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Stargazing with UP AstroSoc

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Stargazing session with members and aspiring applicants of the University of the Philippines Astronomical Society at the PAGASA Astronomical Observatory in UP Diliman

Last night’s stargazing activity highlights the Astro-Imaging Group’s first imaging session for 2013, and the field observation and hands-on astrophotography work of aspiring applicants of the organization. Since 2005, the Astro-Imaging Group (AIG) has served as the group behind every featured astronomy photo produced by the organization. For previous observations, click here.

For featured photos, click here.
For tutorials on how to get started with astrophotography, click here.
For DIY astronomy projects useful for astrophotography, click here.
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© Anthony Urbano (Manila, Philippines)

DSO-hunting under light-polluted sky

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As part of the UP Astronomical Society’s 2012 Members’ Lecture Series, we hunted some DSO’s on April 20, 2012, at the PAGASA Astronomical Observatory in UP Diliman, Quezon City.

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DSO-hunting with UP Astrosoc

We have successfully viewed the following objects in a severely light-polluted sky using only a 4-inch telescope!

M4 globular cluster, M6 (Butterfly Cluster) open cluster, M7 (Ptolemy’s Cluster) open cluster, M8 Lagoon Nebula (diffuse nebula), M20 Trifid Nebula (diffuse nebula), M21 open cluster, M13 (Hercules Cluster) globular cluster, M92 globular cluster, M57 (Ring Nebula) planetary nebula, M27 (Dumbell Nebula) planetary nebula, Albireo double star, Mizar double star, Cor Caroli double star, Coathanger asterism, and the Milky Way!

For previous observations, click here.
For featured photos, click here.
For tutorials on how to get started with astrophotography, click here.
For DIY astronomy projects useful for astrophotography, click here.
To subscribe to this site, click here.© Anthony Urbano (Manila, Philippines)