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Kurikka, Moon
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1.4.2023 at 16.15 -
Kurikka, Sun
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1.4.2023 at 16.13 -
Naantali, Pintahalo
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1.4.2023 at 07.55 -
Kokkola, Satellite
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1.4.2023 at 05.06 -
Kuhmoinen, Starry sky image
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1.4.2023 at 04.10 -
Orimattila, Artjärvi, Viestikallio, Telescopic comet PanSTARRS
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1.4.2023 at 02.00 -
Kempele, Aurora rays
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1.4.2023 at 01.00 -
Saarijärvi, Lunar corona
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31.3.2023 at 23.26 -
Vaasa, Satellite
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31.3.2023 at 23.16 -
Outokumpu, Aurora rays
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31.3.2023 at 22.28 -
Kangasniemi, A fireball at night, brighter than the venus
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31.3.2023 at 21.28 -
Puumala, A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon
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31.3.2023 at 21.25
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31.3.2023 at 20.00 - 20.30 - Juva
(II)
Petri Martikainen, Ursa (Itä-Suomi)
The cloudless, calm weather and good weather enticed us to go to the middle of the field to watch Mercury appear after sunset. We had to spend half an hour looking through the bright sky to get Mercury in the field of vision. I couldn't distinguish it with my naked eyes, but somehow it stuck to the picture. Figure 1. Unprocessed image at 20:29 (38 minutes after sunset). Figure 2. The same as a mask. Figure 3. Guide lines added.
Images: 3 pcs
Telescopic comet PanSTARRS
1.4.2023 at 02.00 - 03.00 - Orimattila, Artjärvi, Viestikallio
(II)
Jorma Ryske, Etelä-Suomen kosmol. seura
364P/PanSTARRS is a small comet currently about 1 AU from the Sun and very close to Earth at 0.14AU / 21 million km. Because of its proximity, the comet moves very quickly and even with short 30s exposures you had to follow the comet. The comet has a dense very small 40" / 4,000 km diameter coma and an easily distinguishable narrow 10' / 60,000 km long tail. The image of the cyan filter (CN 387nm) shows almost no CN emission with 364P/PanSTARRS. Often, comets have already formed a large CN coma at a distance of 1 AU from the sun, but this comet does not have it for some reason. Image 1) Cl...
Images: 3 pcs
Venus
31.3.2023 at 17.34 - 17.40 - Nousiainen
(III)
Lasse Ekblom
Venus in the daytime sky photographed with a UV filter. A little cloudiness is visible.
Copernicus, Clavius
31.3.2023 at 19.00 - 19.04 - Nousiainen
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Lasse Ekblom
Moon
1.4.2023 at 16.15 - Kurikka
(V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
After the sun, the growing Moon caught the cell from the eastern sky, which was nicely visible in the blue daytime sky.
Sun
1.4.2023 at 16.13 - Kurikka
(II)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
The whole day has been spent disposing of the contents of the barn with the wind being favorable, so I didn't have time to photograph Aurinko until late in the afternoon. Fortunately, the Sun is starting to be quite high already, so that doesn't really matter, even if the filming jobs drag on a bit later. You didn't see very many spots there, and even the few were quite small. Some faculas could be seen at the edges of the Sun. Otherwise, it is less common to walk more than 13 km in your own yard! (If the cell phone pedometer is to be believed at all).
Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel
31.3.2023 at 21.15 - 21.30 - Lempäälä
(IV)
Ari Haavisto, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
The Ptolemaeus triplet forcefully pushed through atmospheric turbulence and treated with aggressive deconvolution. You can view the pictures in a larger size by following the links below. Link to a larger image Link to a larger horizontal version
Images: 2 pcs
Rupes Recta
30.3.2023 at 22.23 - 22.30 - Lempäälä
(IV)
Ari Haavisto, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
Rupes Recta, straight rampart, in the light of the rising sun. The large crater in the lower left corner is the smallest of the Ptolemaeus trio, the approx. 96-kilometer Arzachel
Satellite
31.3.2023 at 23.16 - Vaasa
(IV)
Timo Alanko, Vaasan Andromeda
Osmo Action's fisheye attachment finally arrived and the camera got to the roof with it for testing, mainly to wait for repos. Unfortunately, they were weaker than the night before. However, as a bonus, I'll put a picture of one of them as well. I apparently tilted the camera a little too much to the south. The forest border to the north was left out of the picture, and that's where it mainly warped. At 11:16 p.m., a bright satellite seems to have flown near the Moon. I couldn't find a name for it using Heavensabov. I also tried Heavensat, but I don't think I really know ho...
Images: 2 pcs
Satellite
1.4.2023 at 05.06 - Kokkola
(III)
Pentti Ketola, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
1.4.2023 At 5:06:45 three satellites hit the same image, HA did not recognize these but the one going down might be Starlink.
Comments: 1 pcs
Starry sky image
1.4.2023 at 04.10 - 05.30 - Kuhmoinen
(IV)
Ilkka Taponen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)
Landscape image of a planet
31.3.2023 at 21.09 - 21.11 - Lempäälä
(III)
Teemu Syväjärvi
When I was returning to my apartment, I saw a bright evening star in the western sky in the direction of the sunset, which is our neighboring planet Venus. I took a few pictures of it, but three of them had some kind of light effect from the lamp next to it, which makes it difficult to interpret them. So I took these pictures of the object with my old iPhone 5s smartphone.
Images: 4 pcs
Moon
31.3.2023 at 20.31 - Kurikka
(V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
Sun
31.3.2023 at 09.50 - Kurikka
(III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
Sun
31.3.2023 at 15.39 - Pieksämäki
(III)
Hannu Vauhkonen
Once after a long time the sun was visible in a clear sky, so I thought to see if there were any sunspots. I found three of them. Around two o'clock and five o'clock and the third at around three o'clock right at the edge of the picture.
Moon surface feature
29.3.2023 at 20.08 - Kauhava
(IV)
Jari Kankaanpää, Lakeuden Ursa
Yesterday I skied a 7km run on the ice of Lappajärvi. In the middle of an open glacier, the crater lake certainly seemed huge. I related my experience to the Ptolemaic group I photographed on Wednesday by transferring Lappajärvi to the surface of the moon in the correct scale.
Comments: 1 pcs
M99
30.3.2023 at 22.50 - 22.35 - Janakkala, Tervakoski
(III)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
The night went by three tubes, exoplanet observation with eVscope, Messier objects with Vesper and testing with Dwarf II tube. The northern lights were also in the sky for about 20 minutes saying hello. In this picture, M99 captured on Vespera.
Moon
29.3.2023 at 20.00 - 23.00 - Halli, Jämsä
(III)
Raimo Hakala, Jyväskylän Sirius
On the seventh night after the new moon, the Apennines and the Hyginus ridge are clearly visible because the Moon was very high. In addition, the atmospheric ripple was quite low. - SW Skymax 150, Canon 500D, ISO 400, 1/15s.
Moon
30.3.2023 at 00.37 - Janakkala, Tervakoski
(III)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
At the end of the evening, another 58% Moon here is a good way to end this night.
Markarian's Chain (M84, M86, M87)
29.3.2023 at 22.54 - 23.53 - Janakkala, Tervakoski
(III)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
It was a bit too much adjustment for the evening at once. I watched the rocket launch at about 22:30 onwards, while the Vespera tube imaged the M86 mosaic, eVscope had two supernova alerts lined up, at At 23:00 the second supernova recording ended and I started a new one over a minute at 23, I checked again that the trees do not come in front of the observation and at the same time with the side eye if the rocket launch can still be seen, then I thought I would have time to send the report to the Seti Institute on the computer inside and quickly go back outside to see if the rocket could be se...
Telescopic comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS
30.3.2023 at 05.14 - 06.02 - Fregenal de la Sierra, Espanja
(I)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa
I also managed to photograph this still very faint and distant (7 AU) comet. But I wanted to get this in my hat because the comet is predicted to brighten up enough to be visible to the naked eye in October of next year. We live in hope.
Images: 2 pcs
Satellite
30.3.2023 at 04.06 - Kokkola
(II)
Pentti Ketola, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
Kokkola 30.3.2023 Starting at 3:15 in the morning I took 908 pictures with the timer, here are two pictures from the satellite group that HA did not recognize. These are captured as jpg and then the white balance is saved directly in the captured file, and this can no longer be changed in image processing.
Images: 2 pcs
Sun
30.3.2023 at 09.31 - Kurikka
(III)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
The morning dawned sunny, so in the morning I had to go for a walk with the solar camera. Some specks were visible, but for some reason the views can't really be described as a spectacle this time.
Maurolycus
28.3.2023 at 21.25 - 21.45 - Vantaa, Pähkinärinne
(IV)
Paula Wirtanen, Ursa (Helsinki)
On the base of Maurolycus, the central mountain and the unevenness of the base stood out clearly. #Lunar100: 045 Maurolycus
Images: 2 pcs
Moon and Mars
28.3.2023 at 21.13 - Vantaa, Pähkinärinne
Anne Wirtanen, Ursa (Helsinki)
Abulfeda and Descartes
28.3.2023 at 21.30 - Vantaa, Pähkinärinne
(V)
Paula Wirtanen, Ursa (Helsinki)
The Apollo 16 landing area on the Descartes Highlands was also perfectly visible. Sacrobosco also stood out as a jerk. #Lunar100: 064 Descartes
Promontorum Archerusia and Rima Ariadaeus
28.3.2023 at 21.27 - Vantaa, Pähkinärinne
(V)
Paula Wirtanen, Ursa (Helsinki)
It was great to finally be able to explore the Moon in a sane atmosphere after a long time. The phase of the moon was a little less than half. The picture shows the surroundings of the Archerusian peninsula (Promontorum Archerusia). The conditions brought out both Julius Caesar and also the Rima Ariadaeus to the south of it stood out very clearly in the dark. Right at the terminator, Agrippa and Godin's base were still partially in shadow, and especially the Tempel next to Agrippa stood out in exceptional detail, as did the lava-based Lade. I would have liked to see maybe more of the Cayle...
Zodiacal light
14.3.2023 at 21.15 - Teneriffa, Kanariansaaret, Espanja
(IV)
Antti Taskinen, Joensuun Seulaset
Had the opportunity to observe the sky in Tenerife for a couple of nights. The zodiac light stood out well. However, the night sky was not as dark in Teide National Park as I had assumed beforehand. SQM showed 21.2 mag/arcsec2 on the first night (when there were no subclouds) and 21.4 mag/arcsec2 on the second observation night (when there were subclouds blocking the lights of the coastal population centers), so on the Bortle scale we were in class 3–4. For comparison, I have measured readings of 21.7 mag/arcsec2 at the best in Patvinsuo National Park in Finland, i.e. on the Bortle scale it is...
Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs
Moon
28.3.2023 at 20.03 - Helsinki, Jollas
(IV)
Jorma Koski, Ursa (Helsinki)
Surprisingly, for a moment, almost a half, growing moon (46%) shone in the cleared sky.
Markarian's Chain
27.3.2023 at 23.10 - Kuusamo
Voitto Pitkanen, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)
This shooting destination of mine is traditionally one of the last of the season. Shots with a 600mm combination. The crescent moon lit up the landscape quite a bit, but the glow of the aurora borealis was gone. In total, 25 min of exposure (1-1.5 min/time) and 15 shots.
Moon
28.3.2023 at 00.05 - 00.10 - Kuusamo, Käylä
(III)
Jani Päiväniemi, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)
I tried to photograph the moon with tracking and stacked approx. 40 pictures with registax. It was a bit more accurate than a single image. Will have to try more in the future.
Telescopic comet PANSTARRS
28.3.2023 at 05.32 - 06.16 - Fregenal de la Sierra, Espanja
(II)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa
A surprisingly spectacular (long tail) and fast (a shorter exposure time should have been used) comet. This still needs to be described because the closest to us is 7.4. and periheli is 14.5.
Images: 2 pcs
1993VB
22.2.2023 at 21.18 - 22.00 - Janakkala, Tervakoski
(III)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
1993VB is a small asteroid that orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The size of the asteroid is estimated to be 0.370-0.828 kilometers in diameter. Its orbit is highly elliptical and takes 2.65 years to complete one revolution around the Sun. Classified as an Apollo-class asteroid Classified as a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) The purpose is to combine our data and possibly get more detailed information about the asteroid's rotation time, shape, size and orbit
Images: 2 pcs
M78
22.3.2023 at 21.00 - 23.30 - Kuopio
(I)
Jussi Koponen
I have described this beautiful reflection fog several times, the subject is really challenging, the trees and the Moon have interfered with several partial exposures and many have had to throw frames in the trash. Exposure time about 8 hours. bigger picture on my website: https://astro.galleria.fi/kuvat/2014 Deepsky/M78_full.jpg
1 Ceres
26.3.2023 at 23.20 - 02.18 - Valtimo
(III)
Veli-Pekka Häkkinen
Moon
26.3.2023 at 20.14 - Kurikka
(V)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
Landscape image of a planet
12.3.2023 at 19.35 - Kouvola
(III)
Tero Sipinen
On the first possible launch night (also) of the BROR campaign, I was at the stations and the visibility to the north was quite good. But that, like many other launches, was canceled due to local winds or cloudiness. As a consolation prize from that trip, a landscape planet picture was left on the memory card.
Sun
26.3.2023 at 13.50 - Kokkola
(V)
Pentti Ketola, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
The sun was nicely exposed today and a few specks were visible in the camera pictures.
Sun
26.3.2023 at 10.19 - Kurikka
(IV)
Marko Myllyniemi, Lakeuden Ursa
The sun was visible through a thin band of clouds, but luckily it didn't hinder the photography much. A fairly large number of spots were visible on the surface.
Landscape image of a planet
23.3.2023 at 21.00 - 21.05 - Tampere
(I)
Emma Bruus, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)
We chatted with the youth for a long time about whether there will be another curve outside the oval. The matter remained unclear due to the city's light pollution, humidity and occasional clouds. So we moved on to admire the really beautiful Moon and Venus. Näsijärvi's ice was in such skating condition -in a bad way- that you hardly dared to look for angles on it. So we grabbed the beautiful celestial objects in a jar from those footmen. Now, looking back, I raised my eyebrows that maybe that's it after all...the bigger wonkale too.
Comments: 1 pcs
Coman galaxy cluster
16.3.2023 at 23.49 - 04.17 - Virolahti
(IV)
Tero Hiekkalinna, Ursa (Helsinki)
The object of the second night of the Virolahti star tour was the Coma galaxy cluster, whose central region is located approx. 321 million light years from Earth. The cluster includes more than 1000 galaxies. Exposure in the picture is 3 hours and 50 minutes.
Images: 5 pcs
Starlink G2-8
25.3.2023 at 03.35 - 03.42 - Tervola
(IV)
Leila Rintamäki
The light phenomenon/string of pearls was visible in the northwest/north direction. Star-like light balls moving relatively quickly and repeatedly in the horizontal plane moved like a string of pearls from left to right. The phenomenon was somewhat reminiscent of light streak projectiles or the projectiles of some kind of Star Wars pulse beam weapon or spaceship. In the picture above the trees, you can faintly see that "light chain", there were approx. 15 - 20 light balls in the chain, the number of which remained the same even though the chain was moving. The actual length of the chain is not...
Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs
Starlink
25.3.2023 at 03.40 - 03.45 - Ranua
(IV)
Saaraliisa Kaikkonen
A moving "band of stars" in the northwestern sky. In the tape, at least ten "stars" that flew peacefully in the west-east direction. A new "star" appeared as the old one reached the point where it faded from view. The balls moved symmetrically apart at the same speed. The phenomenon ended when no more balls appeared and the last one had followed the others to the decision point. When I woke up, the phenomenon was already flying in the sky. I rubbed my eyes for a while and finally woke up my husband to say that he sees the same as me. I had time to watch for approx. 5 minutes in total. Attached...
Landscape image of a planet
23.3.2023 at 19.44 - Helsinki
(IV)
Susanna Lönnblad, Ursa (Helsinki)
Venus and the crescent moon in the evening sky above the Katajanokka casino.
Satellite
17.3.2023 at 04.56 - Kokkola
(IV)
Pentti Ketola, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
Satellite images of Kokkola 17.3. 2023 and 20.3.2023 more detailed times in the pictures. Heavens Above did not recognize these timer shots.
Images: 2 pcs
Meteor image
23.3.2023 at 21.32 - Ikaalinen, Sisättö
Heidi Rikala, Ursa (Helsinki)
A long streak was recorded in a picture with an exposure of 4 seconds. I don't know if it was a fireball or a satellite.
Starlink G2-8
24.3.2023 at 02.00 - Valkeala
(I)
While admiring the northern lights, we noticed a line of lights slowly moving behind the trees. Are these starlink satellites or what?
Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs
Landscape image of a planet
23.3.2023 at 20.53 - 20.54 - Janakkala, Tervakoski
(IV)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
After Kiruna's rocket launch, the gaze was fixed on Venus and the Moon in the glow of the aurora borealis. Yes, star enthusiasts have been spoiled today.
Images: 2 pcs
Starlink G2-8
24.3.2023 at 02.00 - 02.02 - Mikkeli
Annikka Kellman
A friend and I were hunting the northern lights at the edge of the field when we noticed the lights of a long pole among the northern lights and stars, which looked like the stars around the pole. However, these moved clearly and at a constant speed in a straight line formation from us, the so-called downwards. The phenomenon lasted approx. 2 minutes until the aurora borealis decreased and at the same time the light disappeared from view. There were more than 10 star-like lights after counting from the picture. (The picture is shaky when I took it from my arm, but the picture clearly shows the...
Landscape image of a planet
23.3.2023 at 21.03 - Ulvila
(V)
Juha Ojanperä, Porin Karhunvartijat
Venus and the crescent moon were entwined in the red glow of the northern lights on the evening of March 23, 2023.
Images: 2 pcs
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