Stargazing outside Courts Toa Payoh - 25 July 2015

Update 8:00 pm: No stargazing tonight. Cancelled due to bad weather.

Update 6:47pm: Clouds rolling in. Event on hold. Will continue to monitor sky condition.

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Weather permitting, we will be conducting an impromptu stargazing session at open grounds outside Courts Toa Payoh tonight Saturday 25 July 2015. From 8pm.

Google Map location: https://goo.gl/maps/MmMc3

Follow my tweets for latest updates --> http://www.twitter.com/astro.sg

Come observe Moon, planets and stars through our telescopes!

Stargazing outside Courts Toa Payoh - 22 July 2015

We will be conducting an impromptu stargazing session at open grounds outside Courts Toa Payoh tonight. From 8pm.

Google Map location: https://goo.gl/maps/MmMc3

Come look at Moon, planets and stars through our telescopes!

Pluto Flyby by New Horizons - 14 July 2015

Update 16 July 2015:  (Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

High-resolution partial view of Pluto:

Latest image of Charon (Pluto's moon):

Update 15 July 2015:

Stunning new images from New Horizons. (Credit: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

Full frame colour photo of Pluto.

In false colours. Pluto (left) and Charon.

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On 14 July 2015, at 7:49:59 PM Singapore time (11:49:59 UTC) NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will make its historic closest approach to the dwarf planet Pluto, the most distant solid object to be visited by a spacecraft.



Credit: Video by YouTuber Michael500ca using Eyes on Pluto free simulation software.


Here's how to get the latest updates on New Horizons flyby of Pluto:


(1) Official New Horizons website:
http://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons


(2) NASA TV live web streaming:
- http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/
- https://www.youtube.com/user/NASAtelevision/
- http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv


(3) New Horizons Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/new.horizons1


(4) New Horizons Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NASANewHorizons   (#PlutoFlyby)


(5) Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/


(6) Eyes on Pluto software simulation of New Horizons mission:
http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/eyes-on-pluto.html


With live streaming on NASA TV, this means you can watch it on your phone on the move if you are not able to sit in front of a big screen and have a Pluto flyby party with your friends! :)