Night sky time lapse & star trails in freezing weather 4./5.12.2021

The annual Arcturus Star Party of Porin Karhunvartijat was organized this year in the first weekend of December 2021, which was from 3th to 5th of December. The event location also this time was Koivuranta camp site in the southern shore of Lake Sääksjärvi (which is actually an ancient meteor impact crater) in municipality of …

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 …

Porin Karhunvartijat 45 years

My local astronomy club Porin Karhunvartijat (can be translated as The Bootes of Pori, literally The Bearwatchers of Pori) was established in 1974, which means that in 2019 the club is celebrating it's 45th birthday! To celebrate the birthday, public event with lectures, music and photography exhibition was organized in the Central Library of Pori …

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 …

Cygnus -meeting 17.-19.7.2015

The traditional Cygnus -summer convention of Finnish amateur astronomers was this year organized in Ylöjärvi, near Tampere, Finland by local amateur astronomy association Tampereen Ursa (astronomical association Ursa of Tampere). The event site was located by Lake Näsijärvi, which is one of the largest lakes in Finland! The programme of the meeting was quite traditional: …

Meeting of Finnish atmospheric optics -enthusiasts

The Finnish atmospheric optics -enthusiasts gathered to the traditional annual meeting in the weekend between 5th and 7th of June 2015. The meeting was organized at The Tähtikallio observatory center of Ursa astronomical association in Artjärvi, Southern Finland. The meeting was organized in very relaxed manner, and the programme was flexible. All the presentations were …

The 40th anniversary of Porin Karhunvartijat

Porin Karhunvartijat is a local astronomy club in city of Pori in western coast of Finland. Porin Karhunvartijat have an observatory and club house in the top of water tower of Ulvila, a small town 10 kilometres southwest of Pori. Porin Karhunvartijat was my local amateur astronomy club when I was a kid in late …

Deep sky -meeting 2014

The traditional deep sky -meeting was organized this year between 19th and 21st of September in Tähtikallio observatory center, Finland. The event has been organized in this place since 2006. Before that, the location of the event was quite variable. This year the event was quite popular, as about 35 people attended the event during …

Cygnus -summer meeting of Finnish amateur astronomers was organized in Mäntsälä 17.-20.7.2014

The traditional Cygnus -summer meeting of Finnish amateur astronomers was organized in Mäntsälä, Southern Finland. The event place was a camping site of the local Parish, called Leiriniemi. The place is located in the shores of a small lake called Keravanjärvi. The number of participants was about 120, which has been quite typical number during …

Atmospheric optics meeting 2014 was successful well beyond expectations

Finnish atmospheric optics -enhusiasts gathered to Tähtikallio observatory center in Artjärvi, Southern Finland between 6th and 8th of June. The numer of participants was 19, which is 4 more than last year and 6 more than two years ago! Some of the participants came from as far as Oulu, which is a city 500 km …