Sunday, November 23, 2008
Back from Semakau, Sleep-Deprived and Starstruck
11/23/2008 01:02:00 PM
I'm back from Semakau landfill!!!
The twilight sky was cloud-covered, and even i had problems seeing Jupiter. Plus, my not-so-massive-but-quite-ponderous 76 mm Newtonian is kinda damaged! Luckily, a TASOS member helped me to repair my scope and it returned to operational standard soon enough.
After midnight, the rare miracle of a superb clear sky gave all of us a mega-clear view of the majestic constellation Orion, with Taurus, Gemini, Canis Major/ Minor and several other constellations too bothersome to state out surrounding Orion.
So far, My 76 mm, Valdrick's 4 inch and TASOS' 8 inch Schmitt0-Cassegrain had revealed several star-clusters, nebulae, and 2 planets, plus the moon
Messier Objects:
M35 (Gemini)-{Star Cluster}
M41 (Canis Major)-{Star Cluster}
M42/43 (Orion) [Great Nebula of Orion]
M44 (Cancer) [Beehive/ Praespae Cluster]
M45 (Taurus) [Pleaides/ Seven Sisters]
M46 (Puppis)-{Star Cluster}
M47 (Puppis)-{Star Cluster}
M78 (Orion)-{Nebula}
Failed to spot these objects (even through the 8-inch)
M1 (Taurus) [Crab Nebula]-{Supernova remnant}
M31/32/110 (Andromeda) [Andromeda Galaxy]=Too near the horizon
Planets:
Jupiter
Saturn
Moon
Will post pictures of the event once i upload all of them=D
Zong Yang
stargazing again at[11/23/2008 01:02:00 PM]
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