haha if can post with picture aso lar~when growing bigger~mayb will try buy a telescope aso..bcoz universe is really big..which make we curious about it so much

say i reli wish to have a nice camera for taking telescopic picture...

i'm noob when comes with camera...any reco?

guys,tonight's view great too but not a good as yesterday's

You called?

About stargazing... hehe, I used to do it when I was in primary school as my dad bought a book about stars. One of the easiest constellations to view in our night sky would be Orion. The shape of Orion is so prominent that you probably won't miss it as it's just a square with 3 dots in between. The big dipper is not that hard to find too, while Sirius is pretty easy as it's so damn bright.

If you look carefully at the celestial bodies in the sky, you'll notice that stars are the ones that flicker. There are other stuff which don't, which could be planets, especially those which are not that "hot" hence a darker orangy/milky/whitish colour. Most stars are bluish-white. I could be wrong though as I can't remember much from the book.

Speaking of the book, it's an American published version so it's orientation is based on American skies in the Northern hemisphere whereas we're situated closer to the equator.

Anyway, just try to get Orion. You won't miss it if you look.

Too bad our night skies are not polluted by light as they have a bright orange tinge now... You'd be lucky to even see ONE star.

Orion . . makes me think back from the movie Men in Black i watched it in flight on my way to KLIA

"to prevent war on Orion's Belt"

sorry...tis few days i quite busy so no time to update...

i already email my neighbour's daughter but no reply yet...will keep u guys up to day

I too in a sudden feel interested in astronomy. From my observation there are 2 models which i found available. hope some sifu here can give some comments.

1. http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2008-02D...scope_90060.htm

2. http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2008-02DStd11596186.htm

I know its a bit inappropriate to post the whole advertisement. i just wanna know what are the distinctive pros and cons between the 2 telescope other than the magnifying ability. for taking interstellar pictures, i came across with this boggy.

http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2008-02D...URVEILLANCE.htm

btw, what is this used for?

http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2008-02D...R_TELESCOPE.htm

i want to buy telescope. any advice?

since i shifted house..the sky is like so..pitch black.

b4 that i lived in a condo with balcony with mediocre night sky

get a reflecting telescope. those big ones. very nice.

remembered the old days when i used to go to sleepovers in school for stargazing.

manage to get a view of jupiter (get to see the great red spot), saturn (with rings!). haih, good times. full moon jgn cerita lah, we had the chance to use the big bad reflecting telescope. wah, moon never been so big. can easily identify the craters. most favorite planet to spot is venus. there was a major meteor shower in 98/99 (tak ingat!), man that was beautiful.

good times...

hey let's do a stargazing gathering. but need to read up again. all skill dah takde. even forgot the pros of reflecting telescope against the refracting ones. haih.

where to buy telescopes? I used to borrow my friends one last year. but after moving to JB, i need to buy my own telescope.

i've never spot a zodiac sign b4..dunno how to connect dots

Somehow, I find some telescope for sale.. Ranging from RM300 - RM400++

Anyone want?

what kind of telescope is that?

bet it's a refracting scope. if reflector mesti mahal.

anywho, try searching for infinity infocus on google. they have kedai here in PJ.

refractor or reflector also got...

but of course, reflector de expensive a bit lol...

best is start to join stargazing groups in malaysia, follow them for stargazing sessions. Learn, explore with all the sifu there before making a telescope purchase...

there's lot to see and enjoy without telescope....take for example constellation spotting. There are 88 of them. Of course cannot spot all due to season, and location. Those at the northern and southern hemisphere are hard to spot from equator.

well you can always count the season with quantium physic gravity in advance matematical then u able to find out at least 90% of 88 able to spoted in curtain time frame.

This post has been edited by chriswoo: Apr 16 2008, 01:45 AM

just a regular stargazer....not professional astronomer working in a million dollar observation dome

lol well maybe i use to study sub singularly quantum physic b4 but in other hand to be simplify from the matematical calculation you can look at the calander and see weather forcast which might help you stargazer the right place at the right time

This post has been edited by chriswoo: Apr 16 2008, 03:43 AM

Then want to start the club? The only thing left was a place for us to do gath and a really SUITABLE place that can do such things. Nearer to sky is better, e.g. hilltop...

well, some of us do check the satellite image before embarking. My friend like to go kubu bahru dam for astrophotography....total darkness there (protected from city lights).

Everytime a clear nite is spotted here in kl area, a quick check with the satellite image to confirm no coming clouds, then off they go....