Paper, Chalkdust and Stars



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Blog Tags:Astronomy, Planets, Webcam Astrophotography, Saturn, Jupiter, Moon, Meade Etx 125

his is a blog about astronomy, astronomy education, webcam astrophotography in the Philippines.



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The news about a student who has committed suicide has brought once again issues regarding a school’s policy on students financial obligations.  Different schools impose different policies  but one thing keeps me in question, which does provi...

The Philippine Astronomical Society hosted a deep-sky observing marathon at the dark skies of Big Handy’s Ground located at Tanay Rizal. It was an off-the-grid camp site, literally - no signal, electricity, water supply and is away from b...

Filed under: Astronomy, Astronomy in the Philippines Tagged: Celestron, Moon...

We were greeted with a warm shine from the sun during our club meeting so we went to the roof deck to have a closer look at it. The school roof deck is actually a good observing site, except for the lights from the North Express Way. Basics of settin...

After my first mountaineering adventure with a heavy telescope on my back, I told my self I won’t be doing it again,  well at least not with a heavy 5 inch telescope. So this time we chose a mountain, more like of a hill rather, which is reall...

Recording 2 minute avi instead of 1 min significantly increases frames which results to more detail in post processing. However blur due to Jupiter’s rotation becomes noticeable if one record longer. In this current set up atleast, it rotation...

An isolated rain in the afternoon posed a threat the planned observation for the night. It cleared up in late evening but seeing was mediocre. I’ve waited for GRS to transit while it was a luck that Io was captured within the FOV. 12/7/12 10:32...







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