H Beta challenges: Horsehead, California, Cocoon

Date: 7./8.12.2020Time: 19:10-20:15 UTObserving site: Saarijärvi, Lavia, FinlandInstrument: L80/400 mm SQM: 21.18-21.21Weather: clear sky, light breeze, no Moon, no snow, 0 - -2 C, Objects observed: Barnard 33+IC 434, NGC 1499, IC 5416 My long time dream has been to observe Horsehead nebula and other challenging nebulae like California nebula and Cocoon nebula visually. These …

Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) visually

Date: 21./22.11.2020Time: 22:00 UTObserving site: Kokemäki, FinlandInstrument: Newton 250/1200 mm SQM: 21.14Weather: Clear sky, calm, no snow, no Moon Objects observed: comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) During the weekend gathering of amateur astronomy club Porin Karhunvartijat we were able to do a lot of observing! I was doing some film astrophotography experimenting, and also some visual …

Experimenting with film astrophotography

Date: 20./21.11.2020Time: 19:15-20:45 UTObserving site: Kokemäki, FinlandCamera: Canon FTB QLFilm: Ilford Delta 400 b&w filmDevelopment: Ilford Ilfotec DD-X, 20 C deg., 8 min.Weather: Clear skyObjects observed: constellations In the weekend between 20th and 22nd of November 2020 we were having a small gathering of the members of our local astronomy club of Porin Karhunvartijat in …

Apparition of Mars 2020

During later half of year 2020 planet Mars was very well visible in the night sky! During later half of 2020 I was observing planet Mars couple of times per month. I was doing visual observing and sketching, I also tried to photograph Mars on film but without success. Anyway, I will present here my …

Another round of historical Lunar photography

Date: 8./9.9.2020Time: 20:35-21:00 UTObserving site: Ulvila observatory, FinlandInstrument: Celestron C11 (280/2750 mm) + 35-8 mm zoom eyepiece, 8 mm + yellow filterCamera: Canon FTB QLFilm: Rollei Ortho 25 b&w filmDevelopment: R09 "Rodinal", 1+25, 20 C deg., 8 min.Weather: Clear skyObjects observed: lunar features (photographed on film) Yesterday I wrote about my experiences with Lunar photography …

Lunar features on film

Date: 04./05.8.2020Time: 22:30-22:40 UTObserving site: Ulvila observatory, FinlandInstrument: Celestron C11 (280/2750 mm) + 35-8 mm eyepiece, 12 mmCamera: Canon FTB QLFilm: Ilford Delta 400 b&w filmDevelopment: Ilford Ilfotec DD-X, 20 C deg., 8 min.Weather: Clear skyObjects observed: lunar features (photographed on film) I tried photographing some interesting Lunar features on film! I was photographing the …

Karhukamera – realtime skycam in Ulvila Observatory

Karhukamera (lit. The Bear Cam), the realtime skycamera of Porin Karhunvartijat, the local astronomical club of Pori, Finland is online! The camera is located on the top of Ulvila Observatory in Ulvila, Finland. This is actually the second incarnation of Karhukamera, (Karhukamera 2.0) and it has been online since late 2020. The first version of …