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Eta Aquarids
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:48 am
by soulfrost
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!
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:17 pm
by Tachyon
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?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:22 pm
by jermng
3am???
I'm ON!!
Time and place?
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:41 pm
by soulfrost
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.
=(
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:23 pm
by Tachyon
Moonset is at 1.04 am. So there should be no problem if there are no clouds!
I will contact you to confirm.
Cheers!
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 3:26 am
by soulfrost
lol. guess what? clear skies! ^-^
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 4:44 am
by jermng
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!!
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 11:08 am
by ykchia
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
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:12 pm
by soulfrost
urk... shouldnt ahve gone home dejected at 530!!
Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:24 pm
by jermng
???