June 28, 2014 ALP Caliraya
Stargazing Session Report
by James
Kevin Ty
Images by James Kevin Ty , Val
Villanueva, Mike Enage, TJ Torrano , Jeremy Arabes
Last June 28,
members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines
(ALP) proceeded to Caliraya, Laguna to do some
observation and imaging under dark skies despite a not
so good weather prospect. Members who were present
were ALP President James Kevin Ty, director Mike Enage , Val Villanueva
, Jake Ramos, TJ Torrano, Jeremy Arabes.
They arrive at
the site at around 5:00pm and set up their equipment
after having dinner. ALP President James Kevin Ty
brought along his ATIK 16HR CCD camera with Canon EF100-400mm L lens on
Vixen GP-DX mount ; director Mike Enage with his ATIK
314L CCD camera with TMB
92 refractor on Vixen GP-DX mount ; Val Villanueva
with his Nikon DSLRs and Lenses on Vixen Polarie mount
and Vixen GP-DX mount.
The sky was surprisingly clear
the whole evening ! The
entire stretch of Milky Way from Crux to Cassiopeia was
visible !!! James image the North American /
Pelican Nebula in Cygnus as well as M31 Andromeda Galaxy
in Andromeda ;Mike image the Cygnus Wall Nebula in
Cygnus ; Val Villanueva image
Milky Way as well as M3 Globular Cluster ; Jeremy
image North American Nebula in Cygnus and Milky Way
while TJ image M4 Globular Cluster in Scorpius.
The group then have a
traditional group photo before
leaving Caliraya in the morning . The session is
surprisingly excellent and looking forward for another
good stargazing session in end of the month of July weather
permitting!
NGC7000 North American
& IC5070 Pelican Nebula by ALPer James Kevin
Ty |
Cygnus Wall Nebula by
ALPer Mike Enage |
M4 Globular Cluster by
ALPer TJ Torrano |
M3 Globular Cluster by
ALPer Val Villanueva |
M31 Andromeda Galaxy
by ALPer James Kevin Ty |
Panoramic Milky Way by
ALPer Jeremy Arabes |
Milky Way by ALPer TJ
Torrano |
NGC7000 North American
Nebula by ALPer Jeremy Arabes |
Polar Star Trail by
ALPer Jeremy Arabes |
Polar Star Trail by
ALPer Val Villanueva |
ALPer James Kevin Ty
beside his Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L
lens on Vixen GP-DX mount. |
Val Villanueva beside
his Nikon 300mm AIS lens on Vixen GP-DX
mount, |
Group Shot
Group Shot Wide
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