Bresser and Water
The exams are over and it is the best time also to brave the night out by taking the Bresser scope and point to the heavens, since the warmth of summer makes its presence known.
The night was undoubtedly a little warmer than known nights of the past months. But the skies were clear and no traces of any clouds came by to spoil the viewing. The brother of Fr Nicholas and a friend, Andrew, both from Sabah came to the Collegio for a visit. Andrew in particular was interested in astronomy and had requested to see the scope and wonder if we could catch Saturn in the night sky.
So, our presence in the field, along the basketball court, was the order of the night on Friday after a good dinner cooked mostly by Fr Nicholas.
We weren't disappointed with our scope as Bresser came out tops in showing the ever majestic Saturn with the rings. From the standard lens magnification of 25mm right up to 10mm the planet did not lose its granduer! In all it was about an hour of gazing the heavens and enjoying Saturn's sight along with a short peek at Mars as the planets slowly descended over the horizon as the night progressed.
Speaking of Mars, news are coming out from the Phoenix mission control that after the past few days of digging, they managed to confirm somewhat the proof of water! But more tests and digging will be done to absolutely verify this. Here's the initial euphoria about the 'ice' and why they think it is...
Meanwhile, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my holidays and, for now, getting a glass of water - it's a hot night! :-)
(more pics of Mars and the goings on of the probes there...)
The night was undoubtedly a little warmer than known nights of the past months. But the skies were clear and no traces of any clouds came by to spoil the viewing. The brother of Fr Nicholas and a friend, Andrew, both from Sabah came to the Collegio for a visit. Andrew in particular was interested in astronomy and had requested to see the scope and wonder if we could catch Saturn in the night sky.
So, our presence in the field, along the basketball court, was the order of the night on Friday after a good dinner cooked mostly by Fr Nicholas.
We weren't disappointed with our scope as Bresser came out tops in showing the ever majestic Saturn with the rings. From the standard lens magnification of 25mm right up to 10mm the planet did not lose its granduer! In all it was about an hour of gazing the heavens and enjoying Saturn's sight along with a short peek at Mars as the planets slowly descended over the horizon as the night progressed.
Speaking of Mars, news are coming out from the Phoenix mission control that after the past few days of digging, they managed to confirm somewhat the proof of water! But more tests and digging will be done to absolutely verify this. Here's the initial euphoria about the 'ice' and why they think it is...
Meanwhile, I'm going to enjoy the rest of my holidays and, for now, getting a glass of water - it's a hot night! :-)
(more pics of Mars and the goings on of the probes there...)
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