Tuesday, October 15, 2013

a Balloon or a Satellite?

What is that?

habang nagiimage ako nang Moon nung saturday lang October 12 2013. I captured something sa baba ng Moon, i dont know if its a Balloon or a Satellite... ang hirap iidentify ng object unang una malayo ang gamit ko lang at that time is Camera and a 55-250mm lens ko wala akong telescope or something and nakalimutan ko pang iset sa long exposure ung camera sayang pero at least nakunan ko... pls help lang po sa pagidentify nung white thing sa baba ng Moon thanks! ^_^


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hello Winter Sky

Winter Sky

pagkatapos ang maulan na araw dahil sa bagyong Santi nagclear ung sky for 2days... saturday to monday nang madaling araw! FINALLY nakapag observe at nakakita pa ako ng stars! nakakamiss din... and ayun i can finally say that winter sky is very visible now at around 1am Orion, Taurus, Canis Major and Gemini are visible in the night sky!mas gamay ko kasi ang winter sky compare sa summer sky, unang una di naman kasi ulanin kapag winter sky dito sa lugar namin kapag summer kasi May meron ng bagyo kaya mas naeenjoy ko ang winter sky...

 Collinder 70 and M42

Collinders 69 and 70 

M42 

M42

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

October 2013 Astronomical Events

Astronomical Events

October 4-10: WSW2013 (World Space Week)
http://www.worldspaceweek.org/wsw/index.php

October 5- New Moon

October 7-8: Draconid Meteor Shower

October 9- Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation

October 10- Saturn and Mercury Conjunction

October 11- Moon at the Perigee

October 12- InOMN (International Observe the Moon Night)

October 13- National Astronomy Day (United States)

October 18- Full Moon
October 18- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

October 21-22: Orionid Meteor Shower

October 25- Moon at the Apogee

for more Astronomical Events feel free to visit this websites:
http://lupuvictor.blogspot.com/2012/09/astronomical-calendar-2013-astronomy.html
http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-current.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYpp-ZAq30Q (Video)