Eta Aquarids

soulfrost · Post by **soulfrost** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:48 am

er. yes. i'm back again.

anyway here's the deal:
i checked out some not-so-accurate-but-wanna-believe page and they claimed 6 may is where the eta aquarids are most radiant. so .. hm. will it coincide with the full moon?
where in singapore is it dark enough?
where do i look in the sky?

so sorry if i'm troubling you guys!

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Fri May 05, 2006 1:17 pm

Shucks! Was thinking of viewing this tonight/tomorrow morning.. but look at the sky!

Anyone interested in a 3am gathering to talk shop and view the eta aquarids if the sky is clear?

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Fri May 05, 2006 1:22 pm

3am???
I'm ON!!

Time and place?

soulfrost · Post by **soulfrost** » Fri May 05, 2006 1:41 pm

HEY! me too! i was thinking of actually bringing along a small group to one of those beaches in singapore, and hoping that the sky wouldn't be too bad.... -.-'

but.. my prediction is:
There will still be a half moon even if theres no cloud/clear sky.
=(

Tachyon · Post by **Tachyon** » Fri May 05, 2006 3:23 pm

Moonset is at 1.04 am. So there should be no problem if there are no clouds!

I will contact you to confirm.

Cheers!

soulfrost · Post by **soulfrost** » Sat May 06, 2006 3:26 am

lol. guess what? clear skies! ^-^

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Sat May 06, 2006 4:44 am

Clear Skies but you were not there!

Anyway, had an eventful mini-ob tonight. re-discovered all the southern sky objects with the 20x80. The objects that looked beautiful last year with 12x50s just got so much prettier!!

ykchia · Post by **ykchia** » Sat May 06, 2006 11:08 am

Hi folks:

etaAquarids - three of them ended up in my setup. See the radiant plot and individual frame.

http://nightevents.blogspot.com/

Cheers!

rgds
ykchia

soulfrost · Post by **soulfrost** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:12 pm

urk... shouldnt ahve gone home dejected at 530!!

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Sat May 06, 2006 10:24 pm