It Will Rain Stars! Join us for these fun stargazing & enjoy camping under the stars in the suburban dark skies which offer a great view of our Milky Way Galaxy, and featuring the most wonderful night in Ramadan to catch the Lyrids Meteor Shower.

Thursday, 22nd April 2021 / 10 Ramadan 1442H
2.00 pm – 10.00 am
Bintudoh Greenspring Resort, Kg. Bang Nukat. Spg 113, Jalan Kg. Menengah-Bukit Sulang Tutong
BND 15 per pax (Limited participants)

More info: www.bruneiastronomy.org/meteorcamp

Reservation/Accommodation & Payment: +673 8899674 / WhatsApp / 2260122 (Mr Susis)

One of the brighter meteor showers of the year – the Perseids are coming soon!

They occur every year and visible between July 17 and August 24 . Perseids tend to peak around August 9-13, after midnight.

Depending on your location and sky condition, Perseid meteor observer can see 60 to 100 meteors in an hour from a dark place.

Perseid Meteors are made of tiny space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle that briskly burnt in our atmosphere upon entry producing spectacular light shows.

The Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus because the direction, or radiant, lies in the same direction as the constellation.

The Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam will hold a special meteor shower observation for its members:

Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Time: 7 pm–5.30 am (Meteor peak from midnight 12 am around 11-12-13 Aug)
Venue: Temburong

Fees: $25 for BBQ & entrance (open space, tea, dinner & camp) for PABD Members only
Optional: Additional $40 per person (check-in per night)
Activities: 100+ meteors per hour, planets observation/imaging, stargazing and informal meet-up + BBQ
Register (PABD members only): www.bruneiastronomy.org/join
Contact: Husaini +673 815 8392

Bandar Seri Begawan – A few bright streaks of fireballs produced by the Lyrids were spotted in the early hours today, April 23, 2020.

Despite mostly cloudy, these bright meteor streaks were caught live during the clear hours by an all-sky camera installed at the mini observatory in Tutong, Brunei Darussalam.

The milky way band stretching across the sky was also clearly visible at round 2 am. The shower was originating near the star known as Vega with radiant in the constellation Lyra.

You can view the broadcasted live video of the cosmic display on fb.com/bruneiastronomy

This will be the first time ever Meteor Shower observation in Brunei Darussalam plus exciting astronomy programmes and talk! Astronomy enthusiasts are most welcome to join, and to note that space available are limited – Book Now!

Reservation:

Call Eco Ponies Garden For booking & details: +6738913811 (Eyun). Address #86 Jalan Bukit Sulang, Kg Bang Nukat, Lamunin, Tutong. TG2375. Brunei Darussalam.

Programme (tentative):

4.30 pm           -Registration / Check In
7.00 pm           -Astronomy Crafts for Kids by Eco Ponies Garden
-Dinner
8.30 pm           -Astronomy Talk 1: Beyond our Solar System by PABD
                        -Stargazing*
                     -Optional Activities (Herb Hunting / Nature Night Walk)
                        -Astronomy Theater
6.30 am        -Breakfast
                      -Solar Observation* by PABD
8.30 am           -Astronomy Talk 2: Being in the Moon shadow, Chasing the 2019 Annular Solar Eclipse by PABD
                        -Optional Activities (Herb Hunting / Junior cooking class)
10.30 am       -End

* Subject to weather, and there are no refunds if the shower/stars aren’t visible due to cloud cover
** Prayer areas for male and female are provided by Eco Ponies Garden

Pricing:

Optional activities such as Nature Night Walk, Herb Hunting and Campfire are available only by request at additional charge.

Activity Details

Programme DetailsAstronomy Crafts for Kids by Eco Ponies Garden (1 hour) Kids needs hands on activities to feel more connected to the outer world and astronomy. These fun crafts will make this feel more hands on for the kiddos using natural materials found around the garden.

Astronomy Talk 1: Beyond our Solar System by PABD (1 hour) What is Beyond Our Solar System – Stars, Galaxies, Black Holes and More? The talk by Executive Committee of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam will bring you farther to explore beyond our Solar System in depth to unveil the mysteries of our Universe.

Stargazing (all night) Join the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD) to look at the wonders of the night sky featuring the Orionids meteor shower or shooting stars from a rural dark site.

Astronomy Theater (1 hour +) Take off on an awe-inspiring movies of touring our solar system – Earth’s moon, Meteorites, Inner planets and more

Solar Observation (1 hour) Astronomy is not limited at night-time. Learn the techniques to gaze our Sun and Solar Eclipse safely during daytime. Discover the features visible on our Sun.

Astronomy Talk 2: Being in the Moon shadow, Chasing the 2019 Annular Solar (1 hour) Why you need to watch the upcoming Annular Solar Eclipse? The talk will cover the historical significances of eclipses, rare frequency of solar eclipse in Brunei Darussalam and viewing the phenomenon safely. The Secretary-General of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam will present an informal overview of the eclipse, sharing personal experience of watching the total eclipse of the sun and take questions from the participants.

Derived from debris plummeted by Comet Swift-Tuttle, it is always the most reliable shower of the year, delivering up to 100 bright and rapid meteors per hour at the peak. This year, the new moon phase at the peak will leave dark skies ideal for meteor watching.

The Geminid shower got its name from the constellation of Gemini or the Twins. From Tutong, there were about 10 meteors in an hour visibled on that morning. The rate is expected to increase as the annual geminid meteor shower peaks tonight (13-14 December 2015). That is when more than 50 shooting stars might be visible every hour (depending on your location/sky). Geminids can be spotted starting between 10 pm and before sunrise, and expected to peak at around 2 am.

The moonless night tonight will make geminids one of the best meteor shower for this year. Star gazers will be looking for cloudless skies and location away from light pollution to catch the meteor shower. No equipment is required because a telescope or binoculars limits the view of the sky.

UPDATE (14 Dec 2015 @ 12 pm): Geminids meteor showers reports by some Bruneians on IG, FB and Twitter. Some had their chance to see the “shooting stars” while others were not due to poor weather. Even though the meteor reached its peak, there are still Geminid Meteors visible for a day or two after the peak although at a much reduced rate. Head up and clear sky!

UPDATE (15 Dec 2015 @ 7.15 am): Let GoPro camera ran all night from 10pm last night until 2am in timelapse and amazingly one of hundreds shots had captured a bright post-peak Geminids meteor from Tutong, Brunei Darussalam, at around 1.30 am. Settings used are shown on the photo.

Bandar Seri Begawan – Today, in the early hours a few members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD) were at the Bukit Agok, Tutong, to catch the annual meteor shower.

The meteor show peaks on 13/14 of December and astronomers said it would be the best meteor shower this year.

Coincidently it was a moonless night so it will provide us a greater chance to view the shooting stars. But clouds were coming and going and mostly patching the sky. Despite of the cloudy morning, we were lucky as the view of the sky began to get clear around 1.45 am.

As soon as the sky cleared up, the excitement began as meteor streaked and some had left trails across the sky. It was the Geminids meteor shower and they were few bright slow meteors seen but mostly they were faint and fast. It was a brilliant display with rate count went up to 30 meteors in an hour.

Some of us tried to take photos of the meteor show, unluckily none of us managed to capture even though the view was perfectly in frame. I account this failure was due to the light pollution and certainly the camera set should be upgraded to use a very fast lens ( f/2.8 – 2).

About 3 am, the thunderstorm started to come in forcing us to end our observation.