Off-topic. Got to know this from a friend. Apparently Singapore’s Science Center is giving free star gazing sessions held at its observatory at the Omni-Theater every Friday.
From their website, best days to catch the planets:
Viewing Period Planets in View
Jan – Feb 09 Venus
Feb – Jul 09 Saturn
21, 28 Aug & 18 Dec 09* Mercury
Jul – Dec 09 Jupiter
*Best dates
About the telescope:
“The main telescope is a 40-cm Cassegrain reflector of combined focal length 520-cm.
The sub-telescope is a 15-cm apochromatic Kepler refractor of focal length 180-cm.
The equatorial mount for the telescopes was designed with an accompanying English yoke to provide the necessary stability for the drive and tracking mechanisms. The 5.5-metre stainless steel dome can be made to swivel in any direction and its shutter can be made to slide open to focus the telescope on interesting objects in the sky.”
Incidentally, this year is the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) . Here’s the link to Singapore’s official site.
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