Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, late February, early March 2023

Venus and Jupiter had a "close encounter" in the sky in late February and early March 2023. The planets were of course far away from each other, but from the vantage point of an earthbound observer, it looked like they were really close to each other. The actual conjunction and the closest encounter happened in …

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 …

Venus meets Mercury in May 2020

During spring of 2020 planet Venus was well visible and when slowly moving accross the sky along it's orbit, it met many celestial objects like Pleiades and the Moon. In later half of May 2020 there was yet another such celestial encounter when Venus met the innermost planet, Mercury. The close encounter happened in 21st …

Venus meets Taurus in early April 2020

Photographed object: Venus in the constellation of Taurus Date: 10./11.04.2020 Time: 20:34 UT Observing place: Leistilänjärvi, Nakkila, Finland Observing method: Photography, visual Technical information about photographing equipment: Canon FTB QL, Canon 50 mm lens,  Kodak Tri-X ISO 400 b&w negative film, development with Ilford Ilfotec DD-X 8 min 20 deg, 1:4, scanned from negative, contrast …

Venus meets Pleiades in April of 2020

Observed phenomena: meeting of celestial objects (Venus and The Pleiades) Date: 03.04.2020 Time: 20:00 UT Observing place: Turku, Finland Observing method: Photography, visual Technical information about photographing equipment: Canon FTB QL, Canon 50 mm lens, Canon 35-70 mm zoom lens, Kodak Tri-X ISO 400 b&w negative film, development with Ilford Ilfotec DD-X 8 min 20 …

Transit of Venus 6.6.2012

Observed phenomena: Transit of Venus Type of observation: Negative Date and time: 6.6.2012, 04:00-07:50 Observing place: Parainen, Finland Observing conditions: Cloudy sky The historical transit of Venus was happening behind clouds!!! Yes, the horrible truth is, that in my observing site, the sky was completely cloudy during the transit. I tried to observe the event …

Observing crescent Venus 8./9.5.2012

Date: 8./9.5.2012 Time: 23:20-00:15 Observing site: Kuru, Ylöjärvi, Finland Instrument: L102/1000mm (4” Refractor) NELM: 3,0 Weather: Clear sky, some high clouds Objects observed: Venus Planet Venus was still visible during the nights of early May at low altitude in NW sky. I observed Venus in 8th of May at 23:25, and then Venus appeared as …