Tähtipäivät will be organized in Turku 19.-20.3.2011

Astronomy and amateur astronomy will be in highlight in Turku during this weekend. Event called Tähtipäivät (Literally "Star days") will be organized in Turku, Finland. The event will be organized by Turun Ursa, which is the local astronomy club in Turku. The event hot spot will be in the building of University of Turku. There …

Two faint aurora displays

10.3.2011 at 20.45 I saw some aurora belt in northern sky at low altitude, but there was too much clouds that it was practically impossible to do any good observation. Date: 10.3.2011 Time: 20.45 Observing place: Sodankylä NELM: - SQM: - Weather: Mostly cloudy sky, high- and low clouds, windy, -4 °C Upper limit for …

Here under the Polaris and first aurorae in six years!

Since the beginning of this month, I have been in Sodankylä in Lappland, Northern Finland. I came here to work, but luckily I also have some freetime for amateur astronomy. I will be here until the end of september, but nevertheless I will do some short trips to southern Finland also during this time. Currently …