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Half-sky auroras

24.9.2023 at 23.00 - 05.30 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

These seem to be enough for now. So far, perhaps the most beautiful northern lights from this autumn. It seems to have exploded properly twice.

Images: 4 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Active aurora band

19.9.2023 at 21.30 - 23.30 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The fires started to appear as soon as the evening got dark, and at half past twelve the clouds already covered the whole sky. A picture from the best moment that didn't last many minutes. Otherwise, a belt has been visible in the northern horizon.

Half-sky auroras

18.9.2023 at 21.30 - 05.00 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

You could almost have lit up the entire sky with the aurora borealis when they reached quite far to the south, but let's reserve that for the proper show. Still, this was great.

Images: 4 pcs

Quiet aurora band

14.9.2023 at 22.00 - 05.00 - Taivassalo (II)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

This time the clouds weren't a problem like the night before, but the northern lights were not at the same level of visibility. At the very beginning, a somewhat rapid arc has gone across the entire sky, but otherwise they stayed pretty much low in the north.

Images: 3 pcs

Half-sky auroras

13.9.2023 at 00.00 - 05.00 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

It would certainly have been a great show here in the south as well, but it was sadly behind the clouds.

Images: 4 pcs

Several halo forms

7.9.2023 at 03.55 - Taivassalo (II)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

A brightly lit upper side opening in the light of the moon.

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

25.8.2023 at 01.10 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Based on Ulvila's observation, a little more southerly was also found in the sky camera images.

Clearly visible night shining clouds

5.6.2023 at 00.30 - 01.30 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Running in the new sky camera. The camera was on fire for the second night and the search is still in the settings as well as the final location, but the career still got off to a good start.

Images: 2 pcs

Rocket-related clouds

23.3.2023 at 20.24 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Very low from southern Finland, but the rocket launch was still caught on the sky camera. The last image is the maximum stack of images showing the barium cloud. #raketti: IM/IO (Improved Malemute Improved Orion) #BRORkiruna

Images: 4 pcs

Half-sky auroras

23.3.2023 at 20.20 - 00.00 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

It was great again, but the fog came and after ten o'clock we haven't seen much. A bit before eleven, however, kajo has been seen even through the fog/clouds. At first I suspected some kind of disturbance, but apparently the activity has increased just at that time, so it must be the northern lights.

Images: 2 pcs

Half-sky auroras

15.3.2023 at 23.10 - 05.10 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

It was a handsome set again, especially the red one has been well displayed again.

Images: 5 pcs

Venus and Jupiter

1.3.2023 at 20.53 - Turku (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

It's good that this meeting was captured a day earlier, at the minimum distance, because the sky was blocked at the h-moment.

Half-sky auroras

27.2.2023 at 19.15 - 06.00 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Another wonderful aurora night after the previous one. This time I really went out, but it's just a shame that it was precisely for that break between nine and ten. Maybe next time... After all, the sky camera showed what it missed.

Images: 4 pcs

Half-sky auroras

26.2.2023 at 22.00 - 06.00 - Taivassalo (IV)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

The sky camera's collection of the night's events. I wish I could have wondered live... The reddish tone is confusingly attention-grabbing.

Images: 8 pcs

Crepuscular rays

14.2.2023 at 18.10 - Turku (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

A nice sunset and twilight rays. Maybe there would have been a little pearly brown included at some point.

Comments: 1 pcs

A fireball at night, brighter than the venus

10.2.2023 at 21.37 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Based on a few other observations, it was found on the camera, even though there has been some kind of cloud in between.

Pearl clouds

26.1.2023 at 17.25 - Turku (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

There was a handsome weave after a long period of rain. The Sun alone would have been enough, but this is fine too.

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

12.9.2022 at 21.43 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Pitkän Viirun was left on camera by this fireball. It has been obviously spectacular.

Comments: 4 pcs

A fireball at night, as bright as a full moon

10.9.2022 at 03.21 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

Based on another observation, this was also found in my own sky camera.

Comments: 1 pcs

Rocket-related clouds

13.8.2022 at 01.54 - 01.58 - Taivassalo (III)
Juuso Nurmio, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)

I didn't see a single Perseid, and I apparently went to bed a little too early for this rocket launch, but I still got a nice streak on the sky camera. #raketti: Falcon 9

Search result contains observations from time period 1.1.2000 klo 00.00 - 29.9.2023 klo 9.25.