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November 19, 2021 Partial Lunar Eclipse Image Gallery

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Below are images taken by members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines. Therefore, all images are the property of ALP as well as the imager mentioned. Any intention to use the images should seek permission to the ALP as well as the main author of the image.

James Kevin Ty

Images taken using Canon EOS M6 mirrorless camera on Borg 76ED Refractor mounted on Kenko Sky Memo-R star tracker.

 

Francisco Lao, Jr.

Images taken using Nikon DSLR camera on Daystar 80mm f/8 Refractor on Vixen Porta Mount.  A sequence of three images centered on maximum eclipse in this morning’s Partial Lunar Eclipse. You can see how the Moon is moving vs. the Earth’s shadow.
Imaged with a DSLR and a 18-400mm zoom lens set at 400 mm, with 2x teleplus.

 

Eric Africa

HDR composite of the eclipse near maximum (taken around 4:05AM). This was taken with a Canon Digital Rebel t6i through a TMB-152 scope riding on an Astro-Physics AP1200GTO mount.

Alberto Lao 

Image taken using Nikon P1000 iso800-1600 F3.5 – F5.6 I/1.3 to 1/8 sec +/- 1000mm

 

Raymund Sarmiento

Images taken using Canon 7D DSLR with 500mm f8 mirror lens.

 

Christopher Go

Image taken using Nikon DSLR with Nikon 180mm f2.8 lens with 2x teleconverter set at 360mm f8.

 

Peter Benedict Tubalinal 

The final minutes of the Partial Lunar Eclipse as it exits the penumbral shadow. Image taken using Orion ST80 f/5 EQ1 afocal with 15mm Orion Sirius and Huawei Nova 3i smartphone. ISO 50 1/250 seconds processed with Snapseed.

 

November 19, 2021 Partial Lunar Eclipse

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November 19, 2021 Partial Lunar Eclipse

This coming November 19, there will be a deep partial lunar eclipse that will be visible in the Philippines as well as North and South America, Australia, and parts of Europe. In the Philippines, we won’t be able to observe half of this event as the Moon rises only around 17:26 Phil Standard Time (PST). At this time, we will miss the maximum eclipse of 97% which will happen at 17:03 PST. Part of the eclipsed Moon will still show a bright reddening as the Moon grazed through the southernmost part of the Earth’s shadow. But since this is near the horizon, expect a slightly dark red Moon as it is passing through the smog and clouds near the horizon. The Moon will gradually exits the Earth’s umbral shadow till totally exits at around 18:47 PST when it is about 18 Deg high only in the NE horizon. The Moon will totally exits the penumbral shadow at around 20:04 PST signalling the end of the eclipse.

Below are the circumstances of the eclipse

Moon enters Penumbra 14:02:08 below horizon

Moon enters Umbra 15:18:42 below horizon

Maximum Eclipse 97% 17:02:55 below horizon

Moonrise 17:25:51  00 Deg Alt , 70 Deg E Az

Moon exits Umbra 18:47:07  18 Deg Alt , 74 Deg E Az

Moon exits Penumbra 20:03:43  36 Deg Alt , 76 Deg E Az

Below is how the Moon will look like at Moonrise. North is up. Illustration courtesy of Eclipse 2.0 . Times courtesy of Fred Espenak.

 

To observe this eclipse, look for an unobstructed east horizon since this is a Moonrise event. No need to use an optical aid to view this Eclipse but one can get a better view of course through a pair of binoculars or telescope. Happy Eclipse viewing! This will be the last Eclipse event for 2021 and the next Lunar eclipse will be visible next year on May 22, 2022 but this event won’t be visible in the Philippines and Asia. The next visible one in the Philippines will be on early morning of November 9, 2022 which is a total lunar eclipse.

May 26, 2021 Total Lunar Eclipse Photo Gallery

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Below are images taken by members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines. Therefore, all images are the property of ALP as well as the imager mentioned. Any intention to use the images should seek permission to the ALP as well as the main author of the image.

 

Jett Aguilar

Images taken using Takahashi TSA 102 refractor with a Canon 6D DSLR at prime focus and a Takahashi 60 refractor with a Canon 7D DSLR with a 1.4x Canon tele extender. For both photos at maximum eclipse.

James Kevin Ty

Images taken from Bulacan using Canon EOS M6 mirrorless camera on Borg 76ED refractor at prime focus at 500mm f/6.5 mounted on Kenko Sky Memo-R star tracker. Exposure of  2 to 4 seconds were made on totality phases

 

Raymund Sarmiento

Images taken using Canon 7D Mark 2 DSLR on 800mm mirror lens at Antipolo City.

 

Mark Ian Singson

Image taken using Canon M50 mirrorless camera on Celestron C90 mounted on Nexstar mount from Cavite City.

Christopher Go

Image taken using Stellarvue SV70ED and a QHY485C camera from Cebu City.

 

Vincent Gella

Image afocally using Xiaomi Red Note 8 Pro Smart Phone and Celestron 70mm scope with 40mm plossyl eyepiece running under Vixen Polarie Tracker.

Val Thomas Abapo

Image taken using Canon EOS 550D DSLR on WO GT71 refractor mounted on Nexstar mount from Cebu City.

Peter Benedict Tubalinal

Close-Up image: 12×50 Kenko binoculars on photo tripod

Vivo 1915 / ISO 250 / 2.5-second exposure
Processed in Snapseed
RGB-adjusted

Wide image:
Lenovo Phab2+ on photo tripod
ISO 100 / 8 seconds exposure
Processed in Snapseed
RGB-adjusted

 

Alberto Lao

Image taken using Nikon Coolpix P1000 f8 1/80 ISO800 167mm for the Moon with buildings while the Moon only was taken at f8.0, 1/80, ISO800, 216mm.

 

Renan Acosta

Image taken using Huawei P30 Smartphone on Vixen R100s Newtonian reflector.

May 26, 2021 Total Lunar Eclipse

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On the early evening of  May 26, 2021, there will be a total lunar eclipse that will be visible in the Philippines as well as Asia. The Moon will rise at around  with more or less 50% umbral partial phase  started midway already  at 06:18pm PST (Philippine Standard Time) so it is best to find an observing site with a clear eastern horizon.  This eclipse will pass near the Northern path of the Earth’s shadow thus  totality for this eclipse will be quite short at around 15 minutes only ! Moon will enter Totality at around 07:11pm PST with maximum totality phase occurring at 7:19pm PST with the Moon at around 11 deg high in the SE horizon near the constellation of Scorpius so the bright star Antares will be around 5 degrees below the eclipsed Moon.  Totality will end at around 07:26pm PST. Afterwards, the Moon will gradually start to exit the umbral shadow until it exits umbral phase at around 08:53pm PST. The Moon will totally exits the penumbral phase at 09:50pm PST signifying the end of the eclipse event.

Full Eclipse circumstances are as follows:

Moon enters Penumbra :

Moon enters Umbra :

Moonrise :  06:18:12pm  // 00 deg Alt  // 112 deg Az

Moon enters Totality : 07:11:28pm  // 11deg Alt  // 116 deg Az

Maximum Eclipse : 07:18:42pm // 13 deg Alt  // 116 deg Az

Moon exits Totality : 07:25:56pm // 14 deg Alt // 117 deg Az

Moon exits Umbra:  08:52:25pm  // 31 deg Alt // 127 deg Az

Moon exits Penumbra: 09:49:47pm // 41 deg Alt // 138 deg Az

The Moon is expected to still be bright during totality so this is also favorable for imagers who doesn’t have a motorized tracking mount. Good luck to all and clear skies!

July 12, 2020 ALP Zoom Monthly Meeting

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Last July 12th, Members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines hold a zoom online monthly meeting at 1:30pm. Members who attended were ALP President James Kevin Ty, directors Peter Benedict Tubalinal and Ronald Sison; Val Thomas Abapo, Mark Ian Singson, Dexter Cruz and Joyce Gonsalves. 

Meeting started at around 1:45pm with normal cordial chats on current events happening as well as discuss astro topic on Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE which has brightness outburst this week between magnitude 0 to 1.5 and was visible on the esrly morning time before sunrise. The comet will now sink further below the horizon and will become an early evening object ager sunset with an estimated magnitude between magnitude 3 to 4 till end of July 2020.

Afterwards, a discussion on astro equipment pursued with ALPers hoping fellow ALPer Val Thomas Abapo buy or fabricated a rail system for his Celestron Evolution 8 SCT scope. The meeting was fun filled as well as all attendees brought out their big guns for a beautiful group shot before ending the meeting at around 4:30pm.

 

Finder Chart for Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

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Here is a finder chart for Manila, Philippines use to locate Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE after Sunset. This can be use more or less for Philippines use with a few degrees higher or lower from this illustration depending on your location courtesy of Mobile Observatory. Comet animation courtesy of Vixen Comet Book. Good luck and happy hunting after Sunset!

Please disregard the estimated magnitude on the chart as the comet last week’s brightness outburst to around mag 0-1.5 make the estimates obsolete. Thanks.

 

 

June 21, 2020 Partial Solar Eclipse Report

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June 21, 2020 Partial Solar Eclipse

ALPers were initially planning to travel to Chiayi, Taiwan to document the June 21, 2020 Annular Solar Eclipse but unfortunately, due to Covid19 pandemic situation, international travel is very restricted due to very strict quarantine procedures so it was cancelled 🙁
So ALP President James Kevin Ty together with my son KC setup at their roofdeck in Manila, Philippines to document the partial solar eclipse which starts at 3:01pm PST with maximum eclipse of 68% at 4:22PM PST and ends at 5:31PM PST.
James set up his Canon EOS M6 mirrorless camera on TV-101 refractor on Vixen GPDX mount while his son used a Canon EOS 500D DSLR on Celestron C90 Maksutov-Cassegrain on Nexstar SLT Mount. Eclipse started partly cloudy at around 3:00pm but they were able to play hide and seek with the clouds till 4:10pm PST before they got clouded out and made a final tease for them to make their final image of the eclipse at 4:43pm PST, after more than 20 minutes past maximum eclipse at 4:22pm PST. After that, the clouds shut them down totally till 5:32pm before they end the session and packup. They were also able to see a iridescence colorful cloud formation while they were clouded out at maximum eclipse as a consolation.
From other ALP observing sites, a few of them were able to capture a few minutes before or after maximum partial phase at 4:22pm PST such as a photo from ALP VP Jett Aguilar few minutes past maximum but most of them also experience partly heavy clouds as well.
The rest of the country also experience partly cloudy skies on the entire eclipse duration.

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