February 3, 2013 ALP Monthly
Meeting Report
by James
Kevin Ty & Christopher Louie Lu
Last February 3,
members of the Astronomical League of the Philippines
(ALP) held their monthly meeting at Manila
Planetarium. Members who attended were ALP
President James Kevin Ty , wife Charito and son Kendrick Cole KC Ty , Secretary Christopher Louie Lu
, wife Karren and daughter Frances Lu ; directors Edgar
Ang, Alfonso Uy , Christopher Lee and wife Sandra Lee ; Ma. Belen Pabunan , Liza
Quitlong , Mike Enage, Ronald Sison, Norman Marigza
, Per Edman , Gary & Steinar Andreassen, Mark
Vornhusen, Mark Ian Singson and Ma. Cristina Decena; Jan
Karlo Hernandez and Sheldon Espartero.
Meeting proper
started at around 3pm with
ALP Secretary and NAW 2013 chairman Christopher
Louie Lu discussing final updates for our NAW activities.
The following were planned:
February
17, 2012: NAW – PAC 2013 Opening Ceremony
Venue:
National Museum Planetarium
12:00 pm: Registration
1:00 pm (1:30 pm): Philippine National Anthem
Prayer/Liturgy
Opening remarks by: Astronomical League of the
Philippines President James Kevin Ty
National
Museum Planetarium curator Bel Pabunan*
2:00 pm Introduction to Comets & Asteroids: Film
Showing: Asteroids, Meteors & Impact
First Lecture on PANSTARRS & ISON by:
Norman Marigza – The Physics of Comets
Dr. Jett Aguilar
– Observation & Photography of Comets
15 (20) minute break
3:20 pm or 3:30 pm Second Lecture on Astrobiology by Dr. Armando Lee
4:15 pm Product presentation of Celestron Prodigy
Telescopes by:
4:30 pm Awarding of the Fr. Victor Badillo Astronomy
Service Award to Dr. Dante Ambrosio
4:45 pm or 4:50 pm Awarding of Certificates and
Honorarium
6:00 – 6:30 to 10 pm Free Public Viewing.
Venue:
Rajah Sulayman Park
February
20, 2013: NAW – PAC 2013 Mid week Free Public Viewing
Venue: (3:00
pm – 9:00 pm) AstroCamp Observatory Services in SM Mall
of Asia, San Miguel By the Bay, Pasay City
February
23, 2013: NAW – PAC 2013 Closing Ceremony
Venue: Rizal
Technological University
12:00 pm: Registration
1:00 pm (1:30pm): Philippine National Anthem
Prayer/Liturgy
Opening remarks by: Christopher Lu ALP
: RTU
President Dr. Jesus R. Torres*
2:00 pm First Seminar / lecture: Philippine Space Agency
Bill HB6725 / by: Dr. Custer Deocaris
2:45 pm Second Seminar/lecture: Search for Exoplanets
by: Bamm Gabriana
15 (20) minute break
3:45 pm Third Seminar / lecture: Surviving the Messier
Marathon by: Peter Tubalinal
4:30 pm Product presentation of Celestron Prodigy
Telescopes by:
5:00 Open forum & Awarding of Honorarium
Closing Remarks by: ALP President James Kevin Ty
*Subject to
change
ALPers listen to Dr. Custer Deocaris
as he gave a short preview of his NAW 2013
lecture on the Philippine Space Agency Bill
HB6725. |
ALP Secretary Christopher
Louie Lu detailed out the opening and closing
activites for NAW 2013. |
ALPers listen to the final
preparations of the NAW 2013 activities so that they
will know how they can help in their own capacity. |
ALP President James Kevin Ty
updates members on the logistics of next week's
Caliraya stargazing session. |
Lastly, ALP President James Kevin
Ty discussed the logistics for the February 9,
2013 Caliraya Stargazing Session.
Meeting ended at around 6:00pm.
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