Maldives december
發表於 : 2010-12-19, 14:05Just came back from maldives for my 30th B-day. I have bring 80/480 with camera tripod and a 12x36 IS canon binocular there.
I stayed in an in-ocean villa, i can observe the sky comfortably on the roof top, although there are light pollution from security lights, i can see the milky way. It's appearance was not very clear, like a long long cloud, it's the first time i see it! I think it's a cloud at first glaze but i discovered that it doesn't move and i can see lots of faint star there though my binocular, I noticed it was the milky way and confirm it by checking iphone apps.
First I observe the sky though the 80/480, due to the aperture limitation, i can only search for brighter DSO, the appearance are look more as the same as I seen it in PTC.
As I am a newbie in astro, I learn and search constellations and DSO slowly with the help of iphone apps. While I was observing using the the 80/480, my gf keep telling me she seen a lots of meteors. After I finished my self-taught star hopping lesson, I lie down enjoy the stars and milky way. We count meteor together, surprisingly we count more than 30 meteors in half an hour!! some of them are very bright and some have very very long tail.
Next day, I search through internet, I found that it was the Gemini meteor shower. we than book a dinner in a distance 'no people island' hoping that we can have dinner under the meteor shower. Finally we end up have dinner under a bright moon light ( i forget to check the moon time) and a storm begun just after we finished our dessert. And afterward, every night are cloudy....
I stayed in an in-ocean villa, i can observe the sky comfortably on the roof top, although there are light pollution from security lights, i can see the milky way. It's appearance was not very clear, like a long long cloud, it's the first time i see it! I think it's a cloud at first glaze but i discovered that it doesn't move and i can see lots of faint star there though my binocular, I noticed it was the milky way and confirm it by checking iphone apps.
First I observe the sky though the 80/480, due to the aperture limitation, i can only search for brighter DSO, the appearance are look more as the same as I seen it in PTC.
As I am a newbie in astro, I learn and search constellations and DSO slowly with the help of iphone apps. While I was observing using the the 80/480, my gf keep telling me she seen a lots of meteors. After I finished my self-taught star hopping lesson, I lie down enjoy the stars and milky way. We count meteor together, surprisingly we count more than 30 meteors in half an hour!! some of them are very bright and some have very very long tail.
Next day, I search through internet, I found that it was the Gemini meteor shower. we than book a dinner in a distance 'no people island' hoping that we can have dinner under the meteor shower. Finally we end up have dinner under a bright moon light ( i forget to check the moon time) and a storm begun just after we finished our dessert. And afterward, every night are cloudy....
