Here:
http://www.astro.sg/2011/09/nus-rooftop ... atory.html
NUS rooftop observatory first light party - 17 Aug 2011
NUS rooftop observatory first light party - 17 Aug 2011
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email: gary[at]astro.sg
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Dude. You finally remembered/recovered your password. LOL 
I am only addicted to bang-for-buck stuff. Got another $500 C8 to sell?
If the CDK17 did not attract a cyclone, I think the new community centre observatory should be safe during first light.
I am only addicted to bang-for-buck stuff. Got another $500 C8 to sell?
If the CDK17 did not attract a cyclone, I think the new community centre observatory should be safe during first light.
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Good stuff man! Can't wait!
[video width=640 height=390]http://www.youtube.com/v/9cEK7lpVRQk&hl=en_US&rel=0[/video]
[video width=640 height=390]http://www.youtube.com/v/9cEK7lpVRQk&hl=en_US&rel=0[/video]
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Good blog post! Yup, that was a very memorable event.
I shall have to buy a smoking pipe soon for another Edwin Hubble-type pose.
Imagine viewing objects through the Planewave 17.5 at a dark sky site. Let's build an observatory in Johor!
Incidentally, I've read on the net that at Mt Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, where Edwin Hubble and other historic figures like Harlow Shapely observed, the public can view through the eyepiece of one of its scopes, the 60", at US$1700 per night. So some astro groups of 10-20 would would rent it together. It's apparently the largest telescope in the world that can be rented by the public. Imagine viewing through the eyepiece of a 60" scope... Let's go!
I shall have to buy a smoking pipe soon for another Edwin Hubble-type pose.
Imagine viewing objects through the Planewave 17.5 at a dark sky site. Let's build an observatory in Johor!
Incidentally, I've read on the net that at Mt Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, where Edwin Hubble and other historic figures like Harlow Shapely observed, the public can view through the eyepiece of one of its scopes, the 60", at US$1700 per night. So some astro groups of 10-20 would would rent it together. It's apparently the largest telescope in the world that can be rented by the public. Imagine viewing through the eyepiece of a 60" scope... Let's go!