Stargazers! A look at the Stars

[Divemaster]

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nindota ikuyog ani sunod meeting unta oi, dad-on nimo imong telescope mjdianne? basin sa sunod pa gyud ko maka-attend kay daghan pa ko buhatonon sa manila

[mjdianne]

im not sure.. depende if mkapahatod ko.hehe... and also depends wer ang venue. and speaking of, wer man ta ani kaha? probably we can do meeting on Wednesday pm if ok ra? =)

[Divemaster]

high altitude place or di kaha daplin sa dagat, basta kanang less light pollution pa

[rodsky]

im not sure.. depende if mkapahatod ko.hehe... and also depends wer ang venue. and speaking of, wer man ta ani kaha? probably we can do meeting on Wednesday pm if ok ra? =)

Murag starting thursday night pa diay ko free kay I need to catch up on work.

Pero I suggest that we be flexible. Let's try to observe the weather. If sky conditions are good on thursday evening then lets do it on thursday, but if it's raining cloudy, let's move it to friday night and so on.

-RODION

[Divemaster]

mao gyud kay mura sige gyud ug ulan-ulan and i think this will go on for several days

[jfox]

try lng nako kung ok ba ko inig gabi.i layo man gud amo.a pwede guro mga 5pm to 7pm....

[jfox]

murag wa jud tay sample ani kay ang ulan murag dugay pa jud mahuman ayt....

[mjdianne]

yeah, weather condition is not getting good but probably, we can do a little discussion during the meeting. if oki lang rodsky?hehe.. sorry, got busy a lil bit these days. anyways, if you guys would agree, can we meet up Saturday night instead? jfox, taga asa diay ka? Talisay man ko bsi diay taga dri ra pud ka dpit. hehe... =)

[jfox]

May 2008
02 21:38 Mercury 2.1 deg S of M45 / Pleiades star cluster
05 15:23 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
05 20:17 NEW MOON
06 20:56 Moon 0.6 deg N of M45/Pleiades star cluster
07 04:51 Mercury 1.9 deg S of Moon
10 09:25 Moon 4.4 deg S of Pollux
10 23:29 Mars 0.3 deg N of Moon (no occultation but very close conjunction, nice photo-opportunity)
11 08:39 Moon 0.4 deg S of M44/Beehive/Praesepe star cluster
12 11:46 FIRST QUARTER
13 04:28 Moon 1.8 deg S of Regulus
14 11:41 Mercury Greatest Elongation 22 deg E
17 11:48 Moon 2.4 deg S of Spica
20 10:11 FULL MOON
21 08:48 Moon 0.3 deg S of Antares
23 14:30 Mars 0.01 deg N of M44/Beehive/Praesepe star cluster
24 10:32 Venus 4.8 deg S of M45/Pleiades star cluster
24 18:05 Jupiter 2.5 deg N of Moon
28 10:56 LAST QUARTER

here's a schedule of the sky activity this month

[rodsky]

yeah, weather condition is not getting good but probably, we can do a little discussion during the meeting. if oki lang rodsky?hehe.. sorry, got busy a lil bit these days. anyways, if you guys would agree, can we meet up Saturday night instead? jfox, taga asa diay ka? Talisay man ko bsi diay taga dri ra pud ka dpit. hehe... =)

Saturday night sounds good, hopefully the skies could clear up a bit more by that time.

10 23:29 Mars 0.3 deg N of Moon (no occultation but very close conjunction, nice photo-opportunity)

This is truly a missed opportunity due to the lousy weather. I'll post a Starry Night screenshot here to show how close Mars was from the Lunar disk. Back in August of 2003, during the Mars close approach, I also observed a near-occultation event, but wasn't able to take photos of it.

-RODION