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Old 16-03-2010, 09:18 AM
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Astronomy in Thailand

On 12/2 I spent the night observing from the top of Thailand's highest mountain. Saran the deputy director from NARIT kindly took me up there.
NARIT is setting up a 2.4m telescope at an altitude of 2457m.
http://narit.or.th/en/index.php?opti...id=6&Itemid=12

It was cold (5C) and I mainly observed the double cluster etc with binoculars.
I looked at M81/82 with binoculars and a telescope and Saran imaged the horse head nebula.
Naked eye observing was interesting too with everything seemingly in the wrong place.

If you want to see the northern skies Thailand and Hawaii are two of the nearest suitable options.
http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp...sp?npid=1&lg=2

Last edited by glenc; 17-03-2010 at 01:50 AM.
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