DISQUS

[quote comment=""]Stumbled upon this blog while googling Malaysia Astronomy. And you mentioned about Dr. Chong in your post, speaking of him, I have had a wonderful personal experience in dealing with him back in a scholastic programme back in 2005 and his spirited personality has really left me in awe and admiration. It's really glad that you met him![/quote]
Hi Mic. Tham! I agree with you. It's really a great pleasure in dealing with him. :d/

[quote comment=""]has anyone back engineered a Meade to yield an optical prescription?. I want todesign some auxiliary optics[/quote]
I have removed the corrector plate from the OTA before but not the primary mirror. You could refer to http://www.astronomynotes.net/2007/01/08/remove...

You can look for more information at Cloudynights.com too.

[quote comment=""]wow
very nice pictures you have here:-x[/quote]
Thank you. :)

[quote comment=""]I am now having difficulty collimating the scope. Have I gone beyond the point of no return? Do you think I can resolve culmination or do I need to send the corrector plate with the secondary mirror to Mead?

Thank You for you input.

Leo Gruenke

P.S. This all happened before I read you article[/quote]
I believe that you're still able to get the secondary mirror back near to the original position. This job will be time consuming though.

I assume that yours is the same with mine (old secondary design (3 screws)).

1. Unscrew secondary mirror from the holder.
2. Revolve the secondary mirror by a few steps.
3. Screw it back and do the collimation. See whether you can bring it back.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 until you get a perfect collimation.

P/S: Try to screw each screw equally when doing the collimation as it is supposed like this. Don't overscrew again. :D

[quote comment=""]when this activities will be held again at the second half year??[/quote]
Most probably on 6 September. Are you coming?

[quote comment=""]sounds fantastic,
i had joined the campaign after read ur blog,
hehehe
remember to visit my site
http://yuyen90.co.cc[/quote]
I did for all my family members. It's not only memorable but it also let the world know how many people are supporting space discovery.

[quote comment=""]wut r u gonna name them?[/quote]
Not really since they're not my discovery. :)

[quote comment=""]er...
did you request for a Police permit when u organize the ISAN at gaint?

it's important in m'sia,
those AntiRasuah guys can arrest u under inner security acts.

BTW, congratulation to ur 407 success,
http://yuyen90.co.cc
my personal site,
not blog ==[/quote]
Thanks man, I will try to apply for a permit next time. Hehe~ :D

[quote comment=""]不是国际路边天文夜也能办类似的活动吗？
一年一次似乎少了点

（我大概是第一个在这里留中文字的人吧？）[/quote]
呵呵，文恬都是用中文的。国际路边天文夜是一年一次的。不过，銮中天文社一年会有两次科普活动，分为上下半年。上半年就是国际路边天文夜，下半年就是我们自己办的。

[quote comment=""]Great to hear about the success of the event. All the best for the coming years...[/quote]
Thanks man. It's really encouraging. :D

Hi Florian Wolf, I'll help you to get Tom's contact. His observatory is so nice.

If you can find a 16" LX200R, it's better to get the R than the GPS version. Are you going into astrophotography? If yes, Paramount ME will be a good choice for such a big OTA. By the way, what's your budget?

[quote comment=""]Quandrantid meteor shower..in penang and kl..where to see?see towards where?what time?thanxxx.........[/quote]
Look to the north before dawn. Since the radiant is so near to horizon and even hidden, we will not catch many meteors. :(

[quote comment=""]totally beginner, looking for beatiful photo[/quote]
You're welcome!

[quote comment=""]In Segamat. I just have a narrow escape from the flood. Luckily, the flood didn't happen in my area. But, it happened at the lower location. Haha...[/quote]
Haha, you're lucky. The total geminds I saw was 26. I am gonna update it later. :)

[quote comment=""]hehe..yalo..so regrettable..i also wish can see the mars on your party..but..:(:([/quote]
Hehe, anyway, the photo above is for us who didn't have the chance to catch it. The mars just leave us slowly so we can still catch it in good shape.

[quote comment=""]That's too great you saw the Geminids. I can't find it, because too cloudy and I didn't take any notice to it.[/quote]
Where was your location? We're "clouded" just after observing for 2 hours.

[quote comment=""]I saw total 9 only for so many nites... well, they are beautiful...so no. doesn't mean everything rite :)>-
I am beginner too, got a free software for PDA that has star chart and the names of the stars. pretty useful.
Your house sounds ver nice woh...[/quote]
Yup, as long as you enjoy the show, it's good enough. Do you mind to post the URL of that software here? The readers here might find it useful. :D

[quote comment=""]16 and still crying.... last night I almost gave up coz too cloudy... where is ur location anyway?[/quote]
My address is grass, garden, my house, housing estate, Kluang, Johor, Malaysia. Haha.. :d

So nice that you got a such a long fireball. The longest that I saw was around 1.5s. I gave up my observing last night due to the clouds. I shall learn from your persistence. How much is the total that you saw?

[quote comment=""]Wow... can't even see the moon last night, at Morib:((
KL, Sel are too cloudy...So sleep early. But is it easier to see midnite or before dawn?
The fire ball i saw was just below gemini Pollux and castor.[/quote]
I see. Are you familiar with the constellations on the sky? What's your level in amateur astronomer? I am a beginner. :)

I saw 16 meteors this midnight. I missed some as I was talking to my friends... :(( Normally, the best time to watch meteor shower is before dawn. However, it's better to watch whenever the sky is clear. For example, the clouds rolled in just after we observed for an hour plus... :x

pamoso, sorry for the misleading. Canopus is the brightest star in Carina.

[quote comment="240"]i saw a fireball too last week...what's that very bright star over the SE? its very bright and big, is it holmes?[/quote]
The very bright star you saw in SE was Canopus, the brightest star of the constellation Carina. It's not Holmes. Holmes is quite faint now in the NE sky.

BY THE WAY, I SAW 8 METEORS THIS MIDNIGHT. I shall post a meteor watching report later.

[quote comment=""]I have seen a fireball, brightest than any star in the sky on 4 Dec, at Tg Bunga Beach... so beautiful, and also fainter one although not really at geminids peak. Last night I saw 6 in an hour at a dark place at KL... Happy star gazing!
:d[/quote]
Seong Shan, you were really lucky! I hope you catch more tonight. ;)

[quote comment="232"]im now at Quezon City Philippines... the sky is VERY CLEAR. the problem is the light pollution![/quote]
Carlomer, so did you manage to catch some? Kluang (my city) is having average light pollution too. The clouds are orange color last night. I've yet to get my SQM to read the Kluang's light pollution index.

[quote comment="227"]14好噢。。。张韶涵出新专辑@@Y
呵呵[/quote]
呵呵，你是Angela的支持者？就算天气不好还是要去看流星雨诶！祝你好运。:D

[quote comment=""]darn it.....its dec 14 here in Philippines and clouds are everywhere!!:(([/quote]
Hey man, the time zone of Philippines is GMT+6? Don't give up, you still have 14 DEC night and 15 DEC midnight. There's still a lot of chances left. I am troubled by the clouds too. :(

Hello, actually the forcasted time is suitable for everyone in the world. The time which is stated in bold is the universal time. For us, it's 1am on 15 Dec. You just have to add 8 hours to the time in UT since we are in UT+8.

However, as I stated the meteor shower worth watching before the peak. So watch it when it's 12 or 13 Dec. The earth always hit meteoroids and cause random meteor shower. Geminid meteor shower is one of the annual stable meteor shower. When we see the meteors streaming through the sky, they are having friction with our atmosphere. Thus, heat and light are produced. It happens at the atmosphere, so it doesn't matter where are you located and it won't land at your place probably unless it's big enough to be meteorite.

The best place to watch meteor shower is a dark site. It's better to avoid the city light that causes severe light polution which blocks you from seeing dark features on the sky.

So, Jasmine and Lim, you might find it a little difficult to look for a dark site in KL and Penang. Beach is quite a good place. You may try it.

Lim, when is your birthday? My birthday is located at 18 Dec! <:-p

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Haha, ok~ :d