Monthly Archive for August, 2007

Busy Holidays

Published on August 26, 2007 in General. View Comments

Oh my goodness… the holidays end today. Franky speaking, these holidays are all occupied by the preparation of Science Exhibition which will be held on 28-30 August 2007 in my school main hall. Our school Astronomy Club and Science Club work together to organise this event.

I have made myself a solar firm using the Kendrick Solar Firm 250×250mm. When you buy it, there is an instruction sheet inside to guide you throughout the process. I haven’t tried using the solar firm yet but I pray that nobody will have their eyes damaged when viewing through my solar filtered LX90. Let’s pray…

We have prepared 3 double-sided screen with quite a lot of beginner information attached. The aim is to promote amateur astronomy and guide them to the wonder of the night skies. Hopefully, the primary school students will be amazed at what we are doing.

Ok, that’s all for today. I am going to take a deep breath and sleep. :)

3 Meteor Showers In A Row

Published on August 10, 2007 in Meteor Shower. View Comments Tags: , , , , .
Jimmy Westlake's Perseid Fireball August 2007
Perseid fireball taken by Jimmy Westlake on 8 Aug 2007
Click here to go to the Perseid Meteor Gallery.

It’s the Perseids and Aurigids (this time, it’s amazing!) as well as Delta Aquarids which force me to take a break from my revision for this examination week to blog now.

Perseid meteor shower is going to peak on 12-13 August 2007. Some people have already reported that they saw some bright Perseid fireball down to magnitude -5. It’s as bright as a full moon! By the way, before that time, you can still spot some Delta Aquarids from Aquarius (the meteor shower is named after its radiant point).

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