Bosscha, A star "peeker" from Lembang, Bandung

Hey. that is an orion constellation
and that is carnopus,
Im sure that is a vega...

Hahaha yeah those are constellation which are mentioned in "Petualangan Sherina" (The adventure of sherina). An original movie from Indonesia. In that film the protagonist ran from bandit chase to the Bosscha, a star observation station in Lembang.

Ok now stop talking about the movie. That is not my main purpose. :D

Yeah Bosscha. A star "peekr" from Lembang. Bosscha Observatory is the oldest observatory in Indonesia. The observatory is located in Lembang, West Java, approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north of Bandung. It is situated on a hilly six hectares of land and is 1,310 m (4,300 ft) above mean sea level plateau. The IAU observatory code for Bosscha is 299.

During the first meeting of the Nederlandsch-Indische Sterrekundige Vereeniging (Dutch-Indies Astronomical Society) in the 1920s, it was agreed that an observatory was needed to study astronomy in the Dutch East Indies.

Of all locations in the Indonesia archipelago, a tea plantation in Malabar, a few kilometers north of Bandung in West Java was selected. It is on the hilly north side of the city with a non-obstructed view of the sky and with close access to the city that was planned to become the new capital of the Dutch colony, replacing Batavia (present-day Jakarta).

The observatory is named after the tea plantation owner Karel Albert Rudolf Bosscha, son of the physicist Johannes Bosscha and a major force in the development of science and technology in the Dutch East Indies, who granted six hectares of his property for the new observatory.

Construction of the observatory began in 1923 and was completed in 1928. Since then a continuous observation of the sky was made. The first international publication from Bosscha was published in 1922. Observations from Bosscha were halted during World War II and after the war a major reconstruction was necessary. On 17 October 1951, the Dutch-Indies Astronomical Society handed over operation of the observatory to the government of Indonesia. In 1959 the observatory's operation was given to the Institut Teknologi Bandung and has been an integral part of the research and formal education of astronomy in Indonesia.

Five large telescopes were installed in Bosscha:

1. The Zeiss double refractor

   

   
   

2. The Schmidt telescope (nicknamed: Bima Sakti telescope)

   
   

   
   

   

   
   

3. The Bamberg refractor

   

   
   

4. The Cassegrain GOTO

   

   
   

5. The Unitron refractor 

 


Source: Wikipedia & google

Kampung Naga. An original from Tasikmalaya :)

Hollaaaaaaaa....
nice too meet you again, uhmmm long time no write
sorry for that, so much things to do here in my office.


Ok lets begin
now let me talk about something in my "Home" about Kampung Naga (Naga Village) in Tasikmalaya.
I tell you first that there is no "naga=Dragon" here. It is only a name there is no relation with that creature.
Naga was called by the citizens as someone who spread Islam religion there. He was Singaparana.

Singaparana was a follower of Sunan gunung Jati. He was commanded to go to the west and spread Islam until he arrived in that village. Villager called him as "naga".

Ok that is the simple story why it is called as kampung Naga. Now lets talk about thir culture. Kampung Naga originally is a part of sundanese. The culture is sundanese for sure, and their language is sundanese. Kampung Naga has unique things in the way of life. One of the way of life is they refused to be electricitied. The reason is their houses was made from wood and bamboos, they have a faith that electricity will burns their home.

Villagers also believe that there are so much power around them such as Ghost, magic, and other supranatural things. Villagers also keep their culture from globalization. They do not use any electric instrument. All the things in kampung Naga run traditionally. Interesting???

It is a good place for you who is stressed by daily life routinity such as working, school, and another activity in the city.

The location is not hard to reach. It is about 30 Km from Tasikmalaya and 90 Km from bandung. I can guarantee that you will be satisfied if you come here. Come here and feel the originality of Kampung Naga from Indonesia. :)

sebuah ucapan kecil untuk kalian sahabatku :)

Senangnya hatikuuuu besok makan embe, kambing, sapi, ayam, sosis, dlll
*eh

ya intinya besok bisa pulang, makan2, maen game bareng, dan banyak lagi hal lainnya.
wow ga sih???


yihaaaaaa
asli serasa feel alive lagi brow :D


oyah, liburan panjang ini kalian mau kemane aje nih?
mudah-mudahan sama menyenangkannya ama aye ye :)

Tapi yang lebih menyenangkan sih ya bisa kumpul ama keluarga.
disini?


hmmmm enggak deh kayaknya.
I dont feel at home here.


oke selamat idul adha everyone. Mari rayakan karena hari itu hari yang halal untuk dirayakan...
:)