{"id":7820,"date":"2020-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/?p=7820"},"modified":"2021-10-04T12:33:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T04:33:28","slug":"2020-sep-12-stargaing-hagap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruneiastronomy.org\/web\/2020\/09\/2020-sep-12-stargaing-hagap\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Sep 12 Stargazing at HAGAP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bandar Seri Begawan – About 15 children<\/strong> guests at Homestay Alai Gayoh Anak Pulau (HAGAP), Tutong, were treated to an amazing night for stargazing on September 12, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stargazing @ HAGAP was facilitated by 11 members of The Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD). The session was planned to start at 7 pm at the front lawn, but a thin blanket of clouds and drizzles continuing until pre dawn which put the observation on hold. But, the rest of the sky was clear until sunrise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cikgu Benson bin Tunggong, the owner of Homestay Alai Gayoh Anak Pulau (HAGAP) in Bukit Udal, Tutong with some of the children guests (Photo by PABD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The constellations of Orion and Taurus was clearly visible from HAGAP, Tutong (Photo by Dr Hjh Roslynna Hj Rosli, the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are great opportunities to teach our children about the amazing universe around us during the stargazing. Some of the pre-dawn astronomical highlights at our stargazing at HAGAP today includes learning the constellations such as Cassiopeia Constellation with the nearby Andromeda galaxy; Taurus with Pleiades star cluster; Orion constellation with the glowing Orion nebula. The stargazing also offered children to a close-up view of our solar system – the Moon, red planet Mars and the morning “star” Venus. A few shooting stars or meteors and satellites pass-by were also observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This event was held in conjunction of school term holiday to get kids outside and extra-learning about science astronomy. It was organised by HAGAP’s homestay management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n