Solar Imaging Session - February 1, 2014

Due to tropical storm Basyang in the Southern Philippines, weather even in the North is also greatly affected and we even had to cancel tonight's stargazing session. Adding injury to the frustration is that I also have slight flu which gives me body ache and slight fever this morning :( The sky this morning was obviously cloudy but I can still see some sunlight shining out from the thick clouds so I got to snap a shot of giant AR11967 Sunspot Group under very poor seeing condition :( What do I expect from a bad weather condition but nevertheless I'm still glad to capture it despite poor image resolution.

Solar Imaging Session - January 31, 2014

Happy Chinese New Year! Kung Hei Huat Chay!!! The sky this morning is hazy and seeing condition is fair. Old huge AR11944 Sunspot Group had return after around 2 weeks rotation around the Sun and is now renamed as AR11967 Sunspot Group. It is still huge in size and is a nice sight despite the fair seeing condition. There is another nice large AR11968 Sunspot Group north of AR11967 and might still grow some more4 in the days to come. In Ha wavelength, both sunspot groups are very silent in terms of solar activity inside its cores. There is also 2 nice large eruptive prominences in the SW limb.

Solar Imaging Session - January 20, 2014

The sky this morning is hazy but seeing condition is fair. 2 large sunspot groups namely AR11959 & 11960 Sunspot Groups are coming out from the eastern limb and looks promising. Not much solar activity on the Sun today except for a nice large hedgerow prominence visible in the SW limb.

Lunar Imaging Session - January 19, 2014

The sky this evening is partly clear but seeing condition is poor. I couldn't get a good shot of the moon craters up close so I just ended my session with 2 shots of the Waning Gibbous Moon at prime focus as well as a 2x barlow shot of the crater region through my trusty TV-101 refractor. Oh well..... better than nothing at all :)

Lunar Imaging Session - January 16, 2014

The sky tonight is very cloudy and I was desperately wanting to image the MiniMoon ( apogee Full Moon) or simply smallest Full Moon for 2014 and thus waited for a super small light cloud that hover in front of the Full Moon for me to capture this image through my Canon EOS 500D DSLR on TV-101 refractor with 2x TV Big Barlow. Better than nothing as they say :)

Lunar Imaging Session - January 13, 2014 (Moon Halo !)

The sky this evening is clear and I got to see a large Moon Halo almost overhead. I quickly grab my Canon EOS 500D DSLR on Canon EFS 10-22mm f/3.5-5.6 ultra wide lens set at 10mm f/5.6 to capture it in its entirely together with the beautiful Winter Hexagonal Asterism and Jupiter! I also use this opportunity to image the Waxing Gibbous Moon using Canon EOS 500D DSLR with Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens set at 400mm f/11.

Solar Imaging Session - January 12, 2014

The sky this morning is again hazy and seeing condition is poor. Giant AR11944 Sunspot Group is now nearing the western limb and will probably exits the limb in 2 days more or less. AR11949 Sunspot Group is also starting to grow in size. In Ha wavelength, AR11944 Sunspot Group is a joy to view with its active solar activity inside its core structure. There is also a nice large hedgerow near the limb beside AR11944 group. Another nice large eruptive prominence can be seen in the NW limb.