Stargazing at Serangoon Stadium

Konata1550 · Post by **Konata1550** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:59 pm

Ermm... If i have Telescope Already, where is a good spot for star-gazing?
can suggest to me in "Singapore"

Oh ya... is there any good spot to star-gazing at "Serangoon Staduim" there?
Cause i live near there. But far abit is ok too. [smilie=bye2.gif]

guangwei · Post by **guangwei** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:26 pm

Hi, welcome to singastro!
Maybe this link would give you a better information on good star-gazing spots in singapore.

http://www.singastro.org/web/mediawiki/ ... _Singapore

Konata1550 · Post by **Konata1550** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:06 am

ok i taking a look right now

Konata1550 · Post by **Konata1550** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:50 am

does all this place i looked is a good place to star gazing?

i don't mind too far, but just ask anyway xD

And What is an Eye Piece For? i see people selling and buying so i might as well ask and learn about it

eMinity · Post by **eMinity** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:49 pm

an eyepiece is for you to look through, without it, i dont think you can see any images as i have tried it. the focal length of an eyepeice together with your telescope determines your total magnification of what you are going to see. Focal Length of Telescope / Focal length of Eyepiece.

E.g

1500mm Telescope / 20mm Eyepiece = 75x magnification

Konata1550 · Post by **Konata1550** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:56 pm

k i think i learn a bit here xD thx

antares2063 · Post by **antares2063** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:09 am

A telescope has 2 major components : the optical tube assembly (Shortform = OTA) and the eyepiece . the telescope cant show anything without the eyepiece at the end.

Popular designs of OTA include :
refractors
reflectors (also known as Newtonians cos Isaac newton had the idea of using a mirror instead of lens to collect light)
Schmidt-Cassegrain (SCT)
Maksutov-CAssegrain (MCT)

Popular design of eyepieces:
Plossl
Orthoscopic
Ultra Wide Angle (UWA)

Konata1550 · Post by **Konata1550** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:36 pm

and then again Questions : What is a refractor?

i bet some of the eye piece ARE Expensive o.o

antares2063 · Post by **antares2063** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:49 pm

happy reading ..

http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2281

and yes astronomy is not a cheap hobby...why not join some of the common observation sessions to get to know more pple and see their equipment first? chek out the Events and Obs section of this forum!i

kayheem · Post by **kayheem** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 1:32 pm

Konata1550 wrote:and then again Questions : What is a refractor?

i bet some of the eye piece ARE Expensive o.o

There are many good posts/articles for beginners in the forum e.g.:

http://www.singastro.org/web/mediawiki/ ... /Main_Page

http://www.singastro.org/viewtopic.php?t=32

Read them and ask any other questions you may have. This saves time and bandwidth for everyone! Enjoy your visit to Singastro!

Kay Heem