Yesterday night was another great exposure for me as I got the chance to learn the different type of stars on the sky and also have a close view of the stars through the use of the large telescope on the top grass roof of NTU-ADM school. Night was long for us on that day as we got to spend the whole night gazing at the stars. ÖA few of my classmates and I started climbing up the long stair up to the top of the ADM grass roof at around 10+pm. The astronomy professors were already up there started to set up the relevant equipment and the large telescope just for us to view the stars. A few copy of the star maps were also given to us for reference when we view the stars. The sky was beautiful as we have a great view of the stars on the sky. Really beautiful.
Along the way, we got to learn the different names of the stars, but there are too many names. So basically, I only remembered a few names of the common stars such as Orion (Benchmark of the stars bah. Haha), Pegasus (Square shape), Cassiopeia (M shape), Canis Major and Canis Minor. As we looked through the large telescope at the stars, the professor explained to us the behaviour of the stars and the story behind the stars.
Other than the stars, I also heard from my classmate that we will be able to see the Saturn planet through the large telescope after 12am. However the sky started to get bad at that time with the sight of far lightning. As a result, the professor told us to leave as soon as possible as they started to pack up their stuff, and we were a bit disappointed at that time.
Hence I went over to my classmate’s hostel to stay over for the night. But as we were resting in the hostel for only 30min or so, we received a phone call from my other classmate telling that the professor wanted us to get back to the ADM roof top to view the Saturn planet as the sky was cleared. We were quite shocked and surprised at first, as the professors were so “ON” to call us back and re-setup the equipment again, just to view the Saturn planet. Think we should nominate them as the BEST LECTURERS.
Haha ÜBut it was really great to have the chance to view the Saturn planet through the large telescope. It was really nice looking at it, and my classmate helped to take a photo of the Saturn planet through the scope using his handphone. As the night past very fast, and it was already 3+am as we tried a lot of time taking the best shot of the Saturn planet, but we failed to have the best shot of it and only got a better shot from a lady who took it earlier on.
By the time, we finished gazing at the Saturn planet, we also noticed that the moon has shown up, and the professors also adjusted their large telescope towards the moon for us to view it. This is also my first time, taking such a close look at the moon and we managed to take a few shots of the close-up moon too. Hehe : )
After a long night, we finished the star gazing at around 4+am and I stayed over at my classmate’s hostel till 6am and took the first bus home. It was a long and tired day for me too. But it was great to learn some new stuff again.
Below are 2 URL links to know more about the stars and also get the star maps.
http://www.skymaps.com/index.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
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