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I read about the "Right Angle Sweep" method for finding celestial objects. This involves calculating the shift in the Dec and RA of the taget object from the known object that can be easily spotted in the scope. With the shift in DEC and RA known, the view is first shifted by the indicated...

Hey bharat, I use a mapping compass which I bought at a Beach Road Army Surplus store. It's made by Suunto and I have had it for many years. Used to Topo when I helped my friend and the scouts go hiking in Malaysia (that was then...lol) I have a line drawn on the top of my Mount head so I can use t...

I am looking for a decently accurate compass/needle (and reasonably long) for rough polar alignment. Can anyone suggest which shops in Singapore to look for?

Good pictures, Gary. Can see a good number of moon's surface features.

Gary, how did you interface your phone camera with the scope? Just hand held in front of the eyepiece? Thanks.

1. Yes, I even did some Mars web camming during the 2003 opposition with a by-modern-standards primitive Intel web cam. You may find that the web cam has trouble reaching focus on your Newtonian (how far was the crane? if it was > 200m then should be OK) Distance was approx 500m 2. Yes it is possib...

Yesterday, I did my first little experiment in webcam photography with my Omni 150X. Made a makeshift webcam adapter out of an old 35mm film plastic container, mounted my $20 something Creative notebook cam (VF0470) (CMOS sensor, 15fps). Focused the scope on the top of a distant crane boom from my w...

Looking at the weather during the last few days, I did'nt really hope to catch a glimpse of the eclipse. However, after seeing clear blue skies at 6 o'clock in the evening, decided to make our way to the ECP. Got a good view of the eclipsed moon on the way but as we reached the obs site, part of the...

Hi singastro, Science Centre is having an event this sat. 26 ,2010. Lunar Eclipse from 6pm to 10.30pm. All are welcome. Hope the weather stand. It will good ideal for all us to meet at Science Centre for small gathering. Their who have telescope bring along and some foods(tibit) to share. what do y...

oops... The title should be Lunar not lonar lol Sorry. This is not quite related to the topic, but if you are able to read the paragraph below, then you will probably conclude that correct spellings are not all that important! Olny srmat poelpe can raed this. I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty...