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Post by jamesling1000 on Dec 8, 2011 21:25:53 GMT -5
Hi All. On this coming weekend, 10th December, in our Asia region, we are able to catch the Full Lunar Eclipse, if the weather is good. Our 6-man team , with 4 telescopes, will be setting up at a local community club, which we have permission to do the event in their 3rd level. Even if weather does not permit the actual physical visual viewing of this lunar eclipse, we can use the projector to video stream the live event from other parts of the world. For me, of course will be putting up 8" F8.8 Istar , for this public event....... Regards James Ling Attachments:
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Post by jamesling1000 on Dec 8, 2011 23:36:41 GMT -5
Hi All. You can see even the poster that my friend, Gary, has designed, has been put up in their community club LCD screen...... REgards James Ling Attachments:
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Post by jamesling1000 on Dec 12, 2011 2:00:35 GMT -5
Hi All. The following is an update on last weekend full lunar eclipse, which my group of 8 astro friends, gathered at a local community club, to stage this Astro talk and observation on the full lunar eclipse, which we are bringing it nearer to the housing estate, instead of them going to those tourist / public attraction places.... Since we are allocated at the 3rd level with a high roof terrace, we took the opportunity to put up a projector, to project and explain relevant information with regards to this event, by one of our organizer, Gary. My friend, Alfred also projected the live video of the moon onto another LCD TV, that we brought along, through his telescope. Chit, another friend of mine, also has mounted two scopes, so that the public can view both magnification power of the moon without the need to change the eye piece.... We have our other team members, who are just across the street, setting up another scope and binoculars , for those who are not aware of this event over at the community club. As for myself, of course the 8" F8.8 ISTAR, which is the main crowd puller, of the night, which I am so busy and only able to take a 5min break during the 3 over hours of manning my scope, to take a few photo shots.....As the duration for this event is from 8pm till 11pm, many people have chosen to stay and watch the whole event, and are treated not just on the moon itself, but also Jupiter and the Orion nebula, M42, with my 8" ISTAR.I can always say that the 8" F8.8 ISTAR SCOPE never fails to deliver sharp and crisp images on Jupiter, whenever I pointed at it.....Even one of my astro friends, after viewing it, claims that the SCT never able to get such a sharp image...
I have the scope pointed to Jupiter for an hour, until around 8.30pm, then I move it to the lunar moon.....
The brightness of the full moon through the ISTAR is so glaring that I need to use the moon filter, until when the moon was covered by more than 20%, then I removed the moon filter.....And then , the amazing sight happen , when the coverage increases to more than 50%, the dark shadow region turns red brown, while exposing the remaining smaller whiter portion...
And we start to see all the bright stars appearing in the sky, whereby we will not see it, if we will to do this at the local library area, as the area is too bright, while this time we are doing under high terrace roof, at the 3rd level of the building, whereby the street lamps are below usThis amazing sight , also include the Orion.....which is clearly seen in the sky, and I quickly change the pointing of my ISTAR scope from the red brown moon to M42.......This again is really another great views from the 8" ISTAR, whereby almost all the people never seen the 4 stars that form the trapezium , with another 3 stars nearby, and all these are covered with a luminous cloud of gas.....
Again participating in this event is time consuming, with time spent on planning, preparation , executing, and after packing up, then go for our supper dinner, before heading home, with almost an hour of driving...., and the body aching, when I woke up today. But when you can see how the public reacts when this is their first time looking at the giant gas planet, Jupiter and its moons, the detail surface of the moon, and Orion nebula (M42),with its glowing gas clouds...., we also feel that this is worth the trouble as it really brings astronomy nearer to the public...... I hope the very next time, I can use the 8" F8.8 ISTAR at Mars, at the same library area......., come to early next year,.......... as well as the coming Venus transit , which our local university (NUS) is going to stage a major event. REgards James Ling Attachments:
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