EARTH HOUR

Today is an important day as tonight, we are fighting climate change by switching off the lights for an hour. By switching off the lights, we can make a big difference. Do you know how much carbon-dioxide emissions can be reduced in that 1 hour. The current rate of which glaciers are melting, and the sea levels are rising is severe. If this goes on the Artic may disappear by the end of this century and flooding will be too common. Play a part by switching off the lights.

Today I am going to stargaze and see the true night sky. Thankfully, the sky is clear with less cloud cover. I hope to see more stars. Our team will take an exposed photograph of Orion nebula. For the first time, I will be enjoying the beauty of night sky.

VOTE EARTH!!!

"OWLESTIAL" logo is finally out!

For the past few days, I was been working on my logo. At first I thought of drawing the logo by myself instead of depending on logo designing tools/software. However, it failed as I was not able to produce an attractive logo. So I decided to use programmes which enable me to create logos. I used three programmes in which I could only make good use of one of them. After few hours of work, I finally came up with my logo. I will soon come up with the mascot

Most people are asking me when I will start my show. Actually, it will take a long time as I would need to plan on what I would present and the number of episodes. However, the show won't have background graphics as what the Irate Gamer does. This is because, making such shows would waste a lot of time and money. But don't lose hope as we will do our best in making our shows interesting. As I told previously, it may take a year or so. This is because this is my busy year and I do not have much free time. I will try to update this site more often.

Secondly, most people are asking me why I do not update the "Fact OF The Day" everyday. This is because I tend to run out of facts. Some even tell me to change it to "Fact OF The Month". With all that, I have decided to change it to something else. I promise I will try updating my fact section as often as I can.

28th of March will be my big day as it is Earth Hour in Singapore. With all the lights off, I will be on the darkest spot stargazing with my team. I hope to see a crystal clear sky with more twinkling stars. I pray that there will be no cloud cover on that day. I was waiting for such time to come.

First Post For This Year

It has been a while since I have updated. I have returned from my trip 2 months ago. However I was busy for these two months, so I was unable do some Astronomy. During my trip I spotted Andromeda galaxy (M31), with my binoculars. I was excited as it was the first time spotting it after four years of hard work. It appeared as a fuzzy patch. It was a great difficulty as I had to carefully outline the constellation Andromeda. I tried making shapes with some of its stars in order to target M31. I was only able to spot this galaxy during one of the two nights of my trip. I also took an exposed photograph of the Pleiades (M45) which did not appear as quell as the ones taken by better amateur astronomers.

Instead of being like other amateur astronomers, I have decided to do something innovative. I hardly used my telescope these days due to bad weather and cloud cover. Instead, I was browsing through some of the Astronomy websites. After some research, I realised there was something known as the online telescope which allows you to control few of the worlds powerful telescopes. I have added a new website called Slooh which is an online telescope. Unfortunately, you would need to subscribe and get a telescope card. This telescope card allows you to view the deep space lively for a certain period of time. Being a fan of The Irate Gamer, I thought of starting a new show called "OWLESTIAL". Just like how Irate Gamer does review on games, I thought of doing review on Astronomy. However, I will not use offensive language nor insult a content. I will do review on some of the Astronomical books and programmes. At the same time, I will show some of my future night sky explorations and how to make your own Astronomical gadgets. In future I hope to do some marketing like The Irate Gamer.

Before, I take my next step I would need to prioritise my time. It will take some time before I start my first show. I may even take a year or so. I am currently working on the "Owlestial" logo. It will come out soon. I will try my best keep updating this site. I may post some interesting images of my findings.