) Vixen BT80M-A binocular
3) 25x100 binocular
4) William Optics 110ED
5) 8" F4.5 Newtonian
6) Various small binoculars

Although not many people turn up in the end, but it's quite fun to finally meet up with some SingAstro members. We should have more such event regularly. Below are some photo of the events:

Have a break, have a ??

Clifford60 and his 25x100 bino

rlow and his BT80M-A binocular

William Optics 110ED and 100plus

Oops... miss out the 8" F4.5 Newtonian

Here is it: 8 F4.5 Newtonian

Have a nice day.

10,000rpm · Post by **10,000rpm** » Sun May 31, 2009 10:40 am

I would like to thank everyone who took the time and effort to set up their wonderfuls scopes and binos to enthrall newbies like me. It was great to put faces to nicks as well!

Clear skies!