The Immense Passion for the Universe

by: Douglas Koo Chen Soon

I am an astronomy-enthusiast. I enjoy star-gazing since I was in Form 2 ( aged 14 ).
Besides, I love physics very much especially astrophysics, electronics, optics, and mechanics.

I started to 'indulge' myself in astronomy when I was helping my grandmother to dispose off the domestic rubbish. When I opened up the lid of rubbish bin, and threw the rubbish into it, suddenly, a bat flew past my head, and when I looked up to the evening sky, WHOA! What a clear sky!



The Orion and its surrounding stars! Wonderful!

STARS PARTY!

That moment was still vividly projected in my mind, on December 2011, it was that day I began to realise that how large is this Universe? The concaved-shaped asterism of the winter constellation, Orion trapped my attention the most! Maybe it's because of its bright stars with magnitude in between -1.0 to 2.0.



North<---
Canis Major is right in the centre

Constellations of Winter time
Photo taken with Nikon D3300,
iso 1600, exposure time 15s * stacked with 60 photos,
a little vignetting(central illumination, due to camera's sensor )
the Milk Way galaxy's dust finally visible after these photos are processed using DeepSkyStacker.

That hunter of the firmament is indeed wonderful. I could barely sense the bluish, whitish stars of it using my old, body camera--- my eyes.

My observation site --------- house front-yard. 

FALL IN LOVE WITH SCIENCE _-----> PHYSICS and ASTRONOMY

The universe is so amazing, and there are so many hidden knowledge behind them, waiting for us to unveil them with our constantly improving technologies. Thanks to all the scientists who had sacrificed much of their time in doing their researches in order to improve our lives and to explore the mystery of our surroundings.

Ultimately, physics and mathematics are indeed wonderful!



A view at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.
This photo does not show detail on the dust of galaxy as
there is much light pollution.