National Astronomy Week 2014

National Astronomy Week 2014

"Enticing Filipinos through visions of Astronomical progress"

today February 19 2014 is the start of the National Astronomy Week 2014 of the RTU-Astronomy Society and the Department of Earth and Space Sciences of RTU.

here are the activities of the NAW2014 by RTU-AstroSoc and DESS

February 19 2014 FREE PUBLIC VIEWING and EXHIBITS

Solar Observation 11am-1pm at RTU quad.

Exhibits and Film Showing 1pm-6pm at RND 2nd flr

Night Observation 6pm-8pm at RTU quad.

February 20-22 2014 First National Astronomy Convention

Feb 20-21 Convention

Feb 22 Manila Planetarium (Closing of NAW2014)

for updates

RTU-Astronomy Society FB page

RTU-Astronomy Society Blog

RTUESS website

RTU-Astronomy Society Twitter

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! ^_^

for more photos:
Flickr Account

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

for more photos:
Flickr Account

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

April 29 2013 Solar Obs and Imaging

Solar Observation and Imaging

nagkayayaan na naman kami! nakakaenjoy kasi magabang ng sunspots at faculae sa Sun. always updated kami sa mga new sunspots. Highlight Sunspots AR1730 and AR1731 magkalapit lang ang dalawa and malaki kaya mapapansin kagad.
maraming salamat sa nakasama sa pagobs at pagimage! :D
Nicole Hortelano, Paulo De Mesa, Jeron Lamatao, Jeroh Hiyastro, Jonah Ingutio, Sir Norman Marigza and ang head namin sa astro department Ms. Ruby Dela Cruz.

Sunspots
AR1728, AR1730 and AR1731

Sunspots and Faculae
AR1732 and AR1734

Sun (April 29 2013)

for more information about sunspots
SpaceWeather

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

April 23 2013 Solar Obs and Imaging

Solar Observation and Imaging

nagyaya magobs and imaging si sir norman ayun go naman kaming mga nagsasummer class na astro sutdents! :D enjoy kami dahil nga may dalawang sunspots, yung isa maliit lang and yung isa malaki. :)
salamat fey albayda, jeroh hiyastro, jonah inguito, paulo de mesa, jeron lamatao, macky villa, nicole hortelano and sir norman marigza... :D

Visible Sunspots: AR1727 and AR1726

Sunspots: AR1727(small) AR1726(big)
Telescope: Dobsonian SkyWatcher with Filter
Eyepiece: 20mm
Camera: Canon IXUS 115HS at afocal photography

Sunspot: AR1726
Telescope: Dobsonian SkyWatcher with Filter
Eyepiece: 20mm
Camera: Canon IXUS 115HS at afocal photography

Astro Students! :)

International Space Station Flyby

ISS

Second time ko ng makita ang ISS, first ko siyang makita sa PAGASA UP Diliman last 2011 december 11. Nagobserve kasi kami ng Total Lunar Eclipse doon at para makita na rin ang Largest telescope sa Philippines.

itong Second time ko ay ang the best talaga February 4 2013 inabangan ko talaga siya Morning ang Evening Flyby... sympre di mawawala ang mga supporters hahahaha Mommy and ang tita ko... ang Awesome eh! nakakatuwang manuod ng mga satellites sa sky!

Morning Flyby...

around 4-5am siya dumaan sa sky... near Moon pa and may nakasalubong pang isang satellite ang ISS! :)

Evening Flyby...

around 6-8pm siya dumaan akala ko nung una lantern yung lumilipad yun pala ISS! grabe SUPER haba ng nilakbay niya yung tipong tawain niya ang street namin from church to kanto sooo amazing! naging bright siya nung nasa near zenith siya! :)

want to track and be update of satellites?

Satellite Tracking

Spaceweather Flybys

Saturn Observation Campaign Philippines

Hello Saturn!

First year college ako ng makita ko si Saturn, gamit ang scope sa school namin... SUPER NA PA WOW! talaga ako ng makita ko siya... di ko rin akalain na mas astig palang tignan si Saturn sa telescope kahit kailangan mo ng 2x barlow para makita lang siya...

Saturn Observation Campaign Philippines Facebook Page (Saturn Observation Campaign Philippines)

Like the Facebook page, to share what you guys experienced while observing the Planet Saturn and its beautiful ring.

challenge sa akin ang pagkuha ng Planet na ito... First afocal ang ginawa ko hindi prime focus method sa astrophotography... at that time kasi nakinukunan ko siya kapag may barlow di pa rin kaya kapag walang barlow di makita so ayon na nga afocal na lang which is nakaattach ang camera ko sa scope with eyepiece... nakakachallenge pero ang sarap tignan ng image kasi alam kong pinaghirapan ko siya with my friends! :)

Solar Images (December 14 2012)

Sun

After ng press conference nagobserve kami sa may parking lot ng Annabel's Restaurant kasama ang media. fun experience with them. Sun is very active at that moment, kaya nagastrophotography ako, I used the Coronado PST for solar flares and a solar filter for Sunspots.

Solar Filter, Sky Watcher Newtonian

Coronado PST

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.

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

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

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

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