Astronomy : What can you see in the Malaysian Skies ? [Originally posted in 1996, Updated 20 Sept 2009]

Although generally cloudy, there's lots of things that you can see in the Malaysian sky.

Personally, these are the celestial objects which I've seen using my naked-eye, a Vixen 7 X 50 binoculars and a Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain 8" Telescope from my front garden in Prai, Penang.

• Comet Hale-Bopp in April/May'97
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Comet Hyakute, a spectacular sight in 1996
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Moon, with its craters, mountain peaks etc
• Jupiter, with its moons dancing around it
• Mars
• Saturn, with its famous rings
• Venus, bright but featureless
• Orion nebulae, a Messier object
• Constellations including, casseopia, scorpio, orion, tauraus...