Newest observations
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Eura, Light pillars
II
3.2.2023 at 21.27 -
Kuusamo, Käylä, Active aurora band
III
3.2.2023 at 19.24 -
Lapua, Several bright halo forms
III
3.2.2023 at 15.44 -
Kurikka, Several bright halo forms
III
3.2.2023 at 14.39 -
Kittilä, Sirkka, Fogbow
IV
3.2.2023 at 12.05 -
Espoo, One halo form
I
3.2.2023 at 10.15 -
Kokemäki, Several halo forms
II
3.2.2023 at 07.30 -
Raisio, Cloudbow visible from the ground
II
2.2.2023 at 11.25 -
Kuusamo, Rukatunturi, Light pillars
II
2.2.2023 at 07.32 -
Rauma, One halo form
I
1.2.2023 at 20.53 -
Pori, Lunar corona
IV
1.2.2023 at 19.59 -
Ulvila, Moon
V
1.2.2023 at 19.23
Contact information
Visibility IV / V
Juha Ojanperä, Porin Karhunvartijat
Irregular dwarf companions of the Milky Way observed with the naked eye.
A large cloud of Magellan appears in the sky as a hazy and elongated "cloud." A large rod-like structure running through the galaxy and the area of the Tarantulas Nebula stand out from the big Magellanic cloud with the naked eye. The visual size of the Big Magellan cloud is about 8 x 2 degrees.
The small Magellanic cloud appears in the sky as an elongated, hazy spot about half the size of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The small Magellanic cloud is uniform to the naked eye, and is of the same brightness as the Large Magellanic Cloud.
The clouds of both Magellan are comparable in brightness and essence to the average brightness and essence of the Linnnunrada. The clouds of Magellan are like pieces torn from the Milky Way, thrown into the sky in their present positions.
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