The Astronomical League of the Philippines is pleased to invite everyone to our ALP 2026 Astronomy Experts Speaker Series webinar on “The World of Meteorites” by none other than Mr. David J. Eicher, Editor Emeritus of the prestigious Astronomy magazine. This will be held on March 22, 2026, Sunday, at 9:30 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (March 21, Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT, 1:30 UT).

Abstract: Meteorite collecting offers a fascinating area of the astronomy hobby, and you can collect, handle, and study pieces of asteroids or even of the Moon and Mars, and other faraway celestial bodies. This talk will present an overview of meteorites and meteorite collecting.

Dave Eicher is Editor Emeritus of Astronomy Magazine, where he was Editor-in-Chief for 23 years and a member of the editorial staff for 43 years. He now lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Dave has 50 years of experience observing clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. He was the founder and Editor of Deep Sky Monthly and Deep Sky magazines. He is also the author of 26 books on science and history, including 17 books on astronomy. Among them: Galaxies (Random House), The New Cosmos (Cambridge University Press), Mission Moon 3-D (with coauthor Brian May; London Stereoscopic Co.), and Cosmic Clouds 3-D (with coauthor Brian May, London Stereoscopic Co.).

He is a member of the boards of the Starmus Festival, an international science festival, as well as Lowell Observatory and the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association.

Dave is also passionately interested in minerals and meteorites and has a personal collection of more than 1,500 specimens.
In 1990, the International Astronomical Union named minor planet 1984 LJ as 3617 Eicher in recognition of Dave’s service to astronomy.

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To celebrate National Astronomy Week 2026, with the theme “Rising Stars: Youth Leading the Future of Philippine Astronomy”, the Astronomical League of the Philippines is hosting a free online talk on picosatellites as part of its Astronomy Expert Speaker Series. The talk will be held on February 22, 2026 (Sunday) at 9:30 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (February 21, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST).

“Small Satellite, Big Opportunity: University Students Develop LEOPARDSat-1” is being presented by Sam Kohls, a Mechanical Engineering Technology student (Class of 2026), and Program Director of the CubeCats program at the University of Cincinnati. Sam will talk about their CubeCats program and give a technical overview of LEOPARDSat-1. He will also talk about managing such a project, given challenges such as their members being university students, and gaining and then retaining talented and/or passionate people especially as students move on, and their partnership with the Cincinnati Astronomical Society.

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The Astronomical League of the Philippines is inviting everyone to our first ALP Astronomy Experts Speaker Series webinar for 2026, on “The Birth of Stars in the Milky Way” by the noted theoretical astrophysicist, Dr. Bruce Elmegreen. This will be held on January 25, 2026 (Sunday) at 9:30 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (January 24, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST).

Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, forms stars in dense interstellar clouds that are obscured by dust in visible light but transparent in the infrared. These clouds condense from rarefied interstellar gas and then cool and contract into a hierarchy of turbulent structures with star formation in multiple cores. Many of these newborn stars have gas disks with fast jets of molecules and atoms flowing out along their axes, while giant planets form inside within a few million years. When the number of stars in a core gets large enough, their collective heating and pressurization of the surrounding cloud breaks it apart to stop the process but often compresses more gas slightly further away when it does this, continuing star formation in pillar-like structures for several more generations. In this talk, observations of star formation covering a wide range of scales will be illustrated with results from the most modern telescopes.Dr. Bruce Elmegreen received his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Princeton University in 1975 and was a Junior Fellow at Harvard University from 1975 to 1978.After six years in the faculty of Columbia University in New York, Dr. Elmegreen joined the Research Division of IBM at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., where he worked from 1984 to 2023. For most of this time, he conducted theoretical research on interstellar turbulence, star formation, and galactic structure, and has more than 430 refereed publications and 45,000 citations. In his last four years at IBM, he co-led a Materials Discovery Program with around 50 researchers in a Future of Climate initiative. In the field of nanotechnology, Dr. Elmegreen designed and modeled magnetic materials and devices, phase change material structures, piezoelectronic devices and circuits, and gas separation equipment, obtaining 26 patents with 12 more pending.

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Next Sunday morning, November 23, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (November 22, Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EST), the Astronomical League of the Philippines is inviting everyone for a webinar on “How to Shoot Nightscapes and Time Lapses Simply”, to be given by the noted astronomy author and astrophotographer, Mr. Alan Dyer.

Astrophotography need not involve complex, expensive telescopes and specialized cameras. Superb images worthy of publication in calendars and magazines are possible with the camera gear you might already own, and by using easy, simple techniques at the camera. Alan will review these techniques for capturing still images of star-filled nightscapes and Milky Way portraits, as well as for creating time lapses of the Milky Way’s motion across the sky.

Alan Dyer is a renowned astronomy book author, astrophotographer, and lecturer based in Alberta, Canada. He is also a Contributing Editor to Sky & Telescope magazine, and a veteran eclipse chaser, having traveled around the world to see 17 total solar eclipses.

Alan’s photos and videos have been featured on Spaceweather.com, Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), Universe Today, Forbes, National Geographic, TIME, NBC News, and CBS News.
He is a retired planetarium producer, having created shows for many years for star theaters in Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Calgary, Canada.
In 2018, the Canadian postal service issued a stamp featuring one of his aurora images.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named the Main Belt asteroid 2002 QL58 as 78434 Dyer in his honor.

You can see Alan’s spectacular galleries of astrophotos and time-lapse videos, as well as his books, workshops/talks, equipment reviews/tips, blogs, and travels at amazingsky.com. You can also follow him on X, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and Vimeo.

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For all budding and veteran astrophotographers out there, the Astronomical League of the
Philippines is inviting you to join us on Sunday morning, October 26, 2025 at 9:30 am Philippine
standard Time (October 25 Saturday, 9:30 pm EDT), for a webinar on “Astrophotography with
Regular Camera Gear” to be given by Nico Carver, an astronomy educator and
astrophotographer.
Shooting the night sky can seem daunting for the beginner. The mistake many make is thinking
they should immediately attach their camera to a large telescope or go buy lots of complex
equipment. In this presentation, Nico Carver will discuss how to use normal photography gear
that you may already have for shooting the stars. With just a tripod, a DSLR or mirrorless
camera, and a fast lens, you can start taking stunning shots of many of the brighter deep-sky
objects, including popular nebulae and galaxies. Nico will also give a brief overview of Siril, a
powerful free software for processing astrophotos and videos.
Nico Carver has always been a camera nut. After graduating from college with a degree in
filmmaking, he has traveled around the world and first fell in love with photographing the night
sky while shooting the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, in Iceland. He now works full time in
astrophotography education and runs a successful YouTube channel called “Nebula Photos”
(www.youtube.com/@NebulaPhotos) that aims to help beginners get started with
astrophotography and offer reviews of the latest astro-imaging gear as well as advanced topics.
You can see examples of his images at www.nebulaphotos.com.

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The Astronomical League of the Philippines is inviting you to join us online via Zoom on September 14, 2025 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (September 13, Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT) for a very informative and instructional talk on “Advanced Comet Imaging” to be given by Chris Schur.

This presentation is about catching the comet imaging “bug.” One should get into shooting fainter comets now while waiting for the next naked-eye one to come along. Chris will cover what comets can be seen currently, what telescope, camera, and guiding are required, and how to capture images and process them using the latest techniques. He will also discuss briefly about sharing and submitting comet photos online and in print.

Chris Schur has been photographing and imaging comets for more than 50 years. He now lives in northern Arizona where he maintains two observatories dedicated to comet and deep-sky imaging. His comet images have been published in every major U.S. astronomy magazine and several professional journals during the past 45 years. After a career as an industrial engineer, he is now pursuing freelance writing for astronomy and science publications.

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The Astronomical League of the Philippines is inviting you to join us online via Zoom on June 29, 2025 Sunday 9:30 a.m. Philippine Standard Time (June 28, Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT) for a very interesting talk on “Astrophotography Is EASY! Basics for Beginners” to be given by Greg Redfern, NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador

This engaging presentation will teach the audience the basics on how to photograph the night sky using smartphones and digital cameras. Real images will show the results you can obtain following “Redfern’s Rules of Astrophotography” and basic equipment. You will also learn how astropics can be taken if you are at sea.

Greg Redfern has been an adjunct professor/instructor of astronomy for five different colleges since 1984. A NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador since 2003, he has shared NASA’s missions with audiences in person as well as on television and radio in the Washington, D.C., media market. Greg has also been the space reporter for WTOP Radio since 2006. His personal daily astronomy blog, “What’s Up? The Space Place.com” has had more than 3.74 million views from around the world.
As a writer, Greg has written feature articles for numerous magazines and newspapers and has authored two books — “Cruise Ship Astronomy and Astrophotography” and “Astrophotography Is Easy! Basics For Beginners” — both published by Springer Astronomy as part of its Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series.
Greg has been observing and photographing the sky for more than five decades and collecting meteorites for years. He has used telescopes of all kinds and visited observatories, NASA facilities, and geological sites. His astrophotos have appeared in many publications and websites.

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National Astronomy Week 2025 Opening Ceremony!

For the first time in history, DOST-PAGASA, the Philippine Astronomical Society, Inc. and the Astronomical League Of The Philippines, Inc. are joining forces to officially open the National Astronomy Week (NAW) 2025 celebration!

📅 Date: February 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Live via Zoom: bit.ly/NAW2025Opening

This year’s theme, “Stellar Encounters – Astronomy in Daily Life”, explores how astronomy influences music, arts, film, climate change, and mental health.

Speakers:
🎤 Dr. Renato Solidum Jr. – DOST Philippines Secretary
📸 Christopher Go – World-Renowned Planetary Imager
🌠 Edwin Aguirre & Imelda Joson – Philippine Astronomy Pioneers

Join us as we celebrate the wonders of the universe and how they shape our everyday lives! Stay tuned for exciting activities throughout the week, hosted by various astronomy organizations nationwide.

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