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 …

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 …

Tähtipäivät 2014 was organized in Inari, Finland

The traditional popular astronomy event, Tähtipäivät (literally: Star days), was organized in village of Inari, Northern Finland in 21.-22. of March 2014. The event was organized by Ursa astronomical association (the national astronomical association of Finland) together with a local astronomy club Ochejohka Ursa. The theme of this event was Nieida käreg in Sami language …

Deep sky -meeting 6.-8.9.2013

Group photo of the Deep sky -meeting 2013 (not all participants present). Photo: Juha Ojanperä The deep sky -observers of Finland gathered again to the annual Deep sky -meeting to the Tähtikallio Observatory, Artjärvi. The meeting was organized in early September, in the weekend 6.-8.9.2013. The total number of participants was about 30. During the …

Cygnus -summer meeting of the amateur astronomers of Finland was organized in Vihti 25.7.-28.7.2013

The traditional Cygnus -summer meeting of Finnish amateur astronomers was organized this year between 25th and 28th of July 2013 in Vihti, Southern Finland. The main local organizer of the event was the local astronomy club Kirkkonummen Komeetta (The Comet of Kirkkonummi) and national Ursa astronomical association. The event site was the summer camp site …

Atmospheric Optics -meeting was organized in stormy weather

Meeting of the Finnish atmospheric optics -observers was organized in 17.-19.5.2013 at the Tähtikallio Observatory Center in Artjärvi, Southern Finland. The amount of the participants was little bit higher than in the last year's meeting. This year in total 15 atmospheric optics -enthusiasts participated the meeting. The meeting started already on Friday, but the programme …