Observing in coldest temperature so far during this winter

Last night the sky was clear here in sodankylä, and it was also very cold! The coldest temperature last evening was -16 °C! Also the snow cover on the ground has got thicker, now it's thickness is about 10 cm! The sky was relatively dark last night, because Moon was below horizon. The street lights …

Winter is here!

Winter has now arrived here in Sodankylä! During the nigh between 15/16.11. it started snowing, and there was a good snowcover on the ground in the morning! Snowing continued through the day, but it stopped in afternoon. The snowcover stayed there, it didn't melt away, because air and especially the ground was already so cold …

Winter is close – observing in coldest weather so far during this season

Last night sky got clear here in Sodankylä, and I set my scope up for routine observations. Winter is already very close, and suddenly weather turned very cold in monday night. It had been about +1 - +2 °C for long time, but during monday, temperature was below freezing all day and night and freezing, …

Observations in Sodankylä

Last night it was clear sky here in Sodankylä, and I tried to make some observations. There was nevertheless some haze in the sky, and there was a corona visible around Moon. And then I also noticed, that some street lights that had been broken in the yard of my apartment were fixed - a …

The sky of the month: November 2011

In november, darkness prevails here in the north, and chances for making astronomical observations are good! During early evening (picture 1.), the familiar constellations of autumn sky are still high in southern-southwestern sky. The Great Pegasus -square is in the southeastern sky and the constellations of Milky Way are in the southwest. In the morning …