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Ursa Astronomical Association
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00130 Helsinki
taivaanvahti(at)ursa.fi

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All-sky aurora

All-sky aurora

23.3.2023 at 22.30 - 00.10 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

The bright lights of the whole sky. In the south as far as Spica. Corona in Otava. Flickering patches and belts. Light green color for the eyes, also red in the pictures.

Images: 4 pcs

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Half-sky auroras

Half-sky auroras

16.3.2023 at 01.00 - 01.45 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

Bright northern lights. More than half the sky to Leijona. Corona in Otava. The color for the eyes is light green, red only in the picture. Rapidly flashing spots and belts. Photo on the phone a little after the brightest moment in the direction north and northeast.

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Moon

Moon

12.10.2022 at 02.30 - 04.45 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)

A digiscoping experiment. As a bonus, the moon in the lake.

Images: 2 pcs

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Active aurora band

Active aurora band

18.8.2022 at 01.40 - 03.15 - Kuhmoinen (III)
Ilkka Taponen

Clearly visible, if faint, northern lights at 2:00-2:30, a calm arc from 2:30-3:00.

Images: 3 pcs

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Bright night shining clouds

Bright night shining clouds

10.8.2022 at 01.20 - 03.00 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen

Bright illuminating night clouds. Extent from northwest to northeast. They went higher towards morning. At 2:45 a brighter Perseid low on the SE horizon. I also saw a couple of dimmer ones.

Images: 2 pcs

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Aurora rays

Aurora rays

8.8.2022 at 01.20 - 02.40 - Kuhmoinen (III)
Ilkka Taponen

Aurora borealis and rays first at 1:30 and again at 2:30. Pictures in the northeast direction.

Images: 2 pcs

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Bright night shining clouds

Bright night shining clouds

8.8.2022 at 01.20 - 02.20 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen

Bright light cloud in the northeast. Width about 12 degrees. It remained unchanged for a long time.

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Dim night shining clouds

Dim night shining clouds

22.7.2022 at 01.00 - 02.00 - Kuhmoinen (II)
Ilkka Taponen

Experimenting with illuminating night clouds with a phone camera.

Images: 2 pcs

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At least 5 lightning strikes seen

At least 5 lightning strikes seen

13.7.2022 at 00.05 - 00.30 - Kuhmoinen (IV)
Ilkka Taponen

Lightning camera experiment. Thunder front from east to west. 12.7.2022 at 23:30 - 13.7.2022 at 00:30. Infrequent lightning. A little wind and rain. Salamat about 1.5 km to the south.

Images: 4 pcs

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Search result contains observations from time period 1.1.2000 klo 00.00 - 26.3.2023 klo 12.47.