Revival Star Party (30th April)

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Revival Star Party (30th April)

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Hi all,

In lieu of the latest relaxation covid19 measures here https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapo ... 26-2641146, some of us have decided to come together to organize a local star party gathering for SINGASTRO enthusiasts. The site will be the big field next to Marina South Pier MRT Station. We last held the lunar eclipse event there few years back. This will be on 30th April Saturday, from 7pm onwards, weather permitting. As such, the details are:

Date: 30th April
Time: 7pm onwards
Venue: Big Field next to Marina South Pier MRT Station
Geographic Coordinates of Venue: 1.27154N, 103.86391E

All SINGASTRO enthusiasts, including newbies are welcomed. For veterans, do bring your instruments!!

Instruments to expect: Refractors (Skywatcher, Takahashi, Askar, etc), SCTs (Celestron, Meade), Dobs, etc.

Note: There will be a beautiful and surreal conjunction the following morning (1st May), consisting of Venus and Jupiter (less than 15-arcminutes from one another), together with Neptune, Mars, and Saturn, in the eastern sky at dawn. See illustration below. So you may like to stay up for it!

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Advisory Notes:

1) Should there be unforeseen situational / policy changes, it is highly advisable to check this thread for updates. Also, will give a final green light of GO/NO-GO event status at 5pm on event day over here (if weather is really bad, we may consider the following day).

2) All equipment owners should spaced their instruments some reasonable distance apart from one another. This helps to ease viewing and movement without obstructing the immediate viewing vicinity from another equipment setup. This also acts as a "natural" social distancing measure.

3) There are toilets and rest areas at the MRT station as well as the Marina South Pier Building. There is a carpark available too, though limited spaces (come early!).


Looking forward to seeing everyone once again. It's been years!

Cheers,
Remus
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Please let the weather be good! 🙏🏽
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At last, it is back! Thanks, Remus and team for organizing it. Looking forward to seeing what new toys you have.. :)
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There is a temporary whatsapp chat group set up to facilitate coordination and communications. If u are keen to join, let me know, i can help to add u! cheers.
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Hi,
Will drop by without any equipment as all my astro stuff are under pile of "junk"... Also, need to do remote work after mid-night.

Anyway, I think it's time to do a check on all my astro equipment liao...

Clear Sky and Stay Safe!!
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It's TODAY! We should have at least 10 instrument setups later, plus anticipating seeing everyone once again after several years! Weather seems to be improving, still fingers crossed! Good to see Richard, Weixing, and rest again. Time to dust off your equipment and put them to shine and good use once again! See you soon!
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Event is a GO.
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rain stopped. most coming a bit later. clearing up.
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Hi! From the mrt, which side are you setting up? Is it at the side taxi stand?
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Wow! It was such a surreal and wonderful night, finally getting to meet up with everyone, with much lesser covid19 restrictions, in an "open and chill" setting! Hope everyone enjoyed themselves, this is certainly a start to many more local astronomy events to come, as the country (hopefully) moves into a post-pandemic state, we should probably have yet another for the November lunar eclipse next. Great to be able to make new friends and catch up with old ones too! Also thanks to some of you for helping me out with the logistics!!!
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