SingAstro

Heyas all!

Finally decided to post after signing up and lurking for ages.

I've been interested in astronomy since I was a kid (6? 7?) but honestly, trying to read up and understand everything by myself is really hard. I joined the astronomy club in Serangoon JC when I was studying there years ago, but things were a bit haphazard and I didn't learn much there, unfortunately.

I'm horrible at identifying constellations and stars (even with a star map, go figure...lol), and have been thinking of investing in a scope (only my dad thinks that with me having a scope in my room in an HDB, people will think I'm peeping at them).

It's great to meet you all, and I really hope to join in one of the upcoming obs session soon.

Cheers,
Sky

Welcome!
Don't worry about constellations and such. Join a few obs sessions and you'll be able to.see them
A helpful program to get is Stellarium. It's freeware
Again, don't worry about the telescope yet. Join a few obs sessions and you'll have a feel of what you'd like and also, what.you can handle, physically

Hee hee. Thanks, cloud_cover!

I'm having a date with my partner at the Science Center this coming Friday as I wait for obs session here to start.

It's so exciting.

Sky

The date or the obs ?

cloud_cover wrote:The date or the obs ?

ROFL !!!!

@skyfiery. Welcome to Singatro forum! Do read the Singastro wiki and borrow telescope and stargazing books/magazines from the library to learn more about telescopes.

You may also find this article useful:
http://www.astro.sg/p/buying-telescope.html

Have a great time re-discovering amateur astronomy!

cloud_cover wrote:The date or the obs ?

Both? LOL. The obs, actually. Am so excited for it.


Gary: I'm going to read up again after I finish my studies some time in Feb. Work + studies = no time. Lol. But obs! Hands-on will always have time. Lol.

Sky

Welcome to Singastro! To check out our FAQ section on useful articles to get started

skyfiery wrote: Gary: I'm going to read up again after I finish my studies some time in Feb. Work + studies = no time. Lol. But obs! Hands-on will always have time. Lol.
Sky

No worries! Just in time for the upcoming summer sky next year anyway!

Airconvent: Got it! Thanks for the heads-up.

Gary:

Sky