March 19, 2011 Super Moon Observation & Imaging Session

Last March 19, members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) held their free public viewing session at Caltex Kalentong Station in Mandaluyong City between 8:00pm -10:45pm. Members who attended were ALP President James Kevin Ty , PRO Armando Lee , Myra Lee and son Jason Lee, director Edgar Ang, Special Events Chairman Christopher Louie Lu.

The evening started out very cloudy but at around 9:45pm, a small cloud opening gave them an advantage to conduct this free public viewing of the Super Moon. More than 150 - 200 people were able to observe the highly hype Super Moon as well as observe Saturn. I also use this session to test out my modified dual purpose Canon EF 100-400mm IS L lens for both imaging and visual observation use in the event and it works out GREAT !!! I called it my Canon 77L Scope :)

The session ended at around 10:45pm with ALPers having a good time sharing the beauty of the moon to the public. More images can be viewed at http://www.astroleaguephils.org/archive/news/110319starparty.html .