SingAstro

Just to add one last photo edit. The big dipper, again.

It was clear skies that called me to the ECP to try photographing the milkyway. Light pollution from the vessels seems to be better than weeks ago. Yet the Milkyway still invisible to the naked eye. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLWq-5T3GOVuMSKStcVvQV1kKWQl9bZWSfNQg6Rphz1jxitQL5fnvcUq1a2R...

2021-6-28 A long night shooting at Changi and at ECP. Postprocessing was even more time-consuming. Maybe I shall take a long break from photography. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLV4O7bUPKwdRxYgngepl3dJ4iNx8UkSotSjS8al6uBvlH3ljRi6mJqhzsN4yeyOxbDv5YNN0UoxWmOTgESue9mjGkInnHR0cJldkE-6zpqq_T...

This is a heavy crop of the original photography taken on the evening of June 23. I could not help but make this crop because here are among the most beautiful things of the universe in harmony: heaven, light and children. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLVj2wXKjjOCwzaLiAfBIrQV2SpRH2zrtRmR...

So here is the nearest and brightest (apparently) active galaxy, NGC 5128, known as Centaurus A. 12x5min L subs. Will wait until next year for the collection of other filters' data. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLXRNlvGid_pKwHo2XFuvSmABtQmCgQUBvjCdP4mChG_5i75w7WKoLRwf0ylk01RVzdHSCslTeQPm...

2021-6-21 Sunset vista came upon Singapore. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLV1umwYEn5bkVLyXqvhqaiiJpBTuw5MYhYGxN6gkF4pRrt4kEUiT1Csd8kwOOeHyOqOsA-MOOMQOnieEXDAocxzpvqeZfrLGU0_1bISM-T280IOg8VhoD3gB3mySVaiDgTbeER6UMv1l8GTeV3Wk6y7eA=w1463-h975-no?authuser=0 Enjoyed the show of Venus, and Mars...

Hardly there is any beautiful standout buildings on the horizon from Singapore. What a pity. Will wait a couple of months to see how it goes when the sunrise moves to the only hills. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3eGxFl85D_kdGjLagXvWElqDggjxHwazpV-VqZdni8T9ig8Qo7EZb37dQJLgrUB-pfQvbShbfjJ...

As usual, it is a little foggy/misty in the lower atmosphere.

It is always intriguing to watch the highly squeezed (vertical) image of the sun thanks to the optical diffraction by the thick layers of the atmosphere. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3cTmXUrTU0vTTBLcusP4rMEIWJntoUKlwVXbPqwz4zt73t6WbBsuqgesUyb8LrEVnDQnMlTNXKdSy4hgg-U0SOtUCOSBS0ZiJacCRR33...

But the biggest achievement today is the capture of a sunrise just 67 hours after June solstice. This gives me a good opportunity to search where the solstice point -- especially what is the northmost point the sunrise can go from this observation site. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3c5w...