June 18, 2017 ALP
International SUNDay Free Solar Viewing Report
by James
Kevin Ty
I
Last June 18th,
Astronomical League of the Philippines celebrated
International SUNDay Free Solar Viewing Event at SM Mall
of Asia By The Bay from 2:30pm-6:00pm. Members who
attended were ALP President James Kevin Ty and son
Kendrick Cole KC Ty ; Secretary Christopher Louie Lu,
Auditor Edgar Ang and PRO Edge Lat ; directors Justine
Garcia, Ronald Sison, Peter Benedict Tubalinal , members
Arnel Campos , Adi Bontuyan, Mark Ian SIngson , Robert
Gascon and Fung Yu.
Event started at around 2:45pm
with ALPers setting up their solar equipped telescopes.
James brought along his Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha
Filter on Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens mounted
on Celestron Nexstar Mount ; Christopher with his
Celestron Powerseeker 80mm f/11 refractor on EQ-2 mount
; Peter with his Coronado PST-Ha on sturdy tripod ;
Ronald with his Celestron C90 Maksutov on sturdy tripod
; Mark with his Celestron C90 Maksutov on sturdy tripod
; Arnel with his NatGeo solar 76mm f/5 Newtonian
reflector on altazimuth mount.
The sky that after was fair with
only a few minutes of solar obscuration by clouds while
the rest of the session are clear. There are 2 sunspot
groups namely AR2662 and 2663 Sunspot Groups , visible
on the solar disk while in Ha wavelength, one can see 2
large eruptive prominences at 5 and 10 o'clock position
as well as a faint long dark filament near the center of
the Sun. More than 600-700+ people got to get a
great view of our nearest star, the Sun, through white
light and hydrogen-alpha wavelength.
The session ended at around 6:00pm
with a traditional group shot to conclude the said
event.
Group Shot
Wacky Shot
Group Shot Part 2
Wacky Shot Part 2
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