Orion Belt, Nebula Orion and Betelgeuse

The stars you see almost every night.

It's amazing how ignorant I was when I look at the night skies, staring at stars, twinkling, wondering why... and I left myself wondering.

I look at the stars in a very different perspective today. The common stars we all see almost every night, 3 stars in a row, if you take one step back and look at the surrounding stars, you'd see a big cross with Betelgeuse pronounced as Beetlejuice, (a red star, one of the biggest stars) at one end of the cross.

According to the big picture here, you can see the Orion Belt(3 stars in a row), and to the far right is
Betelgeuse
(It takes us 427 years, at the speed of light..to reach Betelgeuse and yet we see it so bright)


That's not it. Zoom in and you'll see the other 3 stars (shorter,smaller row) diagonally positioned to the left of the 3 Ori stars, is the:

The Great Orion Nebula
(also known as M42 or NCG 1976).


I don't have a telescope good enough to capture deep sky astrophotography, therefore I've picked one of my favourite astrophotographer - Humayun Qureshi

Will save for a new refractor telescope to take deep sky images!

Just so you know:
Exposure: 30 secs
ISO: 200

Astrophotography: Mercury & Venus

Finally I got to see Venus, after talking about it! Here's my (too late) picture of Mercury and Venus. I am suppose to be taking this picture at 5.30am, but I was late :( The sun came up...the long exposure didn't work.

Oh right...How nice of that Jet to fly pass my angle :) Made everything all the more lovely.

Mercury,Venus,Neptune and the Moon

This is visible to the Southern Hemisphere, 6am (+9.30 Time Zone) for 30 minutes.

It is rather difficult to identify which or what direction should you be looking at since the moon is only 1% visible crescent.

However, there is NO WAY you can miss Venus as she is the brightest darling in the sky (also known as the morning star and evening star).

Although I'm in South Australia, Adelaide right now, I saw Venus in the early mornings 5.30am (+8 Time Zone) of Malaysia (which is NOT located in the southern hemisphere).

Guide to Sky Watch (Southern Hemisphere)

Results may differ in other time zones.

Unconditional Love

When you love someone unconditionally, you (rationally):

• become selfless when they are in need
  
• are hurt when they are hurting
• are delighted when they smile
  
• worry for their safety
• be there even when you're disregarded
• do crazy things you'd never imagine yourself doing
• plan for them
• talk, not sleep over it
  
• assure them every second if you can that you're there
• forgive them
• encourage them
  
• want them to love themselves
  
• will appreciate and respects her as an adult
• will voice out if you have an opinion
  
• will never ignore them
• will not expect, you offer
• will not push them away
• will never give them cold shoulder
• can never ever...be truly angry at them
  

There are many more..but I cannot continue.

Exotic Pets Exhibition in One Utama NOW!

I brought Cheron to face her fears...her response was:

her response was...

"That was a hell of a good 2 hours spent although I fear reptiles and lizards. It is so nice to have seen him kissing the King Cobra, I've never seen it so up close and personal! It's really really good lor, so adventurous... No one would bring me there except you, and I'm very happy lor!"

Exotic Pets Exhibition
-------------Date: until 31st March
Venue: One Utama Rainforest Ground Floor
Time: As long as One Utama is open =P which means from 10am to prolly 11pm!


This is your chance to see the exotic animals come upclose and personal. There is no reason why you would want to miss out these animals when you're in One Utama! Get your bum off the chair and get going! It's worth your time with the Live Shows and be in touch with nature. My way of putting it?

"An exhibition of world's nature in One PLACE, One Utama."

More Photos, Here!