An amateur astronomer blogger highly interested in aerospace, astronomy, astro equipments and other astro related fields. Robin shares the astronomy enthusiasm with people from kids to seniors.
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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On 19 Dec 2007, 7:45 UT+8, Mars was at the closest approach to us until 2016. I was having my birthday party on the 18 Dec night. Sadly, the clouds were jealous that the Goddess of the Wars, Mars was going to celebrate my birthday with my fellow friends. 
This color image was assembled from a series of exposures taken within 36 hours of the Mars closest approach with Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. More about the info of the image is below.
I saw 16 Geminids on the 15 Dec night. They’re so cheerful and mostly are fireballs. Geminid meteor shower is really well known for fireballs. Don’t miss it next year.
I was watching the meteor shower with 4 CHHS Astronomy Club members. It’s very nice to enjoy the show with friends. My sisters joined us very shortly after they heard us screaming. Haha.. it’s really a cool show. Meteor shower is definitely one of the best phenomena that everyone on the earth can enjoy without any expense. 
I just find out that my record doesn’t have any scientific value so I decided not to expose my Geminids observation report on the 15 Dec night. Look at International Meteor Organisation Visual Report Page. It drove me away from reporting… You might say that I’m not suitable for science. However, I prefer a report that the public can make, not just amateur astronomer and even the professionals.
Whoa! It was really fantastic this midnight. I started my observing since 1:40am UT+8 14 Dec. The cloud rolled in since 2.00am and was carried away by the wind soon. Another huge cloud rolled in just after several minutes but the strong wind blew it away again.
WOOOooooHoooOO! It’s so wonderful that a heavy downpour happened in the evening and most of the clouds are gone now. What’s the “star” tonight? Well, Comet 17P/Holmes is the “star” for the whole week and the next whole week. I’m watching it now. Sure, my laptop and Meade LPI is going to record it down and show it to my fellow friends. They are just too busy with the upcoming SPM exam (the O’ level exam).
There are unlimited stars shinning on the starry night of 4 July. The Jupiter is so bright at the meridian and Scorpius (the constellation) is just beside him. Crux is very easy to recognise. It’s totally the same as its name. It is creeping under Centaurus. Sagittarius is not far from Centaurus. It’s one of the constellations that have lots of scenic dark sky objects. Did I mention Leo? It’s just next to Hydra (Hydra’s west) and Hydra is next to Centaurus (Centaurus’s west).
Don’t forget the beautiful shinny Venus. She has a very nice companion, Saturn with her. 5 days before, they were so close and only 1/3º apart.
These are the wonderful objects can be seen through the unaided eyes on the starry night of equatorial latitude. The seeing tonight is so great but I can’t resist the “sleepmare”…
I HATE MOSQUITOES! I really hate them. They are so active since the start of this month.
When I just went out to setup my telescope, everything was fine. However, when I switched off the lights. They were all like the dark force, interupting me observing the Jupiter. They are so annoyed! I can’t bear with them. So, I quickly packed everything and went inside the house. They are so terrible, ruining my precious observing session.
Anyway, if you haven’t seen the Venus and Saturn close encounter, you can still see it this week but they’ll not be that close as on 30 June.
On 5 May 2007, my friend Giek Zhen from Segamat, Johor, Malaysia visited me with his department store telescope (the right in the photo). At first, I didn’t think that the department scope even worthed for such a little bucks. However, after I had looked through the scope, I agree that department scope is actually a good choice for the very very beginners. (Of course, not every department scope’s quality is the same)
We woke up at 0500 6 May 2007 and started our stargazing session. The Moon and Jupiter were so bright on the sky. After I showed Giek Zhen the bright objects on the night sky, I let him peer through my 8″ scope. Below are the objects that we observed.
OH MY GOD! This was the first I spoke out after I sticked my eyeball near to the Meade Series 4000 26mm eyepiece. You totally couldn’t imagine how did the Saturn present. It’s totally stunning!
I took the photos since the Moon entered penumbra and umbra to nearly total lunar eclipse. The atmospheric condition was not good this morning as the Moon was setting. In other words, the Moon was near the horizon.
To ease your hunger a little, I post a full Moon photo first. 
The lunar eclipse sequence is expected to be released tomorrow. Hope so…
Finally the photo is up. I didn’t photo the full lunar eclipse as I was just too sleepy to continue. I don’t want to fall on the road. If you want to take the photo of the red hue Moon during the total eclipse, you have to expose the photo for seconds.
Your body is smarter than you are; it considers your head and vital chest organs to be the most important parts of you. It will try to maintain their temperatures at all costs. If your uncovered head is causing you to lose heat faster than your body is producing it, your body will begin shutting down the circulation to fingers and toes, and then arms and legs. Your outer extremities will become frostbitten to maintain your brain at proper operating temperature. The moral is: To keep your toes warm, cover your head.
The content above is quoted from Astronomy.com newsletter. I live in tropical country so the only rule that I have to follow is to dress long to prevent from being sucked by the mosquitoes.
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