Free Public Talk - The Southern Constellations - 1 Mar (Sat)

[Gary]

The next public stargazing talk is titled "The Southern Constellations".

Date: Saturday, 1 Mar 2014
Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Venue: Toa Payoh Public Library. Level 1 Programme Zone.

Admission is free. No pre-registration required. Late-comers welcomed!



Learn about the beautiful constellations in the south and the cosmic "treasures" in them!

Weather permitting, live stargazing during/after the talk. Come see Jupiter, star clusters and nebula (star cloud) through telescopes!

[Gary]

There will be a good variety of telescopes turning up tonight. Praying for clear skies!

[Gary]

Big thanks to Toa Payoh Public Library all who came for the talk and live stargazing session, especially the telescope volunteers and helpers! Sky was discouraging for the whole day but miraculously cleared up enough shortly after the talk started.

Thanks to Ava for creating the beautiful bookmarks which I was able to use as prizes for impromptu quizzes during the talk. Glad to see and interact with educators coming for the event.



Thanks to James for bringing the main attraction for the live stargazing. The crowd had a wonderful view of Jupiter and Great Red Spot.

Thanks to Koko for deploying a quality and less-intimidating refractor. Kids were so excited to look through both the eyepiece and finderscope.

Thanks to Clifford for setting up his big binoculars to poison the young and old.

Thanks to Desmond for helping out and sharing with us interesting stories of Galaxy Forum

Thanks to John and HL for helping out despite not feeling well.

Last but not least, thanks to Dave and Alfred for helping out and taking some amazing event photos which truly captured the emotion and spirit of public outreach astronomy!

Ok. End of my Oscar thank-you speech.

Later in the evening, we managed to look at Mars through the 10" dob. Manage to see the ice cap and bluish and grayish albedo features! Managed to captured a noisy version of them with my mobile phone. Can't wait for Mars Opposition talk + stargazing session next month!

Here's a pic of the event taken with my phone:

[Dark Neptune]

Woooo 0_0

I never knew you had those cards!

[Avarielle]

Thanks to Ava for creating the beautiful bookmarks which I was able to use as prizes for impromptu quizzes during the talk. Glad to see and interact with educators coming for the event.

Glad those bookmarks were well received. there'll be more designs at upcoming talks so *hint hint* attend those talks so you can get them. Haha~

Also. Just sharing a few shots I took that night with my phone. The photos on my camera have yet to be processed.

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^ during the talk

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^ four people needed to mount one scope

sent from my Sony Xperia Z1 using Tapatalk

[Gary]

@Ava - Thanks for sharing!