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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August Lunar Images

MOOOOOOOON

sa wakas yung feeling na nakakapagimage ka na ulit! hehehehe panahon kasi nang tagulan kaya bihira na lang ako magimage minsan may clouds pang kasama ang images(effects yan!) ayun nung nagimage ako ng BlueMoon halos mablanko ako kasi ang bilis ng clouds tapos nung gabing lang din ako ulit nakapagimage kaya tinitimpla ko pa yung mga settings hahahaha taranta mode lang pero ang saya grabe! after nang habagat nagclear ng onti ang sky napagbigyan ako hahahaha sakto lang naman pagkalabas biglang clear... kaya ayun parang im back na ulit sa normal hobby ko ang astrophotography hehehehe...

BlueMoon (august 21 2013)

August 26 2013

August 29 2013

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April 2013 Lunar Images

Lunar Images

namiss ko talaga ang magimage ng Moon, after akong payuhan na medyo hinay hinay daw sa field ng astrophotography ayun mas inuna ko nga talaga ang pagaaral... kailangan munang sumunod sa mga matatanda hehehe kaya madalang na rin talaga ako magimage di na rin gaano inaabangan ang mga objects sa madaling araw hehehe... balance muna need to focus para maging back to normal ang buhay estudyante! :D

share ko lang ang lunar images ko! :)

Waning Crescent Moon 28.904%
Time and Date: April 5 2013 3:04AM
Camera: Canon EOS 550D with 55-250mm lens

Cloudy Night kaya ganyan medyo malabo... :(

Waxing Gibbous Moon 80.749%
Time and Date: April 21 2013 7:24PM
Telescope: Celestron Travel Scope 70mm
Camera: Canon EOS 550D at prime focus

Waxing Gibbous Moon 94.762%
Time and Date: April 23 2013 8:15PM

Telescope: Celestron Travel Scope 70mm
Camera: Canon EOS 550D at prime focus

Waning Gibbous Moon
Time and Date: April 27 2013 10:02PM
Telescope: Celestron Travel Scope 70mm
Camera: Canon EOS 550D at prime focus

Moon

January 1-2 2013

See the Difference?

hinintay ko ang Moon noong January 1, New Year! kasi merong tumawag sa akin near horizon palang ang Moon color orange na may pagkayellow na daw, normal lang naman yun kapag near horizon ang Moon. nung nakita ko siya sa zenith, cloudy at super kapal ng usok.and color orange na may pagkabrown ang Moon.

left picture: yan ang NEW YEAR Moon... right picture: January 2 Moon...

See the Difference... :)

Christmas Night Sky

Christmas day!

Cloudy night! may tropical storm kasi sa Pilipinas kaya medyo cloudy. Anyway, napagbigyan naman ako ng sky na magastrophotography! :) yun nga lang yung mga dapat na target objects ko ay hindi ko nakita dahil nga sa clouds. may next time pa naman! :D

Jupiter and Galilean moons

Moon, Jupiter and Pleiades (Constellation Taurus)

The Christmas Moon

Waxing Gibbous Moon

Astronomy Photography at PAGASA Observatory

Astrophotography (December 11-12 2012)

Maganda talaga magastrophotography sa isang lugar na mataas ang place, at malayo sa mga buildings at light pollution ng Makati! nagastrophotography ako sa PAGASA Observatory during our Geminid Meteor Shower observation.

Ursa Major

Night Sky and Sky Glow

Moon and Mercury

Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn.

Space Junk or Satellite?

Unknown?

Most of us don't know kung ano nga ba meron doon sa video na nakuha namin nila Jonah Inguito and Jeroh Hiyastro during our overnight observation noong November 2012. Nung una sabi ko pa kay Jonah na lamok lang yan siguro, pero impossibleng maging lamok ang nasa video, kasi ang scope ay nakafocus lamang sa Moon. Noong makita namin ulit si Sir  Bamm isa sa mga professor namin sa astronomy, pinaka kita namin yung video which is di niya rin malaman kung ano iyong nakunan namin, then Sir bamm called up Ms. Roch para mapakita yung video, then Ms. Roch also called for Sir Custer, this three persons can't event tell to us what it is? So nagoffer ng help is Sir bamm to check kung Satellite or Space junk ang nakunan namin. after 1 day, Sir bamm message me via facebook regarding about the video, he said na ang nasa video ay hindi Satellite, may possibility daw na Space Junk yun, pero sabi niya rin sa akin na almost a month na daw kasi ang video, puwede daw kasing magbago ang data ng mga Satellites. In short until now hindi namin masabi kung ano yung nasa video.

Details
Location: Rizal Technological University, Boni Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Telescope: Astromaster 130EQ
Camera: CCD
Time and Date: November 7 2012 12:49:33AM

Night Sky at Balayan Batangas

Night Sky at Balayan Batangas

Habang bumabyahe papuntang Tagaytay - Nasugbu Batangas, ay nakakakita na ako ng Stars, at nakikita ko na rin ang Moon at ang planet Jupiter sa bintana ng sasakyan, clear skies and dark place kaya maganda magobserve. Nang marating na namin ang Balayan Batangas, ang ganda ng sky! dark place din kahit may onting ilaw para sa kalsada. Ang probinsya ay isa sa mga gagandang observational site para sa mga astronomers, dahil onti lamang ang light pollution at minsan wala talagang light pollution sa lugar. Na pansin ko din na double ang brightness ng Stars sa Batangas kaysa sa Makati na merong light pollution.

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse and Apogee Moon

Penumbral Eclipse and Apogee Moon November 28-29 2012

Inabangan ng mga Filipino ang Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. Ang pagbabago ay hindi makikita kung gagamit ng astronomical tools, ayon ito sa aking experience. I wasted almost 1hr dahil sa maling exposure, hindi ko rin kasi makita ang changes sa camera, pero nang palitan ko ang exposure into 1/1000 doon ko lang nakita ang mga changes sa Moon. Bonding time pa kami ng family ko during observation of Penumbral Lunar Eclipse and nagkaroon din ng Public Viewing hahaha.

Full Moon (Apogee Moon) "Full Beaver Moon"

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

the Night Sky at RTU :D

Night Sky at RTU

Last November 6 2012 we decided to have an overnight observation at RTU, our main purpose is to took photos of the Moon, but we also try some deep sky objects and Jupiter. Sir Marigza is the hunter of the deep sky objects while us students also try to sketch and took photos of some celestial objects and constellation (night sky). We also enjoyed the taurid meteor shower! hehehe...

by: Margareth Custodio and Jonah Micah Inguito

Phases of the Moon

Moon

The RTU Astronomy students who really like taking photos of celestial objects and the night sky, met Mr. Gerard Lazarus an Astronomy Enthusiast from Australia would like to experiment the different phases of the Moon. So some astronomy students like me and the professors participate and willing to help Mr. Gerard to his said experiment. As far as I know I started last saturday that was October 27 2012 even though I'm sick i still need to participate for the name of the RTU. I send first my sample if it is good or bad, me and Gerard started also having conversation and discuss the said project, until now we submit photos for the experiment.

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October Night Sky

Night Sky

I've been busy last month, so I decided to update my blog this November. October is been very good for Stargazing and Astronomical events because of the clear skies that we experienced. Especially the Orionid meteor shower and the Hunter's Moon of the October. This October I used my DSLR camera for astrophotography but still I'm enhancing it, but I took some photos of the Orion Nebula (M42), this just mean that the winter triangle and winter constellations are very visible now. CLEAR SKIES is usual and the cold air is approaching. I always used now my telescope "Luna" for observation of the Moon and the planet Jupiter. Speaking of Jupiter, the planet is very visible to night sky together with the Taurus constellation. Winter constellation is very easy to memories because of the objects that are visible near to the constellation.

Here are some Photos of the Night Sky and some Celestial objects.

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