April 18-19, 2015 ALP Stargazing Report
by James
Kevin Ty
Images by James Kevin Ty and Ronald Sison
The weather was very
unstable and some ALPers were reluctant to
proceed for a stargazing session in Caliraya. But after
getting info that the predicted mild to moderate rain
expected that morning didn't materialize. Some
members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines
proceeded to go to Caliraya, Laguna to conduct their
stargazing session there. Members who were present were
ALP President James Kevin Ty, directors Ronald Sison and
Peter Benedict Tubalinal and her daughter Stephanie ;
Edward Legaspi. Some friends and office mates of Ronald
Sison also join the group.
They arrived at the
site at around 6:00pm more or less. The sky was partly
cloudy and they even had some short light burst of rain
as they are about to arrive at the site. But after an
hour, clouds started to break up and they were able to
see some stars near the zenith. Polaris was visible so
they quickly polar align their mount and waited. James
brought along his Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens
on Kenko Sky Memo star tracker as well as Canon
EFS10-22mm f.3.5-5.6 wide angle lens on Vixen Polarie
Star Tracker. Peter brought along a 12x50 binoculars
mounted on sturdy tripod ; Edward brought his Polarie
Star Tracker with various lenses to do some wide field
astro imaging ; Ronald brought his WO GT81 FD refractor
on Skywatcher EQ5 mount and Various lenses on Vixen
Polarie Star Tracker.
The sky that evening
has some long spell of clear skies and short cloudy
periods as well. The sky totally opened up at around
2am-4am before totally clouded out. During that time
period, I was able to image single exposures of Summer
Milky Way and NGC 3372 Eta Carina Nebula and stacked
image of Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex in Scorpius. Peter
also used that evening to teach her daughter the night
sky as well as teach Ronald's office mates how to
navigate the night sky :) After taking the traditional
group shot, they left at around 8:30am feeling wonderful
that they were still blessed with some good night skies
to enjoy the beauty of the heavens.
NGC3372 Eta Carina
Nebula by James Kevin Ty |
Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
Complex by James Kevin Ty |
Summer Milky Way by
James Kevin Ty |
ALPer Ronald Sison
beside his WO GT81F refractor on EQ5 mount. |
ALPer James Kevin Ty
beside his Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L
lens on Kenko Sky Memo Star Tracker. |
ALPer Edward Legaspi
beside his Canon EFS10-22mm F/3.5-5.6 wide
angle lens on Vixen Polarie Star Tracker. |
Milky Way Time Lapse by ALPer Ronald Sison
Group Shot
Jump Shot
More Jump Shot !!!
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