Lunar eclipse 27./28.9.2015 was (almost) totally obscured by clouds

Observed phenomena: Lunar eclipse Type of eclipse: Total Lunar eclipse Type of observation: (Almost 100%) Negative Date and time: 27./28.9.2015, 03:00-06:30 Observing place: Turku, Finland Observing conditions: 99% of time overcast Unfortunately the total Lunar Eclipse in the morning of 28th of September wasn't visible on my observing site in Turku, Finland. The sky was …

Observing during The Finnish Deep Sky Meeting, part 2

Date: 12./13.9.2014 Time: 23:00-04:30 Observing site: Tähtikallio observatory, Finland Instrument: N910/3680mm (35” Astrofox), N250/1200mm NELM: 6.4 SQM: 21.20 Darkness of the background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 2 Weather: Clear sky, calm, warm Objects observed: NGC 7092, NGC 637 and NGC 7160 During the second night of the Finnish Deep Sky Meeting 2015 observing conditions …

Observing during The Finnish Deep Sky Meeting, part 1

Date: 11./12.9.2014 Time: 23:00-03:30 Observing site: Tähtikallio observatory, Finland Instrument: N910/3680mm (35” Astrofox) NELM: 6.2 SQM: 21.10 Darkness of the background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 2 Weather: Clear sky, calm, warm Objects observed: Abell 72, NGC 6742 (Abell 50) Weather was favourable during the Finnish Deep Sky Meeting 2015 and I was able to …

Finnish Deep Sky -meeting 2015

The annual Finnish Deep Sky -meeting was organized this year between 11th and 13th of September at Tähtikallio Observatory Center in village of Artjärvi, Southern Finland. Amount of participants was about 30 persons including one-day visitors. This time only one woman was participating the event. Most of the observing participants were astrophotographers, only 3 sketching …

Observing 21./22.8.2015

Date: 21./22.8.2015 Time: 00:00-03:30 Observing site: Stormälö, Parainen, Finland Instrument: N250/1200 mm (10” refractor) NELM: 6.4 SQM: 21.08 Darkness of the background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 1 Weather: Clear sky, calm Objects observed: IC 5146, NGC 278, NGC 381, NGC 7606, 7723 and 7727 The exceptionally clear weather was still prevailing after my last …

Focus, focus, focus

During past four or five years my interest in within astronomy and related fields have spread out enormously! I have been observing deep sky, variable stars, atmospheric phenomea, satellites, Sun, Moon, Planets, comets, meteors etc. This has been fun, but also quite energy and time consuming. I am now in a new situation in my …