Too Long a Break!...

Aaargh! After so much slacking and dithering, I decided to put in an entry here and realised just how much I have been neglecting this for a while... :-P

However, the weather hasn't been too good for any observation and my Bresser has been standing dormant in my room. Before the winter season came in with full force and after the last entry before this, I did managed to put in a few ob sessions and captured Orion and its grand show around the constellation. I revisited the Orion Nebula and also viewed the waxing and waning Moon, together with the planet Mars that was prominent that time. Boosting the view to a moderate 120x using the 2x barlow and a 10mm lens, Mars was just nicely discernible under its reddish-orange glow in the nightsky.

When winter came along, all possible ob was put to a stop as it was utterly cold outside and I am not use to going out in this weather, especially at night when the temperature really drops, even with the warmest of clothing. So, for most of the time, the Bresser has been standing in the quiet by my clothes cupboard and waiting patiently for the next outing...

Meanwhile, just to put a little enthusiasm here, I thought this shot could do with some ogling. We speak much about black holes but never really catch one in action, until recent years back. Black holes exists and we have an active one within the center of our Milky Way galaxy! This one shows a dramatic new Chandra image of the nearby galaxy Centaurus A that contains a supermassive black hole actively powering a jet! The image was made from an ultra-deep look at the galaxy, equivalent to more than seven days of continuous observations! Go to the Chandra website for more information. But it suffices to see in this image just what greatness and awesomeness the universe is and how acutely small we all are...