Epic aurora display 23./24.3.2023

Observed phenomena: Aurora borealisDate: 23./24.3.2023Time: 18:45-21:25 UTObserving place: Ulvila town, Ulvila, FinlandObserving conditions: clear skyObserving method: photography, Camera: Canon EOS 6D, Samyang 8 mm, Irix 15 mmObserved aurora forms: Arc Band Rays Veil Corona STEVE-arc SAR-arc Picket fence In the evening of 23rd of March 2023 I received a phone call from someone in northern …

Auroras with some ice rally, 27./28.2.2023

Observed phenomena: Aurora borealisDate: 27./28.2.2023Time: 17:30-18:40 UTObserving place: Lake Palusjärvi, Ulvila, FinlandObserving conditions: high clouds, 55% Moon in the skyObserving method: photography, Camera: Canon EOS 6D, Samyang 8 mm, Irix 15 mm, Sigma 20 mm, Samyang 50 mmObserved aurora forms: Arc Band Rays Veil The geomagnetic storm that started in the evening of 26th of …

Nice Aurora display observed in southern Finland 26./27.2.2023

Observed phenomena: Aurora borealisDate: 26./27.2.2023Time: 20:30-21:20 UTObserving place: Säkylä, FinlandObserving conditions: Clear sky, 45% Moon in the skyObserving method: photography, Camera: Canon EOS 6D, Irix 15 mm, Samyang 8 mmObserved aurora forms: Arc Band Rays Veil Patches A nice nearly full sky aurora display was observed in Finland in the night between 26th and 27th …

Aurora borealis 23./24.10.2022 at the shores of Lake Palusjärvi

Observed phenomena: Aurora borealisDate: 23./24.10.2022Time: 19:20-21:35 UTObserving place: Lake Palusjärvi, Ulvila, FinlandObserving conditions: Clear sky, no moonObserved aurora forms: Arc Band Rays During the night between 23rd and 24th of October 2022 I was finally able to observe a little bit better show of aurora borealis. During the night, I first went to Nakkila to …

Epic display of aurora borealis 13./14.3.2022

Observed phenomena: Aurora borealisDate: 13./14.3.2022Time: 17:30-01:00 UTObserving place: Nakkila and Ulvila, FinlandObserving conditions: Clear sky, 80% Moon high in the skyObserved aurora forms: VeilBandRaysCorona A strong CME was erupted from the Sun on 11th of March and it was expected to hit Earth in 13th of March and so it did, couple of hours before …

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 …

Northern lights in late September 2019

In late September 2019 I attended to the annual meeting of Finnish stormchasers, that was organized 27th and 29th of September in Tähtikallio Observatory Center in Southern Finland. During the meeting there were many interesting talks about stormchasing and I was able to meet many old and new friends. During the meeting we were also …

Observing 15./16.8.2015

Date: 15./16.8.2015 Time: 23:30-03:30 Observing site: Stormälö, Parainen, Finland Instrument: N250/1200 mm (10” refractor) NELM: 6.0 SQM: 20.8 Darkness of the background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Transparency: - Weather: Clear sky, warm, calm, noctilucent clouds and northern lights at low altitude in northern sky Objects observed: NGC 6751, NGC 6755, NGC 6910 Summer 2015 has …

Wonderful display of northern lights 17./18.3.2015

Observed phenomena: Aurora borealis Date: 17./18.3.2015 Time: 17:25-21:00 UT Observing place: Kuusamo, Finland Observing method: Photography Technical information about photographing equipment: Camera: Canon EOS 1100D, lens: Samyang 8mm fish eye Observing conditions: Clear sky, no Moon Observed aurora forms: Veil Belt Rays Corona Couple of days ago a massive eruption happened in the Sun in …

Aurora borealis and thoughts about November

In ten days ago (7.-8.11.2014), I observed nice northern lights in Kuusamo town. Weather was quite crispy during the night, temperature was about -15 degrees below zero! Sky wasn't very dark during my observing session, almost full Moon was shining in the sky, and also the lights of the town were interfering the show of …