Stargazers! A look at the Stars

[Divemaster]

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@stargirl: dile kaayo ko familiar sa lugar, but i'm sure we can find some other place in there to do a star party one of these days, medyo cloudy pa man pod pirme gud. hopefully the skies will start to clear up next week.

@rodsky: kabalita ka bro kon asa na sila si jfox ug adhara?

[Divemaster]

the International Year of Astronomy 2009 was just launched today in Germany, hopefully we can have our own activities soon.

[esoteric]

@rodsky and divemaster

Actually, that place is in our neighborhood. Sa Plaza Housing bitaw. If kibaw mo asa na. Dili na ta ka-adto kay naa nay ga-live/squat didto. But I'm sure daghan places sa Busay to star gaze.

If madayon ang star party, inform me! Tabang ko organize. Hehehehe....

taga plaza housing pod diay ka miga clingan ra diay tah anhi nalang ta amo naa may terrace ipm liang niya ko...................

[Divemaster]

naay partial solar eclipse karon jan. 26, just before sunset, so katong ineterested motan-aw just make sure to wear some protection in your eyes

[rodsky]

naay partial solar eclipse karon jan. 26, just before sunset, so katong ineterested motan-aw just make sure to wear some protection in your eyes

Wow honestly I didn't know about this event til now, thanks for the update Divemaster!

I took the liberty in checking out the event in Stellarium, and this is how it will look like...



...this is at 5:18 PM, Cebu Time, western sky (so this is looking in the direction of Cebu's mountains)


Additional notes: This is an annular eclipse. Yes, the Moon will cross the Sun's disc completely over much of Borneo at 5:52pm and parts of Indonesia a bit earlier (Indonesia time). However, since the Moon is further away from the earth, the result will not be as spectacular as a total eclipse, because much of the sun's light will "spill" over the edges--there will be no total darkening of the sky.

-RODION

[jiro]

lisuda palit ug telescope sa philippines.

naa sa istorya pero refractor man to - mao mahal.

nahan unta ko palit pero wala may shipping to philippines.

kabalu where to buy dobsonian/newtonian telescopes?

[rodsky]

lisuda palit ug telescope sa philippines.

naa sa istorya pero refractor man to - mao mahal.

nahan unta ko palit pero wala may shipping to philippines.

kabalu where to buy dobsonian/newtonian telescopes?

From time to time, members of ALP (Astronomical League of the Philippines) do sell Newtonians or Cadiotropics, but if mahalan ka sa refractor being offered for sale in iStorya, basin makuyapan ka, when you learn how much branded, high quality telescopes+mounts cost (currently, in the Philastro Mailing list, J. Nasser of ALP is selling a Newtonian for US$8000.00) . Once or twice there were ALP members selling Dobsonians for as cheap as 15k pesos, but recently, none. I'm planning to build my own Dobsonian soon, I'll probably get the mirrors and eyepieces off Ebay, with help from some US-based friends.

-RODION

[jiro]

lagi, ill try to ask help sad from foreign friends.

interested kaayu ko sa - Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
around $250.
+$50 guro plus shipping.
+$100 for barlows and eyepieces.

naa mo idea where to get the mirrors? himu na lang ko... testing - (^_^)
problema ra where to get the mirrors and eyepieces

[Divemaster]

lagi, ill try to ask help sad from foreign friends.

interested kaayu ko sa - Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope
around $250.
+$50 guro plus shipping.
+$100 for barlows and eyepieces.

naa mo idea where to get the mirrors? himu na lang ko... testing - (^_^)
problema ra where to get the mirrors and eyepieces

try to check sa e-bay nalang

[Divemaster]

sus nagdali-dali pa ko ug uli ganiha para makaabot sa eclipse, himan-himan pirteng puno-a sa panganod ang kalangitan ug wala gyuy adlaw nga nigimaw