Personal journey going above and below.
All: 12 Astronomy: 8 Books: 2 Consumerism: 1 Self-Improvement: 1 Table: 1
Categories: Astronomy.
Time: 7:00pm-12:30am
Targets: Orion Nebula Region (M42, M43), Pleiades (M45), Mars, Uranus
Photo Caption: Setup of telescope for the night
Rare clear sky during the winter times on the island. …
Time: 9:00pm-3:00am 26th)
Targets: Whirlpool galaxy, Elephant's trunk nebula, Pinwheel nebula, Ring nebula, Saturn, Jupiter
Photo Caption: Sketch of Whirlpool galaxy through a 25mm eyepiece. No filter. Left and right inverted.
Early …
Time: 11:00pm-2:30am(23th)
Targets: North America Nebula, Dumbell Nebula, the Great Clusters in Hercules, Ring nebula, Whirlpool Galaxy
Photo Caption: Sketch of Ring Nebula through a 26mm eyepiece. No filter. Left and …
Time: 4:00 am - Sunrise
Targets: Comet NEOWISE, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and the Moon
Went out a bit too late that the sun not far from rising above the horizon, …
Time: 3:30-4:30 (approx 1 hr session)
Targets: Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars
Eyepiece used: 26,15,9.7,6.4mm (Meades)
Tried out new Meade eyepieces. Worked well with 26,15,9.7mm, however, it seemed the scope …
Image above depict the gloomy night where we searched for Whirlpool galaxy. Always a good night out regardless!
Starhop route to M51
Start from Alkaid and travel to 24 Canum …
Progress in terms of setup and scope tinkering would be posted here.
Finderscope: Straight scope & Telrad finder
Eyepieces: 25 mm, 17 mm and 2x Barlow (all 1.25")
-Meades Plossl …
B.ASc. Electrical Engineering student.
Amateur astronomer.
