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I have to say that CJC astro club was really busy eh!
Desaru astro camp:
NIGHT 1)
We arrived at the middle of the night at 2am to somewhere near Desaru, got stuck in school waiting for that stupid van for coming(it came at 9pm when its supposed to come at 6).On the way there, Deborah(my senior)was screaming "i can see the big dipper!!" throughout. Well, upon reaching there, i just raised my head and all i can see are STARS. you gotta believe me. STARS and nothing else. there might be zillions of them.
oh damn
i got a leg injury and all i can do is to hobble around, while my fellow J1s had to learn how to operate the telescope( we brought a C8!) In the end of day 1, the telescope CPU spoilt, but its better anyways because i prefer manual stuff. Also, bitten by the first wave of mosquitoes... Which preludes to...
DAY 2)
Well, everyone stayed up the whole night, so of course we have to sleep during the day. Breakfast was decent, though=P
After that, everyone went on to do a project of what we saw last night, so the guys built a somewhat realistic model of the solar system, while the girls made clay figures of the zodiac constellations. cute. this shows that we astro guys are nerdy?
another note is: the beach is excellent. we had so much fun eating and talking and running all over the place after doing the project
Night 2)
After dinner, we started the stargazing session again. well, here's a list of objects i found:
PLANETS:
Jupiter
Saturn
Moon(well its not a planet, but its a solar system object anyways)
DEEP SKY OBJECTS:
Messiers:
4,6,7,8,22(possible),35,36,37,38,41,42,43,44,45,46,47
Omega Centauri
Jewel Box
Eta Carinae Nebulae and surrounding star clusters
Of course, who will forget the first look of the Milky Way? at Desaru, its a band of light arcing across Sagittarius and Carina. Just simply stunning to see even with the naked eye.
Well, definitely the last and the least of this trip is the DAMNED BLOODSUCKING MOSQUITOES. its like every 3 minutes i will have one biting my exposed ankle and it was swelling really REALLY big. i practically have to drag my feet home after the trip
DAY 3)
Not again. Our van broken down and was replaced with another van which could almost run out of its juice. oh yeah, then we raided the 7 Eleven at the petrol kiosk before going back through the causeway.
**THE END** (of the trip)
On to Semakau...
As a note to Semakau, it might not be as good as Desaru, but hey its much better than to stargaze in Singapore! Anyways, Semakau is notorious for its sandflies and freaking strong southern winds, so bring a jacket and come in jeans, last but not least, LONG SOCKS, trust me, u will need it for anti sandfly procedures=P
As suggested by Mr Tan, i will have to bring my scope and he will bring another refractor as our C8 is pretty much damaged (with all those dew, haiz).
Wishing clear skies and great weather
Zong Yang
stargazing again at[4/01/2009 05:32:00 PM]
