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NOVEMBER 9, 2006 MERCURY TRANSIT ACTIVITY IMAGES

by Alexander Loinaz, James Kevin Ty , Christopher Go

 

 

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A beautiful sunburst greeted members of the ALP signalling the start of the Mercury Transit event.

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ALPers making final calibration of their equipment before starting to image the event.

 

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ALP president James Kevin Ty preparing to focus on his Coronado PST scope.

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James: "Im all set and ready!"

 

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ALPers' cameras fire away as the Sun clear some low lying clouds and haze.

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ALPer Dante Cruz silently shoot the Sun behind a solar filter with his new Canon digital camera.

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ALPer Peter Tubalinal is shown here seriously imaging the event with his 2.4 inch refractor with digicam.

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ALPer Jett Aguilar (standing) : "Hows everything going James?  Everything in order?"

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ALPers took some time off their work to explain to new ALPer Michelle Lampa on how a transit happens.

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James is shown here giving out some pointers to fellow ALPers on how to record the event correctly.

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James is awaiting 3rd contact as he is glued to the camera viewfinder.

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ALPer Allen Yu is shown here giving some notes to PAGASA Elmor Escosia and fellow ALPer Kristy Abello on  his equipment setup.

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ALPer Jett Aguilar is all smile as this is his first time to observe and image the Mercury Transit as he missed out on the 2003 event.

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ALPer Max Sacro used a long telephoto lens with 2x teleconverter equipped with a safe solar filter to image the whole disk of the Sun.

 

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Members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) and PAGASA Observatory Staff posed for posterity after a successful joint documentation of the November 9, 2006 Mercury Transit. @ James Kevin Ty

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Over in Cebu, ALPer Christopher Go strike a pose together with his planetary imager buddy Tomio Akutsu at Chris' residence in Banilad, Cebu. @ Christopher Go

 

To see full report of the activity , click here.

To see member's images of the transit, click here.

 

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