October 12, 2013 ALP
InOMN Report
by James
Kevin Ty
Images by James Kevin Ty & Kendrick Cole KC Ty
Last October 12, members
of the Astronomical League of the Philippines celebrated
the International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) at
Rajah Sulayman Park at Baywalk , Luneta. Members
who were present were ALP President James Kevin Ty and son Kendrick Cole KC Ty; Treasurer Andrew Ian Chan, director Arnel
Campos, Gary Andreassen with wife Irma Andreassen; Mark
Ian Singson, Edge Lat , Per Edman and staffs of Cutting
Edge.
Despite the bad weather in the
afternoon, ALP President James Kevin Ty informed the
group that they will proceed with the event and hope for
some cloud clearings in the evening. As they
arrive at the site, the sky was still cloudy so they had
a quick dinner at Aristocrat Restaurant before starting
to set up their telescopes at around 8:30pm.
ALP President James Kevin Ty
brought along Celestron Sky Master 20x80mm binoculars on
sturdy tripod, Director Arnel brought along his
Celestron Mini Mak 50 on sturdy tripod, Per Edman with
his Orion XT6 Donsonian reflector, Secretary Christopher
Louie Lu with his Celestron Power Seeker 80mm f/11
refractor on EQ-1 mount, Cutting Edge staffs brought
along a Celestron Astro Master 130mm Newtonian reflector
on EQ-2 mount.
The Moon play hide and seek with
the group as they were able to let around 50+ people get
a chance to observe the Moon through low power to high
power view ! They stayed at the site till around
10:30pm before calling it a night. They had their
customary group shot taken before ending the event.
KC tests out the giant
Celestron Sky Master 20x80 binoculars.
"Beautiful Moon Papa!" |
Whoa! KC is already very
heavy now!!! :) LOL |
ALP President James Kevin Ty
gets his turn to test the optics of the Celestron
Sky Master 20x80 binoculars. "Not bad, very
minimal CA :) LOL" |
ALPers Edge Lat, Arnel Campos
and Cutting Edge staff posed beside the Celestron
Astro Master 130mm reflector. |
ALP President James Kevin Ty
helps a child look at the Moon through the 20x80
binoculars. |
Despite the bad weather,
around 50+ people got the chance to view the Moon
through various telescopes and binoculars brought
along by ALPers. |
Everyone had a great time
observing the Moon that evening :) |
ALP Secretary Christopher
Louie Lu guides children to view the Moon through
his Celestron Power Seeker 80mm refractor. |
ALPer Per Edman share the view
of the Moon to some Indian guests. |
ALPers Mark Ian Singson and
Christopher Louie Lu flashed the OK sign as they had
a gtreat time observing and sharing the view of the
Moon to the public. |
ALPers Andrew Ian Chan and
James Kevin Ty looked through Arnel's Celestron Mini
Mak 50 scope. |
Quarter Moon rocks!!! |
ALP Treasurer Andrew Ian Chan
tests out the optics of the Celestron Sky Master
20x80 binoculars. |
ALPer Per Edman helps a child
observe the Moon through his Orion XT6
Dobsonian reflector. |
ALPers Edge Lat, Arnel Campos
and Christopher Louie Lu beside the Celestron Power
Seeker 80mm refractor. |
Great view of the Moon with
the 20x80 binoculars ! |
ALPers Andrew Ian Chan, James
Kevin Ty & Edge Lat |
Cutting Edge staffs brought
along a Celestron Astro Master 130mm reflector on
EQ-2 mount. |
"Lots of craters on the Moon!" |
ALPers chilled out after the
InOMN activity at Starbucks. |
Group Shot
Wacky Shot :)
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