December 26, 2019 Annular Solar Eclipse at Jurong Lake Gardens, Singapore

Astronomical League of the Philippines (ALP) President / 2019 ALP Annular Solar Eclipse (ASE) Expedition Team Leader James Kevin Ty leads an 14 man expedition team to Jurong Lake Gardens, Singapore  last December 23-29, 2019 to observe and image the Annular Solar Eclipse that will be visible in Singapore.  Below are his images taken using Canon DSLR Systems.  Eclipse sequence below were taken using a Canon EOS 5DsR DSLR on Canon EF 400mm f/2.8 L II telephoto lens with Canon EF 2x II Extender  for an effective focal length of 800mm mounted on Kenko Sky Memo-R star tracker .  A Baader Photo Density 3.8 solar filter was used with the lens system most of the time except on Chromosphere and Baily's Beads which were taken with same lens and camera system sans the solar filter.  A Canon EOS M6 mirrorless camera was mounted on an Orion 50mm guidescope with Televue 2.5X Powermate giving an effective focal length of 550mm (35mm equivalent of 880mm) to capture full sequence of the eclipse in real time.

Weather on the  early morning of E Day , December 26th, was mostly clear with only some thin clouds passing over the Sun during annular times. The entire solar eclipse sequence were successfully documented as well as temperature and humidity readings were recorded.  Beautiful Chromosphere and numerous Baily's Beads were captured as well, All images below were taken by  James unless noted.

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ALP President and 2019 ASE Expedition Team Leader James Kevin Ty beside Canon EOS 5DsR DSLR with Canon EF 400mm f / 2.8 II L lens with EF 2X II Extender for still images and Canon EOS M6 mirror less camera with Orion 50mm guidescope with Televue 2.5X Powermate mounted on Kenko Sky Memo R star tracker	Father and Son Eclipse Chasers
James Kevin Ty beside good friend and TASOS great planetary and DSO imager Tan Wei Leong.	Our Annular Solar Eclipse Imaging Setup
ALP President and 2019 ASE Expedition Team Leader James Kevin Ty being interviewed by Singapore Channel 8 TV crew.	My son Kendrick Cole KC Ty beside Canon EOS R mirrorless camera with Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L lens with EF 1.4x II Extender.

ALP ASE 2019 Singapore Expedition Team

ALP ASE 2019 Singapore Expedition Team with TASOS Eclipse Committee Head / Former President Albert Lim (center with cap)

The team would also like to thank their supporters specially Canon Marketing Philippines (CMP) as well as The Astronomical Society of Singapore (TASOS) specially TASOS Eclipse Committee Head Albert Lim , President Albert Ho and Tan Weri Leong for their logistic support on the eclipse setup site, Thank you also for People's Association and PAssion WaVe Jurong Lake Gardens for the eclipse setup site.

James Kevin Ty was able to observe his first total solar eclipse in March 18, 1988 in Cotabato City, Philippines.  He has led solar eclipse expedition teams to the October 24, 1995 Total Solar Eclipse in Khon Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand; the March 9, 1997 Total Solar Eclipse in Darhan, Mongolia; the August 22, 1998 Annular Solar Eclipse in Pulau Dayang, Malaysia; and, the August 11, 1999 Total Solar Eclipse in Stuttgart, Germany ; July 22, 2009 Total Solar Eclipse in Wuhan, China ; May 21, 2012 Annular Solar Eclipse in Xiamen , China. ; March 9, 2016 Total Solar Eclipse in Palangkaraya, Kalimantan, Indonesia, December 26, 2019 Annular Solar Eclipse in Jurong Lake Gardens , Singapore.  He is looking forward to led another solar eclipse expedition team to observe the June 21, 2020 Annular Solar Eclipse in Taiwan.

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