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May 10, 2013 Annular Solar Eclipse — 2 comments

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 2 weeks ago: An annular solar eclipse will occur on May 9-10, 2013 (depending on your location). During an annula … more →

Tags: Astronomical Events, Eclipses, Sun, annular solar eclipse, eclipses, may 10 2013 annular eclipse, may 10 2013 annular solar eclipse, may 10 2013 partial solar eclipse philippines, online webcast may 10 2013 eclipse

Moon Meets Jupiter - February 18, 2013 — 3 comments

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 3 months ago: Avid skywatchers had a chance to witness tonight’s close pairing between Jupiter and the First … more →

Tags: Astrophotography, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Moon, Planets, angular measurements, bright object near moon, canon powershot sx40 HS, moon and jupiter, Moon and Jupiter February 18 2013

Skywatching Highlights: February 2013

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 3 months ago: Mercury and Mars less than a degree apart after sunset on February 8th Mercury is well placed in the … more →

Tags: Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, bright object near moon, conjunctions february 2013, February 2013 sky, mecury and mars at dusk, moon and jupiter conjunction, moon near jupiter, philippine night sky, Planetary Conjunctions

Skywatching Highlights: August 2012

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 9 months ago: This month, weather conditions permitting, skywatchers will be treated to the Perseid meteor shower, … more →

Tags: Astronomical Events, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Transits and Occultations, August 12 Jupiter occultation by Moon, August 2012 night sky, Blue Moon, "celestial triangle", Lunar Occultation of Jupiter, Mars

Crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter at Predawn on July 15th

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 10 months ago: Eastern sky at 4:00 am local time. Manila, Philippines. Image: Stellarium Philippine sky observers w … more →

Tags: Astronomical Events, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Moon, Philippine Astronomy, Planets, the solar system, Transits and Occultations, bright planets at dawn, bright stars during predawn

Finding Mercury at Twilight — 1 comment

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: March 5, 2012 - This would have been a very fine evening for skygazing if only the clouds weren … more →

Tags: Amateur Astronomy, Astrophotography, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Planets, Finding Mercury, Mercury - March 2012, Mercury elongation, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH2, philippine night sky

Triangular Spectacle: Moon, Venus and Jupiter — 1 comment

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: Last February 26, 2012, the crescent Moon joined the other two brightest objects in the night sky … more →

Tags: Amateur Astronomy, Astronomical Events, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Moon, Planets, celestial grouping february 2012, February 2012 skywatching highlights, February 26 sky photos, moon venus and jupiter

Moon and Venus - February 24, 2012 — 2 comments

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: Taken at 6:25 pm from the Gonzales Hall of UP Diliman (Photo details: 7mm,  f/3.7, 1/8 sec. exposure … more →

Tags: Amateur Astronomy, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Moon, Planets, Celestial Conjunctions, February 26 2012 Moon Venus and Jupiter, Jupiter, Moon, moon and planet conjunctions

Moon, Mars and Leo - Feb. 8, 2012 — 1 comment

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: Mars in the eastern sky at 9:51 pm | Quezon City, Philippines We were sitting on one of those weird … more →

Tags: Astronomical Events, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Constellations, Moon, Personal Notes, Planets, Leo, Mars, Mars February 2012

King and Queen of the Night Sky

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: Jupiter (upper right) and Venus (left) Feb. 10, 2012 6:50 PM Jupiter and Venus, the two great and fa … more →

Tags: Amateur Astronomy, Astronomical Events, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Philippine Astronomy, Planets, bright objects night sky, February 2012 sky, February 2012 skywatching highlights, February 26 Venus and Jupiter

Venus and the Moon at Dusk - January 26, 2012

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: I was about to go home when I caught a glimpse of Venus and the thin Moon hanging close together in … more →

Tags: Astronomical Events, Astrophotography, Conjunctions and Celestial Groupings, Moon, Philippine Astronomy, celestial grouping, Earthshine, Jupiter, Moon

Skywatching Highlights: January 2012 — 2 comments

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: Well-known constellations like the ones in the Winter Hexagon – Gemini, Orion, Canis Major, Ca … more →

Tags: Amateur Astronomy, Meteor Showers, Philippine Astronomy, Planets, january 2012 moon phases, january 2012 skywatching highlights, Meteor Showers, Philippine sky January 2012, Planetary Conjunctions

Halloween Celebration and Astronomy

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 1 year ago: IC 2118 (Witch Head Nebula) in Orion. Original image credit: NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey Did you … more →

Tags: Astro Trivia, Deep Sky Objects, space art, astronomy calendar, astronomy trivia, Cross Quarter Days, Halloween and Astronomy, Halloween astronomy photos, halloween sky treat

Eclipses Visible in the Philippines During 2011 — 15 comments

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 2 years ago: I noticed that most of my frequent visitors were searching for the eclipses in the Philippines for 2 … more →

Tags: Eclipses, Philippine Astronomy, Moon, Amateur Astronomy, Moon, red moon, Eclipse, umbra, skygazing

The 2011 Quadrantid Meteor Shower [UPDATED] — 9 comments

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 2 years ago: The year 2011 will begin with an eye-catching sky show for well-placed observers when the annual Qua … more →

Tags: Meteor Showers, Quadrantid meteor shower, quandrantids 2011, quadrantid meteor shower observation in the philippines, january 2011 sky, Bootes, quadrans muralis, Meter

From Sunset to Dusk

cosmicwanderer05 wrote 4 months ago: The best time to take photos of the sky My favorite part of the day. At dawn and dusk, the sky oppos … more →

Tags: Dusk Photography, sky images, Sunset, U.P. Diliman


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