March 19, 2011 ALP SuperMoon
Observation Session Report
by James
Kevin Ty & Christopher Louie Lu
Last March 19, members of the
Astronomical League of the Philippines
(ALP) held their free public viewing session at Caltex
Kalentong Station in Mandaluyong City between 8:00pm
-10:45pm. Members who attended were
ALP President James Kevin Ty , PRO Armando Lee
, Myra Lee and son Jason Lee, director Edgar Ang, Special Events Chairman
Christopher Louie Lu.
Christopher Louie Lu brought
along his Celestron Power Seeker 80mm refractor on EQ-1
mount ; Armando Lee brought his Meade
DS2080AT 80mm GOTO achromat
refractor
while James Kevin Ty
brought along a highly portable Canon EF 100-400mm IS L
Lens modified for dual purpose use on both imaging and
visual use.
The
evening started out very
cloudy and seems almost a failure due to thick clouds.
But with patience and a lot of will power, the
cloudy sky gives way to small patches of open sky in
which they took to full advantage to conduct this free
public viewing of the Super Moon. More than 150 - 200
people were able to observe the highly hype Super
Moon as well as observe Saturn.
The session ended at around
10:45pm with ALPers having a good time sharing the
beauty of the moon to the public.
ALP would
like to
thank fellow ALPer
Christopher Louie's family who were there to help
support the event as well as to Mr. Harvey Yao of Caltex
Kalentong Station & Capt. Ferdie Baretto of Brgy. Daang
Bakal & Staff for making it all happen.
ALPer Chris Lu assists a
viewer to position his camera to his scope for
afocal imaging of the Moon. |
ALPer Edgar Ang guide a group
of ladies to observe the Super Moon through James'
Canon L77mm Scope :) |
ALPers Armando & Mia Lee
together with Jason share the lunar observation
through his Meade DS2080AT GOTO refracting scope. |
ALPer Christopher Louie Lu's
family were there to help out during the Super Moon
observation session. |
ALPer James Kevin Ty beside
his modified dual purpose Canon EF 100-400mm
f/4.5-5.6 IS L Lens which he fondly named Canon
L77mm Scope :) |
ALPer Edgar Ang was also there
to assist James in handling his scope for public
view. |
More than 150-200 people were
able to observe the Super Moon that evening ! |
Super Moon |
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