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APPULSEOfcial Newsletter of the Philippine Astronomical Society
August 2009Vol. 41 No. 64
PROPELLING ASTRONOMY EDUCATION TOWARD THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE AMONG FILIPINOS
Special Issue: Total Solar Eclipse July 22, 2009 -
The Longest in the Century!
Photo by Allen Yu
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T h e T o t a l S o l a r E c l i p s e P A S E x p e d i t i o n e r s t o C h i n a
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APPULSE
THE
The Appulse is published monthly by the
Philippine Astronomical Society.
TheAppulse 2009. All rights reserved.
Please send articles, letters, observations,
reports to
Email: appulse@philastrosoc.org
or to orion278@yahoo.com
Website: www. philastrosoc.org
editorial Advisr
Edna Azucena
editorial Staff
Victoria Evarretta
Editor-in-Chief
Francis Ferdinand Irlandez
Layout Editor
Allen Yu Agnes Oclarit
Azrael Coladilla Ghela Lequiron
Jake Irlandez John Nassr
Julian Oliveros Marnelli AtienzaRoland Roldan Victoria Evarretta
Dennis Pambid Nico Mendoza
Contributors
THE FASTEST, HIGHEST, DARKEST, AND LONGEST!!
AFTERMATH OF THE ECLIPSE . . . .RECALLING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE EVent.
by Allen Yu
There was a queuing of planes on therunway of Centennial Airport, or ratherof our one and only national runway wherethree terminals, NAIA, Centennial and
NAIA3 all pathetically shared together (no-
tice the sourness of my introduction). I was
pretty excited about the sight, I sat beside
the newly installed PAS President Ian Mark
Allas who sits by the window, then me and
my girlfriend Sally just beside the catwalk.
The group had already a grand time taking
group pictures while waiting for our late
plane (2nd sour note, hehe) of one hour,
then further escalated by the trafc on the
runway, which makes us arrive at Pudong
Shanghai a good 2 hours late (4:30pm).There were seats switching to and fro, to
make all pairs as close as possible.
Pudong Airport was bathing in the after-
noon shine when we crossed the bridge
from the plane to the terminal. I shared
with Mr. Sacro, Ill be damn happy if the
weather holds like this on Wednesday, the
E-day. He agreed. I wonder why we have to
share such suspense and doubts; the weath-
er in Shanghai has been all the best that
came lately (not the usual climate there)
- Shanghai is always fogged with haze and
low-lying rain clouds, weird is it if it has
been so shiny for quite a time.
Our bus drove 2 hours to Suzhou for a
quickly prepared dinner. Along the way go-
ing out of Shanghai, we glimpsed from afar
the behemoth tower of Shanghai WorldFinancial Center, the tallest building in the
world according to my books (I will share
later why). The restaurant is about to close,
and we know very well we were late, so
that took away the smiles on the Chinese
waitresses. We smiled anyway, and felt it
is perfectly normal. We Filipinos always
wear the best smiles around the world,
nothing unusual of meeting less happy
folks abroad.
Checked in the hotel. The rooms are okay
but the ambiance is eerie to me.
2nd day Suzhou sight-seeing tour. It was
a sizzling 42 degrees temperature outsideeven though in the shade. Not comfortable
in fact - if one is not properly hydrated, one
may get sick. There was a stone garden we
went, and though it was a sheltered struc-
ture it can still get very hot. This is a big
group we had, and the maze of stoneworks
made a perfect sense to play hide and seek
Mr. Sacro and Emman were lost. But they
were quite smart enough to wait for us at
the bus. They insisted it was the rest of the
group who got lost...lets count the numbers
2 of them versus 16 of us, and we should
take the blame. Haha what a logical non-sense I felt. In the afternoon we visited the
Silk Factory, and though as boring as it may
sound, we were actually entertained by the
process of it being done. Are we smarte
now because we are older. Many of my
friends, Ritchie, Andrea, and my gf Sally
felt the same way; they have been here be-
fore, but only now that did they start to ap
preciate it. It was a good eld trip after all.
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Silk is expensive, and we all felt just too
expensive for our local taste. Imagine hav-
ing a pair of silk handkerchief for U$200?
Perhaps this is a tourist area and they
wanted to burn our pockets here, but not
and no way. Stinginess is vital in this part
of the tour. Our local climate here in Ma-nila prefers cotton than silk. So, off we go,
after saying so many No, thanks. Never-
theless, those who wanted to take a piece
of China with them bought some few, and
some smiles from the tourist guide?
We arrived at the hotel early to get some
good rest and to prepare for the big day
ahead. News on tv....not good. Some rain
clouds from the north or from Beijing start-
ed their descent to Shanghai area and is due
to arrive the next day, Eclipse Day! What
better way to spoil the fun I thought, thiscould be no coincidence! And the string or
train of clouds shall encompass the entire
eclipse path. I cant believe my eyes, and
now my doubts start to disturb me. I asked
some Quezon City Science High to check
the weather in the Internet, since they
brought with them some laptops. Gracious.
Where did those clouds come from? A
dream slowly running down the drain. I am
preparing myself to accept the inevitable.
Wake up time was 3 am and time for show-
ers and preparation of everything including
our baggages. At 4:30 am we were down
at the hotel lobby and have a quick bite of
breakfast. Some sweet at pies and a cou-
ple of boiled eggs. I forgot to bring some
with me to the eclipse site to experiment
the case of the standing eggs. It could have
spiced up the day even more.
The skies were still red in cloudiness, and I
momentarily detected a hole, which might
give some hope that the skies might clear
somehow. GPS readings outside gave me
the most accurate time to date, and after-
wards I have all the watches and timekeep-
ers among the group synchronized with
the GPS reading. Dawn is breaking, our
bus crashed through the darkness on to the
light. Mr. Sacro thought of backing out to
the opposite direction. Pointing at the sight,
he said that with the zero visibility, rains,and clouds, we maybe going straight to the
tornado alley. I said, there is no other way.
We are to set up our camp at the govern-
ment-designated place of observation and
not anywhere else. The government does
not allow us to set up anywhere in the city.
So we have no choice. We leave our fate to
the heavens.
Upon arrival it was a sight to behold. Surely
one would be impressed by the preparation
the city mayor presented to us. I would like
to call it like a Quirino Grandstand with an
edice more like that of Folk Arts Theatre
A big vast space for everybody to set up
and security was a welcome sight. Outsid
ers treading their bikes were forbidden to
come close to us, and we were all given
visitors ID, a bag of goodies but no noo-dles (thats what I was looking for), and
where the best part is of course, a solar l
ter! Then there were reporters from the lo
cal newspapers and tv stations training their
wares on us as if we were superstars. For
these few minutes, we indeed felt like one
At the sides were tents in case of a morning
shower. One would think why will we eve
need them since we are ready to bathe in
the suns shadow, not any rain waters. True
enough, the weather worsened, drops of
tears from heaven were felt, and my heart
started to sink in oblivion, trying very hardnot to think that we may go home tonigh
not seeing anything.
Mr Sacro gathered the rest, the students
and teachers inside the tent and presented
a brieng on what to expect. I was being
called to the stage (me because I speak Chi
nese and the organizers handpicked me to
receive a certicate in behalf of the group)
when the Sun briey shone through thick
clouds. Cheers started to be heard...and al
of a sudden astrophoto equipments were
being set up to catch whatever is salvageable that morning.
1st contact! And the Sun hides again
Drats..this could be it...of all the days
Minutes passed without seeing the Sun
and then amidst the chitchat and clicking o
cameras...and of course some more rains.
the frustrated mood of everybody else.
foreigners from Europe, United States
Malaysia...the shout of a countdown broke
the morning gloom. Last 2 minutes., las
2 minutes I shouted, it was 2 minutes to
go before the sudden crash of darkness de-
scended on us.
Sally was shocked to know that darkness
would come so sudden, and Ms. Paning-
batan pointed to me a very dark cloud in
the western horizon. I dismissed it as only
rain clouds but on second thought, I think
that was darkness coming toward us from
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the west! That was in fact a very unusually
dark cloud coming in. And before I knew
it, I lost track of the countdown and it was
less than a minute before totality, seconds
coming in so fast, and the whole sky was
considerably darker and darker, and then,
REAL DARKNESS, TOTALITY!
My camera having been preset to accurate-
ly match the incoming darkness failed to
respond properly, as it can no longer depict
an accurate picture of the surroundings. In
other words, it was too dark for the camera
to perform so ash bulbs have to be used to
lighten up the subjects again. I then whis-
pered to Sally, I love you and this darkness
I dedicate to thee.
Surely, the totality is one of those moments
where a lover can rightfully propose, but
who would expect not to see the SunsDiamond Ring? I reminded everyone to
feel and digest this 5min and so duration
of darkness, as this will be the longest in
history. Savor the darkness, the horizons
orange glow shared the moods delight.
Sadness took a back seat and just then eve-
rybody was giggling and shouting songs of
joy enjoying the Moons umbra. Well, not
bad for a morning gone sour. Perhaps there
is good even in the worst of it.
The suddenness of daylight broke the dark
delight and Mr. Sacro shouted, the show
is over! Now we are part of the history.
Never mind not seeing the Suns corona,
prominences, or all together, the black
Sun. It can be seen in every eclipse in
the future, but this 5min 50s of darkness
one can cherish it in the record books. We
took part in this history and can no longer
be experienced again. The darkness of this
eclipse, I was reminded later, was to be one
of the darkest too in history. I noticed that
it wasnt a normal twilight show, it was in-
deed like night, just a skin brighter.
The stage is now open as the many groups
have started to line up to have their pictures
taken. We then took our step, and formal-
ly placed PAS back into the international
scene of eclipse chasers and astronomy en-
thusiasts. Now the world will conrm that
PAS is back and kicking ass again.
Back in the bus, I was hounded by thoughts.
Fastest... from page 4 I changed my clothes
drenched with eclipse rain
and took a few minutes nap
en route to Hangzhou for
our lunch. Sally sat beside
me, both happy and sad at
the same time. It took two
hours to get to Hangzhou,
the folks there told us they
saw the black Sun, whichtormented me day and
night. But they said Jiax-
ing is far better place than
Hangshou, and most of
their folks went to Jiaxing
too.
In the afternoon we went to
a boat cruise at West Lake,
said to be Chinas most
beautiful lake because it
was decorated by those
foggy gures of mountains
along its sides like those we usually see
in Chinese traditional paintings. The tour
guide shared that today is better as it wasnt
as hot as yesterday, he welcomed the rains
to dampen the temperature a bit. I protested
inside of me...that wasnt a bit good news.
We failed to see the eclipse this morning,
whats so good about the morning!? Haha,
Yuefei temple is next and everybody is ex-
hausted. We went back to Shanghai late in
the afternoon to spend the night there; to-
morrow the only consolation I felt that willbe enjoyed are the worlds tallest building
Shanghai World Financial Center and the
Science Museum.
The tallest building right now is Shanghai
World Financial Center at 497 meters tall.
Taipei 101 is higher only at 507m because
it has spire atop and Burj Dubai 888me-
ters is yet to be nished. Our own PBCom
tower is 259meters tall so its just a bit half
of Shanghais. Empire State building is
380plus meters and Petronas is 470m. I
am delighted to be here, the worlds high-est observatory feels like heaven, so white
and glassy and classy too. The building
is shaped like a bottle-opener. Atop the
worlds tallest building one gets the feeling
the entire world is below our feet. Shang-
hai is building another mega buliding at
more than 630meters high, so that makes 3
behemoth buildings side by side altogether
by 2014, with JinMao (shaped like Empire
State and higher than Empire state), World
Financial Tower, and the new Shangha
Tower.
One hour left to go to the the Shanghai Sci
ence Museum. Hardly any time left for a
good look, so everybody was well-informed
that we have to rush everything. The na
consolation piece was the road back to Pu-
dong airport riding the Maglev train with
top speed of 431kph. Beetles, bees, and in
sects smashed through the windshield into
unrecognizable pulp, it was a sight to be
hold. Yesterday, we were atop the worldshighest, today we are the worlds fastest.
These are the records we can put into the
PAS journal. We have the longest (duration
of eclipse), the darkest (eclipse magnitude)
the highest (atop the building), and the fast
est (the Maglev Train ride). I propose to
days Appulse headlines: Fastest, Highest
Darkest, and Longest (like the Olympics
Motto of Faster, Higher, Stronger).
Aside from this, PAS registered the rsts
First Formal Eclipse Expedition undera new leadership, rst total solar eclipse
awareness program, and rst time I heard
PASers asking: When is the next eclipse?
We will be there again! . Its about time
that such major events like a total solar
eclipse in nearby feasible vicinity be in
cluded in the calendar of PAS activities. To
God be the Glory.
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From Science Centrum - by Jake Irlandez
It was my rst time to observe a partial solar eclipse with PAS and
Philippine Science Centrum. The event was very blessed for we
had an almost clear sky with partial white clouds that blocked the
Sun. It was just enough to cool our telescopes from the heat.
I was amazed rst at the fact that people did not even notice the
eclipse going on, so we invited the people and students who passed
by.
All batches of observers were always amazed by the presentation
of Edmund Rosales on how to observe safely a solar eclipse: like
projecting the Suns image through a cardboard to the wall using
a large mirror, the pinhole effect on punched holes on a paper, and
the shadows cast by the leaves of a tree. They also were awed by
the Sun when they saw it through the telescope for it looked or-ange because of the lter.
This eclipse is a fun experience. Thanks to Edmund Rosales and
Philippine Science Centrum for inviting PAS. Thank you too to
PASers Dennis, Marnelli, and Edmund for helping and to Karen
Cantos of Philippine Science Centrum for her hospitality and for
allowing us to experience how wonderful the Science Centrum is.
Like the eclipse, it made me feel like a child again.
The eclipse is very beautiful - Marnelli Atienza (also from Sci-
ence Centrum)
Partial Solar Eclipse Observations
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From Rizal Technological University - by Ghela Lequiron
July 22, 2009 is another signicant day for us. A partial Solar
Eclipse occurred giving us a chance to witness it - enhancing our
knowledge, experience and skills in Astronomy. It also tested our
ability on how we can apply what we have learned, conduct
observatory activity by ourselves with less supervision, and assessour mastery in Astronomy.
The activity was organized and conducted using Dr. Torres 6
Newtonian and another telescope with a folder as improvised pro
jector because a solar lter was not available, thereby using the
solar projection method.
At rst, it was cloudy and we thought that the weather would not
cooperate with us. At around 8:30 am, the predicted time of the
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Partial... from page 6From Bacoor, Cavite - by Azrael Coladilla
I woke up at 7:30am of July 22, 2009 and went outside to check
out where the sun is rising, I was planning to go to SM Mall of
Asia at 8:00am but I decided to stay home and it will be more
easier for me to observe the partial solar eclipse. The sun is shin-
ing in its brightest light and its my 3rd time to cover this heavenly
body event for my blog. I used again my 3 sun glasses as lter for
my camera, but this time Im no longer using a 10x zoom Olympus
SP 500UZ, and I miss using it and now I used for the rst time a
DSLR Olympus E520. in cloud setting ,-1.3, action sport setting
150mm.
From Baguio City - by John Nassr
The longest solar eclipse of the century was only partially visible
from Baguio, Philippines but nevertheless an awe inspiring spec
tacle under bright sunny skies.
rst contact, the sky got cleared allowing us to see perfectly the
phenomenon till the last contact at around 11:04 am, though clouds
occasionally blocked our view.
Students from different colleges and from the high school depart-
ment joined us, eagerly took the chance looking at the projected
image and got fascinated on what they saw. We never anticipated
that so many students would participate in this event. Because ofthis, Dr. Torres decided to bring out his two other telescopes - 8
Newtonian and 10 Dobsonian - to accommodate all the students.
Unluckily, the eyepiece used in the Dobsonian was burnt twice;
but this did not hinder the success of the activity.
The students felt so excited of their awesome experience and asked
so many questions, which we satisfactorily answered to their de-
light. Some took pictures of the folder where the projected image
of the eclipse was reected, others drew their observations. For our
own documentation and recording , we took photo shots and video
coverage of the entire event.
At the end of the day, I felt so fullled and elated - rst, because
I am lucky to witness the solar eclipse with the use of telescopes;
second, such experience was shared with others who got fasci-
nated with the experience and satised their thirst for knowledge
by answering their questions; third, I am glad to be an Astronomy
student because I have a chance to unravel the vast mystery envel-oping the universe. I have one remorse though, I got tanned !
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preparation started at 8:15 am gathering my dusty telephoto mirror
lens, one 1,500mm and one 800mm. Since breaking my solar lter
(huhuhu), I have to rely on my time-tested 2 polarizer combina-
tion. I usually do this when I shoot in mid morning and I want a
nighttime effect. Also used different sets of colored lters. Under
exposed, normal exposure, etc.
Came 8:33am, the rst tiny weeny shadow came into view. Shot
in time-lapse....until its peak at 9:43am up to its end at 11:01am
There were few passing clouds but overall the weather was ummp-phhh, cooperatively beautiful.
From General Santos City - by Agnes Oclarit
Nakita ko na eclipse. Wala akong solar lter so I used a basin of
water as taught when I was in high school. Parang kagat sa araw
Ang ganda!
From Tuguegarao City - by Victoria Evarretta
My preparation was too rushed.. I just arrived from Manila the day
before and was very exhausted from the trip; worse, I was not able
to get my solar lter from Jake because I was not able to go to the
Ateneo Jesuits Residence for the PAS ofcers oathtaking.
Ah well, I resigned myself to just watching the live free video
coverage of the total solar eclipse from the link Dennis posted. I
thought of showing this live as well on a huge projection screen soothers can see.
So I started setting up my laptop and projector in our living room
on early morning of July 22.
I think I got a barrage of demons. Suddenly, I had no network
connection - my router didnt work. I checked my desktop in my
bedroom with the router, but the network was working ne. I was
getting frustrated. It was almost 9 am, and I was still frantically
setting up the projector, laptop, and network connections.
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From Muntinlupa City - by Roland Roldan
Wow, thank goodness for beautiful skies here in Muntinlupa. My
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The Japanese coverage as seen from my
desktop showed nothing so far but an im-
age of a rainy area in China. I abandoned
the idea of projecting the coverage on the
screen and went back to my room to watch
the coverage on my desktop. Suddenly, my
computer shut down. Why on hell? It was
conguring updates! Oh my God, I hated
this interruption.
My cellphone signaled I had a message. It
was from Agnes asking how the weather
is in Tuguegarao. Then another message
came - this time from John. He said that
they have bright sunny skies in Baguio and
that the eclipse has started. I was already
mad because my computer was still con-
guring the updates. Then, it was okay. I
checked the video coverage link again, and
I can no longer access it. Since the eclipsehas begun, I guess the whole world was
watching it on that same coverage.
Agnes texted me again that she already saw
the parang kagat ng araw on her basin of
water. I ran to the roof deck with our big
basin and lled it with the collected rainwa-
ter. Soon enough I saw the partial eclipse!
Ah, there it was. I couldnt explain the joy
I felt from seeing that tiny image of the
eclipsed sun on the basin of water. I rested
and looked again, then rested, and lookedagain. Because I didnt have my camera
with me and I hated running down the stairs
to get it from my room in the other house,
I let the eclipse go without taking a picture.
When suddenly I remembered that my cell
phone has a camera. Another frustration
- just when I was aiming the camera, the
clouds covered the sun. I think my blood
pressure shot up. By the time, the clouds
cleared, it was almost 10:30 am. The sun
was too bright already to take a picture.
I remember when Richard Taylor was tell-
ing us that he had to bait his family with
a vacation in the Caribbean to see the to-
tal solar eclipse. That time I was still dis-
interested with the idea. Now I have seen
and have known why. I was very frustrated
when I didnt join the group to China. There
may be a reason thus. But Tahiti anyone?
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The month of August is char-acterized usually by rainsand/or clouded skies, but that
shouldnt stop anyone from star-
gazing when an opportunity of
clear skies breaks open.
To begin with, naked eye star-
gazers will be able to appreciate
the night sky of the month with
the Perseids Meteor Shower. The
meteor activity of Perseids begin
as early as late July but will peak
on August 13, between 1:30 am
to 4:00 am. Although the meteor
shower may be badly lit by the
last quarter moon, Perseid me-
teors are usually known to be
bright and fast, and may still beseen through the moonlit night.
The radiant of the meteor shower can be
found in the constellation Perseus and can
be seen rising after midnight at the North-
east horizon.
For those with telescope, August is the best
time to view Jupiter as we now approach
opposition. (August 14); that is, when Jupi-
ter and Earth are at its closest or when Jupi-
ter and Sun are opposite of each other rela-
tive to Earth. Late last month an Australian
Amateur Astronomer discovered an impacton Jupiter leaving a dark black spot, though
NASA has said that the gaseous scar could
last only about 2 to 3 weeks only. Those
with high-powered telescope may want to
catch a glimpse of this rare event. Jupiter
will be the brightest object for the month
of August as we see it rise on the East at
sunset.
Also during this month, one can also spot
the two other planets after sunset. The
shrinking Saturn and the elusive Mercury.
Beginning August 1, observers can keep an
eye on these two planets day by day as the
A U G U S T O U T L O O K by Ronald Tanco
two approach each other with Mercury go
ing below Saturn. By August 17, the plan
ets will be closest to each other. On Augus
22 and 23, observers will see a thin cres-
cent moon to the left of the planets. Mercu
ry, elusive to many observers, will reach its
greatest eastern elongation and will quickly
disappear into the suns light by the end of
the month. Observers seeing Saturn for the
rst time my nd it difcult to accept see-
ing Saturn without its rings. We see Saturn
now with its rings edge on creating an illu-
sion that the planets ring has disappeared.Venus continues to be the morning star, and
it is easily spotted as the brightest objec
just before dawn. It has reached its Greatest
Western Elongation last June 6 and contin-
ues to rise at a later time as it orbits behind
the sun. The morning on August 18 wil
have the Moon and Venus by each other.
Mars, found just above Venus before dawn
will break away and leave Venus behind. A
the start of August, Mars can be found on
the constellation Taurus or north of Orion
By the end of August, Mars would have
made its transition to Gemini. Binoculaand telescope observers would nd it inter
esting to view Mars on the 26th and 27th of
the month as it nears the open cluster M35
of Gemini.
If dark skies are available, telescope users
should use the opportunity to try to spo
Uranus. Uranus will reach its opposition
next month on September 4.
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Date Mag Starts Max. altitude Ends
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
16-Aug 4.3 19:01:33 10 SW 19:03:09 12 SSW 19:04:45 10 S
19-Aug 4.5 5:19:50 10 SSE 5:20:40 10 SSE 5:21:31 10 SE
20-Aug 4 5:15:51 10 S 5:18:38 17 SSE 5:21:26 10 ESE
21-Aug 3.4 5:12:59 10 SSW 5:16:35 26 SSE 5:20:11 10 E
22-Aug 2.7 5:10:30 10 SW 5:14:33 41 SSE 5:18:35 10 E
23-Aug 4.5 3:32:21 11 SE 3:32:21 11 SE 3:32:36 10 SE
23-Aug 1.9 5:08:16 10 SW 5:12:30 65 SSE 5:16:45 10 ENE
24-Aug 4.3 3:30:41 15 ESE 3:30:41 15 ESE 3:31:56 10 ESE
24-Aug 1.7 5:06:34 12 WSW 5:10:29 81 NNW 5:14:47 10 ENE
25-Aug 4.1 3:28:59 19 ESE 3:28:59 19 ESE 3:30:33 10 E
25-Aug 2 5:04:52 13 W 5:08:31 53 NNW 5:12:42 10 NE
26-Aug 4 3:27:15 21 E 3:27:15 21 E 3:28:53 10 ENE
26-Aug 2.6 5:03:08 13 W 5:06:34 36 NNW 5:10:33 10 NE
27-Aug 4.1 3:25:28 21 ENE 3:25:28 21 ENE 3:27:00 10 ENE
27-Aug 3.1 5:01:21 12 WNW 5:04:39 27 NNW 5:08:20 10 NE
28-Aug 4.2 3:23:39 20 ENE 3:23:39 20 ENE 3:25:00 10 ENE
28-Aug 3.5 4:59:33 10 WNW 5:02:49 21 NNW 5:06:05 10 NE
29-Aug 4.3 3:21:47 17 NE 3:21:47 17 NE 3:22:54 10 NE
29-Aug 3.8 4:58:10 10 NW 5:01:00 17 NNW 5:03:49 10 NNE
30-Aug 4.5 3:19:55 14 NE 3:19:55 14 NE 3:20:43 10 NE
30-Aug 4 4:56:50 10 NW 4:59:13 14 N 5:01:36 10 NNE
31-Aug 4.6 3:18:01 12 NE 3:18:01 12 NE 3:18:29 10 NE
31-Aug 4.2 4:55:28 10 NNW 4:57:28 13 N 4:59:27 10 NNE
Iridium
Date Local Intensity Alt. Azimuth Distance to Intensity at Satellite
Time ( Mag) are centre are centre
(Mag.)
8-Aug 19:41:13 0 54 122 (ESE) 43.6 km (W) -8 Iridium 4
9-Aug 19:35:11 -8 53 122 (ESE) 1.9 km (E) -8 Iridium 19
14-Aug 5:14:15 -5 30 23 (NNE) 9.6 km (W) -7 Iridium 90
15-Aug 5:08:17 -3 28 22 (NNE) 16.9 km (E) -7 Iridium 59
15-Aug 19:07:52 -1 62 136 (SE ) 31.6 km (W) -8 Iridium 416-Aug 5:02:20 -2 27 21 (NNE) 24.3 km (E) -7 Iridium 95
16-Aug 19:01:50 -4 60 135 (SE ) 10.3 km (E) -8 Iridium 19
23-Aug 18:28:27 -8 67 157 (SSE) 0.4 km (E) -8 Iridium 19
24-Aug 4:23:57 0 19 11 (N ) 49.4 km (W) -6 Iridium 30
25-Aug 4:18:14 -2 17 10 (N ) 33.1 km (W) -6 Iridium 57
26-Aug 4:12:26 -1 15 9 (N ) 48.9 km (W) -6 Iridium 60
27-Aug 4:06:45 -1 13 9 (N ) 60.8 km (W) -6 Iridium 29
28-Aug 4:01:05 0 10 9 (N ) 115.6 km (W) -6 Iridium 32
A U G U S T S AT E L L I T E Sby Ronald Tanco
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Monthly Star Map September 2009
This map shows the sky at 9pm on September 1, 2009 as seen from the latitude ofMetroManila, Philippines with North on top and the zenith at the center. The large circle representsthe horizon. Star limiting magnitude is .. Deep sky limiting magnitude is 7.0.
Prepared by PAS Observation Committee using SkyMap Pro 9 software.
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John Nassrs eclipse photo from Baguio
Date Imaged: July 22, 2009 01:28UT
Lens: Borg 77ED f/6.5
Camera: Dragonfy 2
Exposure: 15 seconds
Filter: SM60 Ha
Mount: Losmandy Titan
Location: Stardust Observatory, Baguio
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