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by QuantumGravity
Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:18 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: NUS/NTU Astronomy Challenge
Replies: 33
Views: 17304

Hehe yeah it was fun :lol: I'm in BPGHS Team 1, and the sec 4 in my team won individual champion for the secondary school category too :D . My school is really glad that our mostly-sec-2 team, BPGHS Team 2, came in second. Anyway the grand finals between my team and carlo's team was insane and fun! ...
by QuantumGravity
Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:41 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: BP's Astronomy Unanswered questions...
Replies: 28
Views: 14498

Hi, Well, as for me, i learn these stuffs mostly through interest, self-reading that is. Some of the knowledge come from my school, as astronomy is my CCA. Yes i'm a singaporean and my school is in my signature. Anyway, these stuffs are basically what you find in "normal" astro books, so i...
by QuantumGravity
Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:23 am
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: mars picture, credit to Hubble and NASA
Replies: 7
Views: 3590

Ohh... that opposition... 2 years back. Amazing details the HST can bring out. However, i'm still not convince it's by the HST leh... the first image really looks like one produced by a probe.
by QuantumGravity
Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:09 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: NUS/NTU Astronomy Challenge
Replies: 33
Views: 17304

I'm so glad to see so many people getting more interested in astronomy competitions! :) It's a good way to promote astronomy in singapore.. NGC5139, it was a pity you couldn't join, maybe you wanna request nus/ntu to add your school into the invitation list next year? And keep bugging your HOD Scie...
by QuantumGravity
Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:11 pm
Forum: Astrophotography
Topic: mars picture, credit to Hubble and NASA
Replies: 7
Views: 3590

Hmm... the first image is taken by what/who? HST can't achieve those details, as seen in the second image.
by QuantumGravity
Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:28 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: BP's Astronomy Unanswered questions...
Replies: 28
Views: 14498

Thank you for trying to help, but still, your reply doesn't asnwer the question. These three statements "Wolf-Rayet stars are green", "Wolf-Rayet stars are much hotter than O type stars, which are bluish-white" and "According to Wein's law, the hotter the star, the bluer it ...
by QuantumGravity
Tue May 31, 2005 8:00 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: NUS/NTU Astronomy Challenge
Replies: 33
Views: 17304

Hmm... seems like you didn't went for the last year's one. It is roughly the same as last year. The first day at NUS is the prelimaries, and the 5 or 4 finalists will be announced at the end of the day. Poly/JC have practical round as their prelimaries too. Second day is the finals, no practical stu...
by QuantumGravity
Tue May 31, 2005 6:10 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: NUS/NTU Astronomy Challenge
Replies: 33
Views: 17304

Yes, i believe you can come as a spectator. It's basically an inter-school astronomy competition, that covers many topics in astronomy, both theory and practical. It's sort of a quiz thing...

It's on the 7th and 8th June, NUS and NTU respectively.
by QuantumGravity
Mon May 30, 2005 11:17 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: NUS/NTU Astronomy Challenge
Replies: 33
Views: 17304

MooEy wrote:nope, neither rp nor np have received anything, so i guess that's 2 lesser competitor in the jc/poly scene.

~MooEy~
why not email them and register now? doesn't make a difference to them right... :?
by QuantumGravity
Mon May 30, 2005 9:35 pm
Forum: General Astronomy
Topic: NUS/NTU Astronomy Challenge
Replies: 33
Views: 17304

Another question, who here will be attending the competition as a participant or a spectator or even a judge/quizmaster? Just curious to find out who i'll be seeing there.