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

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Venus and Jupiter

Venus and Jupiter

2.3.2023 at 20.00 - 20.30 - Karstula (V)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

Venus and Jupiter met in the western sky in the constellation Pisces. The distance between the planets was about the size of a full moon. Venus was higher. Jupiter's (Galilean) moons stood out clearly.

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Moon

Moon

26.2.2023 at 18.00 - 18.30 - Karstula (IV)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

I digiscoped the moon from the eyepiece of a 16 inch reflecting telescope. The terminator area and the craters in the southern parts of the moon stood out nicely.

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M42

M42

25.2.2023 at 20.00 - 20.30 - Karstula (IV)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

I photographed Orion's large gas nebula with a 16-inch mirror telescope, where the prime focus was a Canon EOS 6D camera and a coma-corrector lens. The image is a single image with an exposure time of 40 seconds ISO4000.

Comments: 3 pcs

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Binocular comet

Binocular comet

28.1.2023 at 23.30 - 00.00 - Karstula (III)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

Comet ZTF was visible bright in the northern sky in the constellation Ursa Minor near the star Kochab. Shot with a 15 second exposure through a 16" mirror telescope. Canon EOS 6D.

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Active aurora band

Active aurora band

24.12.2022 at 00.05 - 01.00 - Karstula (III)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

The beautiful northern lights were visible in the northern sky during the first hour of Christmas Eve. Description Canon EOS 6D, Samyang 14 mm, ISO 6400, 3 second exposure f:2.0.

Images: 3 pcs

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Milky way

Milky way

30.10.2022 at 19.00 - Karstula (IV)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

I photographed the bird trail in Karstula's Humpi village between Kilve and Kassiopeia in a rather dark place near the old bird tower. Canon EOS 6D, Samyang 14 mm f:2.8, ISO 6400, exposure time 30 seconds. The light pollution of Karstula's central drive is visible in the lower part of the picture.

Images: 2 pcs

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Partial solar eclipse

Partial solar eclipse

25.10.2022 at 12.06 - 13.25 - Karstula (III)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

I observed a partial solar eclipse in Karstula N63 by photographing the reflection projected by binoculars on white cardboard. Canon EOS 6D, EF 100. The maximum of the eclipse was at 13:20. The weather was clear and cloudy at until 14, so the entire partial solar eclipse was visible,.

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Active aurora band

Active aurora band

4.10.2022 at 23.00 - 23.30 - Karstula (III)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

I photographed the aurora borealis visible for a short time in Karstula N63 E24. At the beginning, they were bright on the northern horizon for 10-15 minutes and then they spread dimmer towards the zenith. The show was over in half an hour. Photographed with Canon EOS 6D camera 14 mm Samyang wide angle ISO 1400, f:2.8, 15 seconds exposure time.

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Bright night shining clouds

Bright night shining clouds

8.8.2022 at 00.30 - 02.30 - Karstula (IV)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

An illuminating night cloud in the north-northeast sky near the horizon.

Images: 2 pcs

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Landscape image of a planet

Landscape image of a planet

27.8.2021 at 22.00 - 23.00 - Karstula (IV)
Jussi Halttunen, Jyväskylän Sirius

Jupiter and Saturn were nicely seen in the constellation of Capricorn in the South.

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