dempsey anyone? 15th Jan - CSN Activated!!

MooEy · Post by **MooEy** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:26 pm

skies looks blue, anyone wants to go dempsey later? can always give me a call at 987 369 02.

~MooEy~

Grievous · Post by **Grievous** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:28 pm

Clementi looks 'o-k' with low fast passing clouds.

Charlie

Post by **Airconvent** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:00 pm

if sky is still clear after 11pm, I'll be there chasing a comet! :-)

rich

David Lian · Post by **David Lian** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 9:11 pm

MooEy is on the way there.I will be going with my daughter,Celestine.ChungHooi is somewhere in city and will be there at 11.00pm.See you guys there.
Regards
DL

kohjb · Post by **kohjb** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:05 pm

Dempsey is certainly closer to home for me. Won't leave here till later. Haven't been there before but will try to make it.

Post by **Airconvent** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:23 am

CSN was activated and quite a few people were there...David Lian, Chung Hooi, Mooey, Koh JB (and his 9.25 Celestron scope!) and Chris Yeo.
I know weixing was conducting his session at Tampines with Arief and Dan (new LX90!).
By the time I rushed to Dempsey, the new scope curse had taken its course and the sky become 100% covered. Strangely, my home in hougang as well as Tampines cleared up after that...
Saw nothing much tonight....a meteor, Comet Machhoz at Dempsey and , Jupiter, Saturn and Orion at my home car park...sigh...

but at least I got to meet singastro newcomer Koh JB...heh heh
was amazed Vincent did not come as he was salivating over the 9.25 the first time it was mentioned here but then I remembered he and Matthew were probably in Penang for that Astro Convention...

rich

kohjb · Post by **kohjb** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:18 am

Gee it was really strange. It looked to be a really clear night (again) and I had finally set up the scope and proceeding to align it. Then when Rich came, this curtain of clouds seemed to draw over the skies in a flash and blotted out everything! Sigh.

After everyone packed up and dispersed, and I made it back home, I looked up and the skies were clear again! Hmm... wonder what I should conclude from that ?

Oh, at least I got to see Chris' dob (was niiice) and Rich's ED80 (drool).

Dark Prince · Post by **Dark Prince** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:35 am

Airconvent wrote:CSN was activated and quite a few people were there...

Um, what's CSN? And where/what is Dempsey?

Post by **Airconvent** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:07 am

Dark Prince wrote:
Airconvent wrote:CSN was activated and quite a few people were there...
Um, what's CSN? And where/what is Dempsey?

CSN was started by Chee Chien who happens to stay near Dempsey. It stands for Clean Sky Network. Whenever the sky is clear, he will activate CSN and everyone will proceed to Dempsey observation site. hee hee
Nowadays, because Chee Chien is on overseas duty in the US and sky is bad, we don't get much activation. Last night was one where I was able to help CC do his work!
Anyway, for those who find Dempsey inconvenient, there's always Weixing's Tampines "Branch".....
Look at the sticky post on this forum for details on Dempsey.

rich

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:59 am

Hi Dark Prince,

Please refer to this link: http://sky21c.tripod.com/cosmos/id9.html

to find out more about the Clear Skies Network and Dempsey.

Cheers,
Chris