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Sari-Mawar Chalets & Camping Site |
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A view of Pulau Aceh from a bridge about 300 meters from Sari-Mawar Chalets & Camping Site. The Royal Navy's destroyer, H.M.S Thanet, was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy (Nihon Kaigun)'s cruiser, Sendai, close to Pulau Aceh during World War II. The European Survivor-type television series Robinson Crusoe was also filmed on this island. |
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Open space at the north camping site next to the multi-purpose hall. Stargazers, astrophotographers and amateur astronomers flock to this spot between May to August each year to enjoy what is probably the clearest view of the universe. |
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The sky is clear over Teluk Sari even during the day |
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A telescope pointing to the eastern sky |
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Mersing, 8.30am, 22nd August 1998. |
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Mersing had the best view of the 24th August 1998 Annular Eclipse of the Sun. |
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The Milky Way is best seen in May to August. This wide-angle picture shows a broad span of the southern Milky Way and is a photograph made using colour film in a conventional camera. The camera which was pointed towards the centre of our Galaxy, in the direction of the constellation of Sagittarius. The Galactic centre itself is totally hidden at visible wavelengths by the band of dust which divides the Milky Way along much of its length. The dust lane is only visible because it blots out background stars. Embedded in the dust are many star-forming regions, seen as bright red emission nebulae. The brightest, left of the centre of the picture, is Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula, which is visible to the unaided eye. The bright 'star' at lower left is the planet Jupiter. |
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