Kaga School (Japan) visit (26-27 July 2018)

Kaga School (Japan) students attending the Fox Hunting Activity organised by the SST Astronomy Club!

 

Astronomy Club Magazine writeup 2018

Started in 2013 and now into our fifth year, we have established an active programme in promoting interest in the mysterious universe to our club members. The club provides four types of activities: Weekly meetings, Competitions, Outreach and Learning Journeys. Astronomy Club meetings are held weekly on Fridays from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. During the meetings, students prepare and present Astronomy programmes for their peers. The theory lessons are complemented with skills training and assessment at the end of the lessons. Besides using telescopes, members are trained on using Radio fox-hunting equipment and water rocket launchers. In 2018, the Astronomy Club members participated in the Nanyang Polytechnic Astronomy Quiz, the Raffles-Hwa Chong Astrigue Competition and the NUS-NTU Astrochallenge. We made progress as members are able to qualify for the finals this year, demonstrating a keen interest and competency in these competitions. Providing Astronomy Outreach is a meaningful programme to develop our students' leadership skills. 2018 has been another groundbreaking year for our members as we had the opportunity to conduct Astronomy sessions for SST Falcon Scouts and Zhangde Primary School Girls' Brigade. Besides that, we have also provided support for public outreach programmes during two lunar eclipses on 26 January and 28 July 2018 respectively. The Astronomy Club had organised two field trips this year to Barelang and Taiwan to provide opportunities for our students explore the less-polluted night sky. We also went on a learning journeys to Changi Airport to learn about the Meteorological Service and National Junior College to attend a talk by Professor Lisa Harvey Smith on Radioastronomy. Through these activiities, we hope that our students would not only gain in knowledge and skiils, but also in character and leadership. For more information about the club, please visit http://sstastro.blogspot.sg/

Scouts Astronomy Badge 1 (14 Sep 2018)

The Objectives of the Scouts Astronomy Badge 1 are as follows:

(a) Demonstrate, with diagrams, drawings or models, a general knowledge of the nature of the stars and planets, and their apparent and actual movements. Understand the causes of the seasons, eclipses, and occultation.

(b) Know the meanings of elementary astronomical terms, e.g. sidereal period, axial rotation, synodic period, opposition, conjunction.

On 14 Sep 2019, we held our first session for the SST Falcon Scouts in the Engineering Lab.




 

Prof Lisa Harvey Smith talk (14 Sep 2018)

On 14 Sep 2018, 23 Astronomy Club members went on a trip to NJC to attend a talk by Professor Lisa Harvey Smith. The talk started at 2:30 pm and ended at 3:30 pm. After the talk, students mingled with the speaker for a while before ending the session.

More information about Prof Lisa can be found here: https://lisaharveysmith.com/

Raffles Astronite (8 Aug 2018)

Raffles Astronite (8 Aug 2018)

2018 AstroNite: Star fall!

Raffles AstroNite is an annual event where students who share the common passion for Astronomy come together to expand their knowledge about the world beyond our skies.

Organised by Raffles Institution, AstroNite was conducted in the form of a carnival , and students and their family were invited to join the carnival in a series of interactive game booths, Astro quizzes, and stargazing!

The event was held on the 8th August 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:30pm at Raffles Institution (JC) Campus.

SST was represented by 6 Astroclub students. We shared about the Fox Hunting game and how it is relevant platform for learning about Radio telescopes. The students were:

NG TENG EN DEAN   S1-01
THI HAN SOE ZAW   S1-03
MUHAMMAD ADAM AQASHA  S2-01
CHUA YUNHENG, EVAAN                  S2-04
SEOW KIT HINT           S2-07
YEE JIA CHEN           S2-08



 

  

   

   

  

  

Lunar Eclipse and Mars Opposition (28 July 2018)

On the evening of 27 July 2018, 12 SST Astroclub students were assembled at the roof top of Maritime Museum to carry out an outreach activity: Lunar Eclipse and Mars Opposition. On the same night, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn were all visible in the night.

The explanation for Mars Opposition is found here: https://mars.nasa.gov/allaboutmars/nightsky/opposition/

The Lunar Eclipse data and explanation is found here: https://www/timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27

The following are photos of the eclipse experience.

 

  

  


  

  
  



 

Talk by Mr Remus Chua

 

Talk by Mr Remus Chua

Astrophotography talk by Mr Remus Chua

7-inch Refractor by Mr Remus Chua