Damn bulky...somemore I have to take them down to ground floor......

If you are using LCD Monitor, should be light enough, i think.

Wah, longtime no posting here.

Break the silence now.

Moon buddy-buddy with Jupiter at 7.05 am this morning.........


Don't forget Saturn will be quite photogenic this weekend! shake the dust off your telescopes lah.

I got my telescope!!!! I hope I can some good pictures of Saturn

I'll blog about my telescope tonight, check it out!

Hip hip hooray!
Now at last we have someone here with the real goodies.........until now we pura pura saja.

so we pura pura for how long olredi??olredi forgot when Mr.LKM started
this topic

Hahaha... everyone here pura-pura at first... . Visit my blog to see my gadgets

I will start to observe tomorrow!!!!

wah... ..cant stop looking at ur
new gadgets.. specially when looking at the price tag..

I hope you didn't short circuit your keyboard.......
Mr.LKM, are you ready for Saturn? 2 days to go!

Saturn certainly didn't dissapoint this time! The sky was a bit hazy, and clouds kept drifting across Saturn, but I'm not complaining. The skies have been terrible the past few nights!
I had a jolly good time just after midnight watching this magnificent planet through an old telescope and as usual, tried some hand held shots with my Casio.
Here's the result:-


Not too successful at high magnifications; had problems holding the camera steady with all the mosquitoes buzzing around, and also getting sleepy.....but the best I could get was this:


These pics don't do justice to the real seeing. I really suggest those of you who have never seen Saturn before, try to find a friend with a telescope and see it for yourself this weekend. The bands on Saturn, the magnificent ring and the orbiting moons will make this a sight an unforgetable one for CNY!

What the hell... the sky turned to cloudy just after I updated my autostar firmware... Just before that the sky is clear...

Luckily, Saturn will still be able to see as it's still near us!

I was expecting your images to come in already.....
Anyway, astronomy teaches you patience if not anything else, right? Let's try again tonight! This time I'll have moquito repellent and insect spray standing by. Plus lots of coffee......if clouds show up, I'll crack open a few beer cans instead. Always remember Boy Scout's motto - `Be Prepared!'

yea me too waiting for the photo from the
brand new gadgets of urs..hehe feel a lil bit
of pressure there huh

Wah, you all are giving me pressure! I'll try my luck tonight! No cloud pls... *praying*

No lah, this is not a competition, please share what you can see from Kluang with us.....
We seem to be having good weather here in the Klang valley, the skies have been surprisingly clear! By KL standards,of course.

Some more shots using my Casio to share with you `unbelievers' (who says must buy Nikon, Canon, etc ?);
My best shot of Saturn so far.......



and below, a couple of shots of Saturn and its Moons Titan, Rhea, Dione, and Tethys taken about 24 hours apart:

Saturn & Moons @ 1:36am 29th Jan 2006


Saturn & Moons @ 2:17am 30th Jan 2006

Sad...... The photos I took are all blue in colour... Do you know what happen?

Why don't you post some example for us to see? Usually a blue cast is caused by wrong white balance setting or underexposure...........happens to my shots alot too.

They are in my cousin's laptop, I think I'm able to get it in a few days time.

yea..bring it up man.
btw March05 thnks for sharing the Saturn. Hope can see the moons
clearer. but thats the best for amateur telescope rite?

that's the best for my Casio (already hitting the limits of the low light sensitivity)...hehe.

I wish I had the patience to do a sequence shot of the moons over 6 hours just to show how fast they move. Somehow it's not as exciting as seeing them with your own eyes, if you know what I mean....