It's been a long time since our last outing... and yesterday(just now?) we just had our second sidewalk at Tasik Titiwangsa!
It's a huge event as this is organized by Planetarium Negara, so there were more clubs joining the sidewalk astronomy event today! The participants includes :
- ANGKASA (National Space Agency)
- Starhunter Astronomical Society feat. William Chin
- Starfinder Astronomical Society feat. 14 inch bazooka
- Starfield Instruments Supply
- Choon Kiat from Perseids Telescopes Penang
- Mr Shahrin Ahmad from FalakOnline
- and MCKL Stargazer Society!
We arrived at 7pm for preparation etc. Thanks to Nixon and Adrian for fetching members who got no transportation to there!
Sky was still bright at 7... but when Kee Onn started to set up the telescope it was already dark =P
You know...
He can set it up in the dark! wow~!
No need light! (if we on the light then will become the light pollution lol)
Our nice president also helped all of us to register~ so all of us got a nice goodies bag from the Planetarium Negara and also our dinner...www (stands for ‘haha’ in Japanese 2ch language)
The event started at 8pm sharp! (SO PUNCTUAL AH MALAYSIAN)
There were Emcee who introduced to the public about the sidewalk, and also announcing who participated in this sidewalk.
The Emcee kept on asking people to register and for those who registered will get a number and can join the lucky draw session!
However, all of us did not get the any number for the lucky draw Orz except Joy! =)
If i not mistaken there were total 5 session of lucky draw!
Besides, there were quizzes for the public too! It's in Malay language... ^^
I think they can get a prize if they answered it correctly!
As usual, VP Adrian takes all the spotlights! This beautiful board about light pollution is made by Apple Ying Yi, our talented handicraft member! Too bad our place was not strategic, there were no light sources to read the board (epic fail).
It's the first time in my life to see so many telescope at the same time actually haha.
The biggest one is 14inch! According to Mr president it costs the same price as a car!
Here are some of the many telescopes that were featured that night.
This red thingy looks funny. Its an Astroscan Plus, a no frills ideal beginner telescope (http://www.scientificsonline.com/astroscan-plus-telescope.html). The tripod stand must be homemade though. It looks like a Doodle heheh
This long white telescope is of the Starhunters. Pic features from left, Chrono Fong, ???, William Chin and Simpson. Notice the blue box down there? It’s a treasure, the Sky and Telescope Seven Decade Collection DVD!
William’s scope.
A few Meade LX800’s I think from the National Planetarium. “Musytari” is Malay for Jupiter and Bulan for Moon. It has AutoStar features, no less you expect from the agency! With these scopes sidewalk should be done every Saturday!
Some other scopes. This might be Starfield’s if not mistaken.
Kok Ming skodeng from a random scope lol!
At first we tried to focus on the Moon! Last quarter?
Well the image in the telescope is upside down lah....
After that we changed our "stalking" target to Jupiter!
The largest planet in our solar system!
Using the telescope we can even see the 4 largest moon of the Jupiter which is Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto!
This is what Nixon managed at the eyepiece. Saw Jupiter and his moons?
Besides these two main attractions there was another one!
It's the Summer Triangle!
By joining the Altair, Vega and Deneb you can form a huge triangle in the sky =D
The dimmest one is Deneb but it's still bright enough for us to recognize the triangle!
Towards the end of the event Simpson introduced us some of the famous astronomy players in the Klang Valley!
I realized we're the youngest among the crowd LOL
Well the weather was a but cloudy... so both the Moon and Jupiter was not always available...XD
Overall it was a very nice experience for amateur like me!
Thanks for everyone who came and made the outing so fantastic!
As usual, Japanese time! (actually u guys got remember or not!?)
天の川（あまのがわ）：ama no gawa
Meaning: Milky way
Example: 晴れた夜には天の川が見えるよ。 You can see the milky way if the night sky is clear.
