I set out in search of the dark sky and the Milky Way in Patvinsuo National Park with my camera and tracking trip. Both were found and traded on top of the northern lights. Even when the technique played, the trip was quite successful. #bongaalinnunrata

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Inspired by zodiac photographs, I thought of driving to Lapua Alajoki to see if it would be dark enough there. While driving there, I sadly noticed that there was quite a lot of fog in the river valley and the frost was lower there at about -20, even though it was only -13 a little higher in the terrain when I left home. Fortunately, there was a fog-free place to park the car. It is a pity that the fog in the surroundings, together with the light pollution, made it impossible to observe the zodiac light. Instead, a dim belt of northern lights was visible in the northern sky through the fog gau...

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#bongaalinnunrata challenge, I decided to try to see if the Milky Way came out of Oulunkylä in the backyard. For exposure I tried 30s and 60s 120s and 300s shots, for the individual I think the 60s shown here was the best. I tried Pinota (Maxim Dl) up to 40min from the front but not to mention the Milky Way. (Another picture.) With a laser pointer I tried to hit the swan at the deneb, a slight hut;) camera canon 600d, big 800, Tamron 12-24 mm widescreen lens. Eos ccd Clip light pollution filter, Stand StarAdwenture

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#bongaalinnunrata This time I went to try to photograph the Milky Way from the seaside of Mellsten, yes it was a bit visible in the picture. His eyes could barely see the Milky Way, very faintly something separated. I combined 16 images of the entire Milky Way image, it was not quite successful. Gimp has a bit of more bird's eye view visible. The picture clearly shows the effect of light pollution on the city and Kirkkonummi. I also made a panorama from the image in Figure 16, which shows the orbit a little dimly to the west. The vertical image also shows the galaxy of Andromeda. Even nort...

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# Bongal Bird Trail Challenge Well now. I wouldn’t have thought I would get to the terrain anymore before the challenge ended. It happened differently :) During the day I was plagued by an icy lack of concentration. The thought ended up tangling up so badly that I thought I’d go hang out — there it might even be useful after all. Hanging in the field was rewarded with a tear-off of my cloud cover (momentary, don’t let anyone worry about the blame .....) and a piece of the repo arc. At the top, the Milky Way didn't want to be seen, is there even air glow in the pictures ..? Northern lights ...

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After darkness, the imaging equipment of the hawk quickly piled up and I left for a familiar place to spot our home galaxy before the Moon rose. And at that point I had no idea what was waiting for me later in the evening! Arriving at the observation site shortly after 6 pm, the Milky Way still stood out moderately well with the naked eye, but gradually the light of the Moon (and the northern lights) made it disappear. The next hour and a half then went to watching and filming the magnificent Northern Lights play. A memorable evening! #bongaalinnunrata

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# bongaalinnunrata- the challenge also ended in us at Laitila. This time the weather cleared so fast that I didn’t have time to go beyond the home village. The whole day has come to show back and forth with the camera. Namely, the bag was heated by Irix's 15mm acquisition, which has been waiting to weather for almost three long and painful weeks. The weather has been pretty epic bad for testing. I almost screamed with excitement when I realized I could try the Milky Way! It went well and effortlessly with the repocyte ... The Milky Way was not visible terribly well, (except, of course, at ...

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And I still had time to take part in the #bongaalinnunrata challenge, even though I have a hard time doing it with clouds and the moon. There was also little light pollution around the bay corner trough. But it has been spotted.

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The Pori Bear Guards spent their Tuesday evening gathering at the Ulvila Observatory. #bongaalinnunrata if I could take another picture with the #bongaalinnunraata challenge, even from the clouds. Jarkko Suominen described the Lifting Weight Nebula with a telescope, Juha Ojanperä painted the beautiful interior structures of the tower with red light and I also described the opening of the cucumber, whether there is still time to take a few pictures before everything is covered in the cloud. The weather was quite challenging. But a few pictures were still taken! Great was this milky way challeng...

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The autumn holiday trip to North Karelia and New Moon were the most opportune moments to see the Milky Way, as in the darkness of the martyred country there were no more disturbing light sources in the midst of the dangers. Even a small not-so-good camera got the picture taken. #bongaalinnunrata

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First time orbital photography. The lights of the yard path would illuminate the treetops and the sea was my mirror pad. The lunar phase was + - 0%. #bongaalinnunrata

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After an afternoon full of theory, the star photography workshop organized by the Helsinki Camera Society led us to Porkkalanniemi in Kirkkonummi. In this way, we immediately got to apply what we learned in practice. Luckily, the thick mist of the first trip evaporated when we reached the top of the headland and the sky was perfectly clear. The Milky Way was quite visible and the whole group got some great pictures. #bongaalinnunrata

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Let me decide to go out and hurry the camera as soon as the clouds periodically stayed away. The bright moon disturbed what was rising, but the reposet was recorded nicely. I tried to get the Milky Way in the same picture, but it doesn’t really stand out in that amount of light. The first picture was taken at 23.32 and the second at 23.40. The fires disappeared at around 23.45, and the toes began to be so icy that it was better to leave. However, #bongaalinnunrata is still here :)

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The October Milky Way recorded in the windy Porkkalanniemi. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata. Clear evening, temperature -8.5c. I went to photograph the Milky Way which was not properly separated with the naked eye as the moon illuminated the sky. Two different exposures.

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A cloudless evening for a long time. :) I went out and hug the camera in the hope of the northern lights or the Milky Way ... As I thought, the bright moon and the fresh rain had hampered my visibility in time. Although I was basically in an almost light-free place, the Milky Way did not stand out to the naked eye. But it was still great to listen to the emotional silence and wonder at the starry sky. #bongaalinnunrata

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Inaccessible to light pollution, the orbit is much better visible than in the city. #bongaalinnunrata

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In the archipelago, the night was clear and there is always relatively little light pollution, so the orbit is often really clear! This night was downright magically gorgeous! #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata autumn holiday trip in Perniö, good weather, Uusikuu and a surprisingly light-free sky in southern Finland. I filmed two nights on 19-20.10. After all, it was sneaking in the headlamp light in the dark forest, which sometimes heard strange animal (?) Sounds that I didn’t recognize :) Well, the sky was really gorgeous!

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It showed up here too, for a long time properly! #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata ... continued this time at home, these pictures were taken in Sorit, Laitila. Luck was able to bonga from the holidays of the clouds. I was already lulled into not photographing the Milky Way tonight. I set out to immerse my grief in the abyss. When I left there, the bright starry sky was visible in Kalanti, what the heck? After seeing the northern lights, the plans for the evening changed on the fly. Sar-arc brought his own spices to the Milky Way soup. The Milky Way was well visible once again. More and less clouds sailed everywhere and the further the evening progressed, t...

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A little mist drifted on the surface of the earth, but otherwise the air was clear and cloudless. With an eye that does not adapt to twilight, the visual perception is only hint, but thanks to the Swan, the location is easy to find. Scraping almost non-existent contrasts required several sessions. Albireo is in the middle of the picture. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata For the first time this year, I was able to properly photograph the Milky Way and the weather was on the side for once. Normally, I'm used to shooting in the Tampere region, so it's nice to shoot a variation against the sea without such significant light pollution. Of course, there was still enough challenge in the filming. The lens seemed to mist up constantly, I meant to slip from the rock into the sea several times and the use of the Nanotracker tracking device didn’t really naturalize after a long break.

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#bongaalinnunrata sky near Ylänen is dark to southern Finns, and I have spent numerous companies in this place. It is 40 km as the crow flies to the center of Turku, but the horizon to the south is still quite pale. I will also include one old (taken on 9 September 2013) picture from Enontekiö, because on my autumn trip this autumn, the clouds did not allow the Milky Way to be seen. The sky in Lapland is really dark, especially in Enontekiö, as there are no large ski resorts with illuminated slopes. The photo was taken just 10 km east of Enontekiö's largest agglomeration, Heta. Although th...

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#bongaalinnunrata During the description of the northern lights, there was time to photograph the Milky Way, which was visible in a very clear sky. Miekankoski turned out to be a good place because the place is dark. 1. Kotka and Kilven area in the south at low 2. Swan and Lyra high in the south 3. Perseus and Cassiopeia 4. Kasiopeia

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For a long time, the Cloud Cover cracked so much in the evening that the starry sky was visible for a while and I had time to take a photo of someone. About a month has passed since my previous Milky Way bonga. This time I decided to try the popular Milky Way and "Comet" composition. #bongaalinnunrata

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I tested the Samyang fisheye purchased when used, it makes a pretty good impression as a pair of EM-5 (while waiting for repos). These are my first Milky Way pictures. #bongaalinnunrata

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I had stewed another photo #bongaalinnunrata campaign. At the same time, it would be convenient to find out how big the trunk of our car actually is. In the north, there was a threatening cloud ferry, so the work had to be done quickly and looking for the nearest possible observation point. We were so close to the settlement that we were free to choose whether the lights of Klaukkala, Helsinki or Espoo could be heard on the horizon. I headed again to the familiar Valkjärvi beach, whose boat docks were already familiar from many observation nights. Yes, the Milky Way still stood out from the br...

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This time I photographed the Milky Way in the direction of Zenith. I also returned to the September observation site on the shores of Haapala, where there is a very dark sky behind a dead tree. The Milky Way is stunningly beautiful to watch there as you let your eyes get used to the darkness. In the last picture moving light pollution :) #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata Milky Way spotted! After many cloudy nights, the sky became clearer. The camera isn’t weird, but the observation is safe and that’s enough for me.

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#bongaalinnunrata I have visited the bird trail many times in my own yard. Only now came a moderate picture.

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#bongaalinnunrata. This time I photographed the Milky Way in my backyard and nearby forest. There is light pollution when the street lights do not go out until midnight. The arc of northern lights also haunted the north again.

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#bongaalinnunrata On Friday night in Rihtniemi, Pyhäranta, there was a very beautiful starry sky, and the sea was quite calm.

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After the seemingly endless cloudiness, suddenly there was a completely cloudless clear sky and the fog was gone too! :) Hopefully I went to drive around Oulu in search of a dark place. I probably ended up near Pateniemi beach. There was someone on the construction site and terribly no driving signs. Well, I'm not driving, I left the car at the sign and continued walking forward .. This was a surprisingly good dark place. I just might not dare to recommend when there were those prohibition signs if any. I may not have been able to go there on foot, but at least I didn't bother the work...

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For a long time, a completely clear sky was promised but the northern lights forecast was poor. So the Milky Way was more visible then. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata nearby lake.

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For my part, the darkest filming location of the Milky Way Challenge so far was found on Kemiönsaari on the basis of a feldspar quarry. However, the shooting conditions in terms of seeing were not as good as even though my observation in Rymättylä was in September. Earlier in the afternoon I saw the king of the night, i.e. the owl, enjoying the sunshine (finally the relief image). #bongaalinnunrata. PS You shouldn't move around the scene, but I didn't notice any prohibition signs in the dark ;-)

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#bongaalinnunrata There was already fog in the city when we left, but we got to Kolkannokka in Saaronniemi 15 minutes before the arrival of the fog, which was accompanied by the roar of the fog horns of Swedish ships. I only had time to take three pictures, and the composition was left uncorrected. However, the Milky Way was nicely visible, better than the last time the Sahara dust and Portuguese smoke faded from the sky.

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Exploring the structures of the Milky Way from among the clouds, at the Tyyrinmäki observatory. Cloudy, especially in the south. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata I tried to catch the Milky Way on a cell in Luolavuori, a couple of kilometers from the center of Tutu. The shooting landscape is away from the center, but the sky is very light. The Milky Way is barely visible in the original image; I have processed this image to improve the contrast. With the naked eye I could not detect the Milky Way. At the same time, I paid attention to the efficient floodlights at the nearby heating center, which are directed horizontally and also dazzle the traffic coming to the center downright dangerously. In addition, the road section itself is unli...

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The weather on Artjärvi was partly cloudy and there was fog near the ground. However, the Milky Way sometimes stood out from the clouds in the parking lot of the Ursa Observatory. #bongaalinnunrata

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My wife and I admired the Milky Way at the cottage beach, and got excited to try filming the #bongaalinnunrata challenge. The shutter speed was 30 seconds, and I mostly shot at full aperture (Nikon D5300 and Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6, ISO 10,000). We exposed each other to the pictures by flashing with a flashlight. Since we have previously enjoyed magical moments paddling in calm Törmäsjärvi under the starry sky, we tried to get a picture of the kayaking theme. It was nice, and the Milky Way was great!

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I went to Pori and my mind made a quick visit to Yyyteri to see how the Milky Way can be seen there. The wind was strong and the sea was roaring. There was moisture in the air and the wasted light stained the sky yellow. However, the Milky Way stood out quite well above the sea. White balance adjusted in Lightroom 3000k and 2850k There have been very few opportunities to spot the Milky Way this fall. If only there was time before the snow came to a decent place. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata ... continued in Laitila with the theme of "village". I had gotten the host lured off the warm couch into the biting and damp, bony and core-reaching weather. "Circus Koski" decided to go to the roadside and we headed to Vidilä, Kauppila's closed yard. The purpose would be to see how the Milky Way is recorded in this magnificent old village setting. (or not saved) This trip had to be a cherry on a cake or a sugar base. (that's what we thought) That is further from the center than Salonkylä, so it would be assumed that there is no light pollution there. (you could easi...

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#bongaalinnunrata. The day was pretty foggy, but luckily for the evening it became clear for a while. I thought of trying a streak image and chose that birch in front of it and behind the dimmer head of the Milky Way. Big 100 and I chose f5 as the aperture, but it wasn’t a good idea. The exposure is about 20 minutes and one exposure. Brightness has been added to the image through image processing.

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Now the bigger group was on the subject #bongaalinnunrata . Good lunch, campfire and clear starry sky. It was nice!

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#bongaalinnunrata Description of the Milky Way at the cottage. I hadn’t photographed the Milky Way before and now I decided to try to record it.

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I set out in search of a darker observation point in the Turku archipelago. This time, Nauvo was chosen as the place, which I had already mapped in the summer when I was looking for observation sites. The sky in Nauvoo was indeed dark, the SQM meter showed readings during the night that ranged from 21.35 to 21.45! These are already quite good readings in Finnish conditions! During the night, I made five visual observations of the items on Herschel’s list. In addition, I also thought to photograph the Milky Way, and with this photo to participate in Bongaa Milky Way! campaign! #Bongaalinnunrata

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After getting out of work I noticed the sky was brighter than yesterday, I decided to try the Milky Way description again. There is no information about the northern lights until the first exposure started. Yes, a pretty arc to the north and a little inconvenience lit up, but it gave the pictures an atmosphere. The last picture shows a combination of northern lights and clouds where the head of the Milky Way was worth looking for :) #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata a group at the Multia lookout tower. Coffee, cocoa, buns and a handsome starry sky.

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#bongaalinnunrata description practice. filming had to stop as the fog increased. Preliminarily treated with iPad. A darker place, but the scattered light of nearby centers.

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#bongaalinnunrata I wanted to bring warmth to the picture with colored light. The trees swayed in the strong wind which made them out of focus.

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#bongaalinnunrata challenge a few new versions. The orbit was very clear and there was not much light pollution.

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# Bongal Trail Challenge continued in Laitila again with the theme of "village", it was the turn of the picturesque Untamala. It did make me feel like going to bed when I finally got off the imaging course, the day had been terribly long. But the body could not resist the bright twinkling starry sky. However, the starry sky was again so appealing (and addictive) that I packed the shots into the car and fumbled myself on the road. I found myself in the middle of darkness again ... The magnificent village of Untamala in Laitila was chosen as the location. The amount of light pollution was surpri...

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When the Northern Lights were detected, I tried to photograph the Milky Way, but the dim Northern Lights did not manage to disappear from covering it. Well, in a month and a half, I haven’t even gotten to try because of the weather and early morning wake-ups, although sometimes there may have been cloud cracks. #bongaalinnunrata

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The autumn vacation on the island of Lohjanjärvi started perfectly, the clouds gave way just enough to get a few decent pictures of the Milky Way. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata continues, this time I was practicing wandering in Torre, Laitila. The Milky Way was a bit strange. Visibility varied, and not just because of the clouds. There was a mist like fog in the air after all. There was a tense glow in the Milky Way. Tijä, then, was foggy or damp, but that may not have been light pollution. Therefore, the closest possible to the dark, that is the amount and color of light pollution in that area, but that was not the kind of norm orange, but yellowish red. Of course there may also be a good imagination;) Fireballs always flashed in between. It was re...

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The second image of the evening extends from the Screens to the Double Set of Perseus. More information: http://www.astrobin.com/317252/ #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata Yesterday I bongas the Milky Way, and much more, for example the M31 galaxy :) However, the sky was too bright to see dimmer objects in space :) Exif: Shutter speed 475s, aperture F4, Iso2500. Shooting equipment: Camera: Canon Eos 6D. Lenses: Samyang T3.1 14mm Milky Way pictured In a small picture of the galaxy, an old M42 threaded 135mm F2.8 tube. Stand: Skywatcher Star-Adventurer tracking stand with counterweight. Manfrotto 055xprob stand + Manfrotto 496RC2 ball head. Software: - Polar orientation with the help of iPad PS Aling program. - Image Curves, levels, color balanc...

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#bongaalinnunrata when the weather is right, it was dark in the nearby swamp.

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It was nice to leave after a long cloud tube to paw under the clear starry sky =) I decided to curl up in the yard of the local campground, got there and inched in my mind that luckily there was no one around this time. In the darkness, I slowly paddled towards the pier, at the same time I began to listen as the swans chatted from the darkness of the opposite shore. At the same time among the stars, three stars decided to take off =) I inferred to myself that it was a badly atmospheric evening moment .. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata Finally a bright evening. Ruissalo's Saaronniemi opens up a moderately wasteless sky between the south and the west, so the cape is a popular place to shoot when there is no time to go further. This time the view was somehow dim and the sky around the horizon was lighter than usual - was it due to the cloud of smoke and dust mentioned in the news the next morning? I crunched an image like this, but the contrast to the eye was considerably weaker; especially near the horizon the Milky Way was just barely visible.

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Filming the Milky Way in Tammela. Poorly visible because it wasn’t completely dark yet and the schedule didn’t let me shoot very late. Shown perpendicular to the top. In addition to the star flight, one satellite seems to be visible in the picture. #bongaalinnunrata

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Again, I went to Savitaipale in the darkness of Kärnäkoski to photograph the Milky Way in honor of a moonless and cloudless night (it has never been again). Compared to August, the Milky Way is already getting duller. You don't see such bright spots anymore. Next, focus on taking constellations with the js stand and Newton. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata Starry Eat no clouds ... awesome! Yeah I still thought at that point. The pictures didn't want to be really finished, I photographed and always photographed yellow in every picture. I took a picture from both ends of the Milky Way and on the dimmer side I could see a straight yellow stripe. The first pictures I took while the sky was blue don’t look so bad yet yellow. The pictures also show satellites, I can't tell what they are called.

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When the sands of the Sahara and the fumes of Portugal hit perhaps the only clear night in the shooting window in October, it’s annoying; The Milky Way diamond is missing! The mists and haze were already visible in the afternoon after sunset as a yellow-orange, bright zone reaching 2-3 degrees, and at night, according to satellite images, the clear sky was shrouded in thin wasteland. Attached is a particle mass visible on the horizon (and still visible at Jotsenen's height).

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Like the grains and flour of those stars and the Milky Way shines ... #bongaalinnunrata

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The tin bird rose from Turku and was apparently on its way to Gothenburg along the Milky Way. Very depressing situation, because I collected material for the streak image in the spirit of training and then behind the forest comes a motorized bastard with all the lights on ;-) That’s what it’s sometimes like filming the Milky Way and the Starry Sky. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata Clear sky in a dark place. A rare treat.

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#bongaalinnunrata It has been a long time to wait for a properly clear sky. So despite the shocking wind, I navigated to nearby Rapatunturi to describe the Milky Way. Visually, it stood out rather dimly, and didn't seem to properly stick to the cell either. The wind tried its best to make the tease, but the stand as low as possible and still supported by hand did its job. In the background you can see the Gerby water area and the lights of Vaskiluoto.

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Milky way in a cloudless sky. #bongaalinnunrata

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#bongaalinnunrata The forecast promised northern lights, so we decided to try to get a picture of the Milky Way at the same time. When we came to Kuhmalahti beach, the sky started to cloud and the fog clouded the northern sky. We still had time to get a couple of pictures, and a bright satellite hit one. would have been Iridium. Figure 1 was taken at 20.06.

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