SingAstro

Thanks to all, for your sharings and explainations. I learnt more things. Sweet....

Well, lucky me to have witnessed such event.

Yeah!

A telescope is an instrument that is responsible for the magnifying and resolving of objects that are far away from the observer. There are various optical designs for telescopes and they can be broadly defined as refractor and reflector. Refractor is what many ppls perceive when they first think o...

what is the difference between a telescope, a reflector, a refractor, a finder scope and a spotting scope????

They all look the same to me. And the difference in price?

Thanks.... always forgive newbies.

I think so the sun set on the same direction. Don't think its a re-entry or fighter jet. I can see the thing burning, like a fireball, still can see traces of fire and smoke (when we first spotted it in mid sky) on the tail. Pretty amazing. I see if my colleague still have some pictures and videos h...

I am also new. Check out these websites for an idea of the prices.

http://www.astrobargains.com/index.htm

http://staropticsscientific.com/skywatcher

http://www.starmatrix.biz/smtelescopes.php

Good luck!

Hi, Cannot be comet as comet won't disappear in a few minutes. Also, most comet will not be that bright. Should not be a meteor also as most meteor (even fireball) will only last a few seconds.... may be 10 to 20 seconds at most. Anyway, what was the date when you saw this?? If the photo was taken ...

Hi im new here. Just wana share some photos. I was in batam for work, 4 years back. At about 6pm plus, we heard something very loud and saw this. It was quite loud, i mean very loud, sounds scary. It sounded more like a thunder. we stare at it for a long time and realised we had a camera, too late, ...