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Kluang 100 Hours Star Party

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  1. Kluang 100 Hours Star Party
  2. Night 1: GIANT, Sri Kluang
  3. Night 2: Kluang Mall

In celebration of International Year of Astronomy 2009, we, the Kluang amateur astronomers have gathered to organise one of the greatest star party in the name of 100 Hours of Astronomy during the first weekend of April.

Below is the venue and the date. All the starparties start from 8.00pm and end on 10.30pm.

  • 3 April – Giant Superstore, Taman Sri Kluang
  • 4 April – Kluang Mall Entrance
  • 5 April – Kluang Mall Rooftop Carpark

What are we going to observe? The famous ring planet – Saturn, Great Orion Nebula where the new stars are born, the seven sisters – Pleaides, the brightest star – Sirius, our Earth very best friend – the Moon and more!

The telescopes serving your eyeballs during this weekend are 8″ Meade LX90, Orion SkyQuest XT8i, Celestron Celestar 8 and a few little refractors. Join us tonight and make it a memorable night!

Self-DIY Dome Observatory & THE BEAST


No great bank savings for an observatory? Build it yourself like Tom do in the video above. Watch out for THE BEAST in the video!