June 18, 2017 ALP International SUNDay Free Solar Viewing Report
by James Kevin Ty
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Last June 18th, Astronomical League of the Philippines celebrated International SUNDay Free Solar Viewing Event at SM Mall of Asia By The Bay from 2:30pm-6:00pm. Members who attended were ALP President James Kevin Ty and son Kendrick Cole KC Ty ; Secretary Christopher Louie Lu,  Auditor Edgar Ang and PRO Edge Lat ; directors Justine Garcia, Ronald Sison, Peter Benedict Tubalinal , members Arnel Campos , Adi Bontuyan, Mark Ian SIngson , Robert Gascon and Fung Yu.

Event started at around 2:45pm with ALPers setting up their solar equipped telescopes. James brought along his Daystar Quark Chromosphere Ha Filter on Canon EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 IS L lens mounted on Celestron Nexstar Mount ; Christopher with his Celestron Powerseeker 80mm f/11 refractor on EQ-2 mount ; Peter with his Coronado PST-Ha on sturdy tripod ; Ronald with his Celestron C90 Maksutov on sturdy tripod ; Mark with his Celestron C90 Maksutov on sturdy tripod ; Arnel with his NatGeo solar 76mm f/5 Newtonian reflector on altazimuth mount.

The sky that after was fair with only a few minutes of solar obscuration by clouds while the rest of the session are clear. There are 2 sunspot groups namely AR2662 and 2663 Sunspot Groups , visible on the solar disk while in Ha wavelength, one can see 2 large eruptive prominences at 5 and 10 o'clock position as well as a faint long dark filament near the center of the Sun.  More than 600-700+ people got to get a great view of our nearest star, the Sun, through white light and hydrogen-alpha wavelength.

The session ended at around 6:00pm with a traditional group shot to conclude the said event.

Group Shot

Wacky Shot

Group Shot Part 2

Wacky Shot Part 2

 

 

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