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Diffraction Pattern of My Cracked LX90

Published on April 17, 2009 in Photo and Telescopes. View Comments Tags: , .


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The diffraction pattern of the 8″ LX90AT with the broken corrector plate

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The image of the Hadar (Beta Centauri) through the broken 8″ LX90AT. Look, the star image is no longer pinpoint.

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Saturn delivered by the 8″ LX90AT with the broken corrector plate. It looks like the Saturn is being engulfed by a black hole.

Now, the main character~
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Quadruple Saturn Moon Transit Captured

Published on March 23, 2009 in HST and Transit. View Comments Tags: .

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On 24 February 2009, a rare quadruple Saturn moon transit was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope for the first time. The biggest Saturn moon is the Titan which is the most significant one in the photo. It’s even larger than the innermost planet – Mercury. The other 3 moons are Dione, Mimas and Enceladus. Scroll to the bottom for the picture which has the moons labeled.

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First NASA Saturn Observation Campaign in Kluang

Published on March 12, 2008 in Public Outreach and Stargazing Notes. View Comments Tags: , , .
Saturn Observation Campaign

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People were highly attracted by this photo projected on the panel.

As a member of NASA Saturn Observation Campaign, I held my first event on 6 March 2008 at our school basketball field at 7.30pm.

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Mars Meets Saturn On 17 June 2006

Published on June 10, 2006 in Astronomical Events. View Comments Tags: , .

Saturn By Stephen Shamilton on 7/2/2006Thursday, June 15th, is a special night. En route to Saturn, Mars will pass directly in front of the Beehive. Ready your binoculars or even a telescope now! Red Mars is about 16 times brighter than the surrounding stars. “It’ll look like a red supernova has gone off inside the cluster–a wonderful photo-op for amateur astronomers”, Spaceweather.com said.

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