A couple of times, when we walked past the Toa Payoh library, there will be this guy with his telescope.
I remembered the first time I approached him and asked him what he's looking at and he very generously offered me to view through his telescope.
What is it ? It was Saturn !
I couldn't see it at first - I thought I will be seeing a gigantic pic of the planet but instead it was a very small pic of Saturn. Why is the planet moving up and down ? Becos Earth is not still but spinning.
It was such a thrill. An actual planet so far, far away and Saturn with the rings round it.
He explained more in details about the planet.
So I was rather happy that he's conducting astronomy talks at Toa Payoh library on a regular basis (check out his website or Toa Payoh library for more details).
That's Gary conducting the astronomy talk.
A great turn out. There were about 3 queues. Some of the other astronomers turned up with their own telescope.
Thank goodness, otherwise the queue will be even longer.
Queueing patiently.
And Eugene having a close up view of the moon.
This guy brought his gigantic telescope to look at Jupiter.
Very nice guy, this Gary.
Picture of the Moon taken by my iPhone thru the lens of the telescope !
If you do not want the crowd, do check out Gary's blog below. He will usually state the time and venue where he will bring along his telescope to view the stars and planets and will let you view it too.
Visit Gary's blog : http://www.astro.sg/
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND !
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