June 16, 2019 ALP
International SUNDay Free Solar Viewing Report
by James
Kevin Ty
Images by James Kevin Ty
Last June 16th, members of the
Astronomical League of the
 Philippines (ALP)
celebrated International SUNDay by giving a free
public solar viewing session at SM By The Bay at SM
Mall of Asia, Pasay City. Members who helped out
were ALP President James Kevin Ty and son Kendrick
Cole KC Ty ; Auditor Edgar Ang, Director Peter
Benedict Tubalinal and Per Edman. James brought
along his Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens set
with Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha Filter mounted on
Vixen Porta II mount ; Per brought along a Coronado
PST Ha scope mounted on Coronado Alta-zimuth mount.
The weather in the mid afternoon was cloudy and lots
of Nimbus clouds that finally poured hard around
3:00pm! The thought of cancelling the event and
resked next weekend was under consideration but they
decided to stick it out and test their patience and
they were blessed at around 4:00pm when the clouds
stated to disperse and the Sun came out behind the
clouds and allowed them to share the solar view to
more than 300 people despite the weather condition.
The Sun in Ha wavelength showed a quiet Sun with
only a moderate size prominence visible in the NE
limb.
The event ended at around 6:00pm when the Sun once
again hides in a very thick cloud layer that ended
the session. A tiring but very productive event!
Group Shot
Wacky Shot |
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