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 …

Milky way time lapse video in Finland

I had already done some time lapse videos during recent years, I had made time lapse videos of aurorae and Milky way in Australia, but I hadn't done Milky way time lapse video in Finland yet. So I decided to do a Milky way time lapse video in Finland during the annual Deep sky meeting …

My Astronomy Adventure to Australia in August 2019

My lifelong dream had been seeing and observing the marvelous southern sky, to see the southern Milky way, Magellanic clouds, Coalsack and all other wonders of the southern sky! That dream finally became reality, when I was able to travel to Australia to see the southern sky in August 2019! Background to my trip Observing …

Comet Jaqcues and a planetary nebula

Date: 23./24.8.2014 Time: 23:30-01:20 Observing site: Tähtikallio observatory, Finland Instrument: C416/4064mm (16'' Meade) NELM: 5.3 SQM: 21.00 Darkness of the background sky: 3 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 3 Weather: Some haze in the sky, occasional clouds, calm, no Moon, pretty warm Objects observed: C/2014 E2 (Jaqcues), NGC 6905 During the night between 23rd and 24th of …

An interacting pair of galaxies in Easter night

Date: 19./20.4.2014 Time: 23:00-02:30 Observing site: Ulvila observatory, Finland Instrument: C280/2750mm NELM: 6.0 SQM: 20.80 Darkness of the background sky: 3 Seeing: 3 Transparency: 1 Weather: Clear sky, calm, no Moon, pretty warm Objects observed: T Cep, R Leo, NGC 5394-5 I travelled to my parent's place to Ulvila for Easter holiday. Weather was absolutely …

Observing 29./30.3.2014

claimtoken-5345d01b45db8 Date: 29./30.3.2014 Time: 21:00-02:00 Observing site: Stormälö, Parainen, Finland Instrument: N250/1200mm NELM: 6.4 SQM: 21.25 Darkness of the background sky: 1 Seeing: 3 Transparency: 1 Weather: Clear sky, calm to light breeze, no Moon, no snow, humid air, -4 to 0 °C Obects observed: SS Cyg, R Tri, R Cas, T Cas, NGC 4567-8, …

Observing 28./29.3.2014

Date: 28./29.3.2014 Time: 00:00-02:00 Observing site: Stormälö, Parainen, Finland Instrument: L 102/1000mm NELM: 6.4 SQM: 21.21 Darkness of the background sky: 1 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 1 Weather: Clear sky, calm, no Moon, no snow, dry air, -3 °C Objects observed: SS Cyg, Messier 5 In the end of March I finally had a chance to …

Two planetaries in winter sky

Date: 23./24.12.2013 Time: 21:15-23:10 Observing site: Ulvila observatory, Finland Instrument: C/280/2750mm NELM: 5.0 SQM: 20.57 Darkness of the background sky: 3 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 2 Weather: Clear sky, windy, +3C°, no Moon, no snow Objects observed: NGC 2022, IC 2149 In the night between day before christmas eve and christmas eve, I went to the …

Second night of Deep sky -meeting 2013

Date: 7./8.9.2013 Time: 22:00-05:00 Observing site: Tähtikallio Observatory, Finland Instrument: N910/3680mm (36” Folded-newton) NELM: 6.6 SQM: 21.20 Darkness of the background sky: 1 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 1 Weather: Clear sky, +10 °C, calm, no Moon, no aurorae Objects observed: NGC 4319 & Markarian 205 During the second night of the Deep sky meeting 2013, I …

First night of Deep sky -meeting 2013

Date: 6./7.9.2013 Time: 22:00-05:00 Observing site: Tähtikallio Observatory, Finland Instrument: N910/3680mm (36” Folded-newton) NELM: 6.6 SQM: 21.20 Darkness of the background sky: 1 Seeing: 2 Transparency: 1 Weather: Clear sky, +10 °C, calm, no Moon, no aurorae Objects observed: IC 1296 (visual, sketching), Parsamian 21 (visual, sketching), Abell 4 (visual, sketching) During the first night of …