December 2013 Astronomical Events

December 2013

December 3- New Moon

December 4- Moon at the Perigee

December 13-14: Geminid Meteor Shower

December 17- Full Moon

December 20- Moon at the Apogee

December 21- Winter Solstice

December 22- Mercury at Aphelion

December 21-22: Ursid Meteor Shower

December 29- Saturn and Moon

for more Astronomical Events feel free to visit this websites:

http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-current.html

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide#geminids

http://lupuvictor.blogspot.com/2012/09/astronomical-calendar-2013-astronomy.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wklfu9KQXo (Video)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200341381456392&set=a.2674302956044.93290.1810315119&type=1&permPage=1 (Lunar Phases for December 2013)

November 2013 Astronomical Events

November 2013

November 1- Venus reaches the highest elongation

November 3- New Moon

November 3- Hybrid Solar Eclipse

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2013Nov03H.GIF

http://www.universetoday.com/105651/rare-hybrid-solar-eclipse-on-november-3-2013-how-to-see-it/

November 4-5: South Taurid Meteor Shower
November 11-12: North Taurid Meteor Shower

November 6- Moon at the Perigee

November 6- Saturn-Sun Conjunction

November 8- Mercury at Aphelion

November 17- Full Moon

November 16-18: Leonid Meteor Shower

November 18- Mercury reaches the highest elongation

November 22- Moon at the Apogee

November 28- Comet ISON closest approach to the Sun

for more Astronomical Events feel free to visit this websites:

http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-current.html

http://lupuvictor.blogspot.com/2012/09/astronomical-calendar-2013-astronomy.html

http://www.go-astronomy.com/astronomy-events.htm
http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efXFkPWvIKQ&feature=youtu.be (video)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200177378636424&set=a.2674302956044.93290.1810315119&type=1&theater (Lunar Phases Nov. 2013)

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower

Eta Aquarids

Radiant of the Meteor Shower

May 4-5 2013 kami nagobserve ng Eta Aquarids! super nagenjoy naman ako kasama ko kasi ang mga pamangkin at kapatid ko! :D naka apat na meteors ako! maganda naman ang Eta Aquarids... ang mga meteor ay malalaki at bright kaya may mga tail! super ganda! possible colors na maging visible is white, blue, and green... yan kasi ang mostly na nakita ko nung nagobserve kami... madami rin kaming nakita mga 10+ din... sinamahan pa ng magandang phase ng Moon kaya hindi naman medyo nakakaistorbo ang Moon dahil nga waning crescent na ang phase niya. observe kayo hanggang May 28 pa naman siya! :) CLEAR SKIES!

Left to Right: Karim, Con, Betang, Joy and Me

For more information about the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower:
Earth Sky
burke.patch.com

Lyrid Meteor Shower

Lyrids

meron na naman tayong aabangan na Meteor Shower this month ito ang LYRID METEOR SHOWER. hindi ko pa naoobserve ang lyrids kaya magoobserve kami this month ng mga astro friends ko sa dark sky para makarami kami... :) Visible na siya kaya meron na kayong makikita... most siguro dyan sporadic kaya dapat di lang sa constellation lyra nakatutok dapat sa lahat :)

Peak Date: April 21-22 2013

CLEAR SKIES! :)

Geminid Meteor Shower

Geminids

Different destination kaming mga second year BS Astro students, yung isang group nasa Caliraya Laguna, yung isa pang group ay nasa Taytay Rizal, yung isa kong classmate ay nasa Antipolo City, tapos yung isa ko pang classmate ay nasa Pateros and yung ibang second year nasa PAGASA Observatory. all set up kami para sa data at manuod ng Geminids, dati kasi nung 1st year kami pinagobserve kami ng professor namin at magtally ng meteor para sa data assignment lang yun hindi pa exam hehehe, so ayun sa Montalban Rizal naman kami nagobserve with some 3rd year kasi may assignment din sila... :)

Daming meteors na bumaksak kahit hindi kami sa peak date nagobserve (December 11-12 2012). haayyy kakainggit nga yung mga nasa DARK PLACE (No light pollution) and CLEAR SKIES. naka 15+ meteors ako! hehehehe. lalo na mas maraming bumaksak nung nasa zenith na ang Gemini constellation more on north siya bumaksak.

Radiant of the Geminid Meteor Shower

Photo from: www.policymic.com

Leonid Meteor Shower

Leonid Meteor Shower

Some Astro students joined us to watch the LEONID METEOR SHOWER, we also do astrophotograhy, sketching, teach some first year to align and focus the scope, hunt some deep sky objects and of course observation of leonids. While laying on the floor in our quadrangle, we saw a faint meteor, while going it became bigger, and change into color white to yellow and boom! it disappear! AWESOME! a long meteor! weii! it breaks the meteor shower that i saw last year during geminid meteor shower. so beautiful! we shout out loud because of the long meteor! :D sooo awesome! \m/ :D for the win! We tally every meteor we saw that night for the data! :)

Radiant of the Leonid Meteor Shower

Photo by: Mike Hankey

Photo by: Scott Tully

Photos: http://www.space.com/18509-leonid-meteor-shower-2012-photos.html