January 4  - Caltex Kalentong

Answering the call of fellow ALP Director Gary Andreassen along with Andrew Ian Chan, who gave a free public viewing at SM Southmall, ALP Secretary Christopher Louie Lu simultaneously set up his telescope at Caltex Gas Station along Gen. Kalentong Street to give a free public viewing of the planet Jupiter. He started the public viewing at 8 pm where people came in trickles of 2's and 3's at first, when suddenly, before he realized it, there was a long line of curious people waiting for their chance to see the largest planet in our Solar System. By 10:50pm, the crowd started to thin out and  he finally packed up his scope at around 11:15pm. An estimated crowd of about 80 - 100 people had chance to see Jupiter.

January 11 - Caltex Kalentong

In its second week for this month,  the Astronomical League Of The Philippines, Inc. has once again hosted a simultaneous Free Public Viewing of Jupiter + our nearest neighbor, the Moon. While fellow ALP Directors Gary Andreassen & Arnel Campos conduct a free public viewing at SM South Mall, ALP Secretary Christopher Louie Lu  set up his telescope at Caltex Kalentong Station. Viewing started at 8:00 pm with Jupiter as their first target. At the time Jupiter was only showing 3 Galilean Moon namely Io, Europa and Callisto. Ganymede at the time was in transit over the Jovian face with its shadow projected on its surface. At around 9:00 pm Ganymede started to emerge from Jupiter's south-western limb. He then swung the telescope and gave the public a view of the Moon at around 9:30 pm. Assisting him that evening was his elder brother Anthony Watson T. Lu, using his Canon SX-50 digiSLR  that has a 1200mm lens and affixed on a sturdy tripod to gave the viewing public a view of the Moon. They estimated about 150 - 180 people stopped and took a few moments of their time to look through their scope and cameras. They officially ended the session at 11:00 pm. All in all, it was once again an awesome experience to share the universe with their neighbors.