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Saturnus, Kuu ja Mars

29.3.2016 at 03.46 - 04.12 - Forssa (II)
Aki Jaatinen

I happened to be upstairs, and I remembered that Ursa's pages mentioned this conjunction of Saturn, the Moon and Mars. The humidity was very high. pictures to get. I've changed some of the brightness and some other settings so that Saturn, especially on the left side of the moon, would show up. I've included even black and white pictures. Artificial lights were the worst drawback, of course, and in addition to that humidity.

Images: 6 pcs

Telescopic comet Siding Spring

29.3.2016 at 01.54 - Lumijoki (I)
Veijo Kallio, Oulun Arktos

The comet stands out as a small fog point at the point marked with a line in the figure. I confirmed this from the DSS image.

Telescopic comet Catalina

29.3.2016 at 00.30 - 01.00 - Lumijoki (III)
Veijo Kallio, Oulun Arktos

The comet still distinguishes the long main tail weakened, but there are no longer any signs of a gas tail. The tail extends to the edge of the image, so it is longer than 23 '. At the time of filming, the comet was located right next to the open constellation NGC 1545, but of course it could not fit in the image due to its scale.

Images: 2 pcs

Telescopic comet PANSTARRS

28.3.2016 at 23.30 - 23.59 - Lumijoki (III)
Veijo Kallio, Oulun Arktos

At the time of shooting, the subject was located almost in zenith and this month did not lighten the sky. The main tail was separated by about 7 'and the weak opposite tail by at least 5'. The head of the comet stood out much brighter than the tails. A small small elongated galaxy from the end of the comet slightly to the left is called PGC 38649.

Images: 2 pcs

Moon

27.3.2016 at 16.51 - Kuusamo (IV)
Voitto Pitkanen

"Moon Passage". Well, that kind of flew in the scenery today and next night it will be moving in the same areas for months. Not sure if they would meet Suining above. Happy Easter to all the Skywardens!

Comments: 4 pcs

Moon

23.3.2016 at 07.15 - 07.15 - Kontiolahti, Jakokoski (III)
Hiski Välimäki

I tried to take a picture on the phone through a telescope. I was surprised that it became about good even though I have a pretty bad camera.

Moon

23.3.2016 at 00.04 - Ilmajoki (III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

"Mysterious Moon" The thin cloud curtain slightly destroyed the details of the Moon, but on the other hand there was no harm in the artistic sense ...

Telescopic comet PANSTARRS

22.3.2016 at 22.00 - Imatra (I)
Rauno Päivinen, Etelä-Karjalan nova

Comet P / 2016 BA14, which made the earth's close pass on March 22, 2016, photographed from the backyard observatory. The subject itself was found quite well, but the filming was challenging due to the glow of the full moon and the rapid movement of the comet. The first picture has 10 30s exposures, the comet has drawn a Streak during each 30s exposure, the snapping is due to the camera charging delay. The second image shows a stack of 50 5s exposures focused on the core of the comet. I tried to make the tail visible, but even in the negative I can't get anything visible even by stretc...

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 4 pcs

Moon

22.3.2016 at 18.51 - Uurainen (IV)
Erkki Rauhala

Almost full Moon on a spruce branch.

Comments: 1 pcs

Moon

22.3.2016 at 18.35 - Rautalampi (III)
Vesa Vauhkonen, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

The moon rises, the shadow of the earth also.

Kuu ja Jupiter

22.3.2016 at 06.03 - Tampere (IV)
Emma Wälimäki

Clear skies, sleet -15 degrees on a calm frosty night. The frost was so icy that I was content to describe the rise of Saturn and Mars from the southeast to the morning sky, the Moon and Jupiter, and the rather spectacular fall of the Moon above Jupiter.

Images: 2 pcs

Kuu ja Jupiter

22.3.2016 at 00.24 - Tuusula (III)
Juho Kinnunen

The moon and Jupiter were nicely seen side by side. Jupiter also shows a few moons in the picture.

Moon

22.3.2016 at 00.03 - Ilmajoki (IV)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa

Coming from work, I have time to take a few pictures of the “five to five” full moon (which, in fact, seems to be tomorrow afternoon).

Images: 2 pcs

Moon

21.3.2016 at 22.49 - Helsinki (IV)
Esa Ahonen

The moon was seen beautifully, photographed with a 500mm lens x 1.5 crop, in another image Jupiter and visible 3 moons.

Images: 2 pcs

Wargentin, Nasmyth, Phocylides

21.3.2016 at 22.48 - Espoo
Jerry Jantunen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

Wargentin is a clever crater in that it is not a pit but a bulge. The crater is filled from lava to its extremes.

Comments: 1 pcs

Kuu ja Jupiter

21.3.2016 at 22.30 - Kotka (III)
Minna Rissanen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

The moon and Jupiter appeared at half past eleven from my balcony, and I got a couple of flaps taken. When shooting, I didn’t even realize that with a slightly longer exposure I got Jupiter’s moons in the pictures, I was pleasantly surprised when I transferred the pictures to the machine.

Images: 3 pcs

Moon and Jupiter

21.3.2016 at 22.16 - Turku (I)
Mikko Peussa, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

After the halos, the Moon and Jupiter began to disappear behind a thin gauze, but I still decided to grab one square to commemorate that encounter as well. Jupiter might already have a little circle around it, but is there probably just something artifact around?

Kuu ja Jupiter

21.3.2016 at 21.56 - Kuusamo (III)
Voitto Pitkanen

The moon and Jupiter encountered in the reflection of snow crystals, i.e. some kind of halo phenomenon was observable. In the clearing sky later.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs

Kuu ja Jupiter

21.3.2016 at 21.50 - 22.00 - Helsinki, Pornaistenniemi (III)
Veikko Mäkelä, Ursa (Helsinki)

The moon and Jupiter were close on Monday night. I tried to capture the witch, but there were again a few problems with the appropriate exposures and focus. Here, however, is documentation of what happened.

Kuu ja Jupiter

21.3.2016 at 21.46 - Rautalampi (III)
Vesa Vauhkonen, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)

I tried to get five months of the same picture, with camera optics. Around Jupiter on the left Ganymedes, then Io and Europa merged into one point, and on the right the Rock. Two rapid successive exposures without moving the camera, i.e. the Moon relative to Jupiter, are in the right place. From the more sensitive exposure of the stars in the background sky.

Search result contains observations from time period 1.3.2016 klo 00.00 - 31.3.2016 klo 23.59.