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Ursa Astronomical Association
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Ursa Astronomical Association

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All-sky aurora

18.3.2015 at 00.05 - Tampere (V)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

Huhhuh, let’s get some compensation now when the previous 17.3 show went unexperienced when I was on my birthday. There was an international mood on the shore of Lake Näisijärvi again, and when I returned, the repos were well visible despite the light pollution in Tampere. I liked that ‘mythical character’ in the main picture. Koitin kept the processing time moderate and I didn’t tear the colors too much. With the naked eye not much was seen other than green. A few timelaps here . Link to perhaps the best time to the child what Brinno-timelapse camera took the kitchen window. The best stage is...

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Total solar eclipse

29.3.2006 at 13.00 - Side, Turkki (V)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

It was again a wonderful experience - due to its rarity, perhaps one of the most beautiful experiences nature has to offer. Once again, the time of perfection (3min 40s) felt so short. Of course, if the event lasted even half an hour, it might not feel so valuable. Anyway, the whole trip organized by Ursa was perfect. The hotel was great with its all inclusive services and ‘no problems’ attitudes (which was a common saying when heard from the Turks anyway). The air was warm and sunny enough for most of the trip. Turkey, with its bazaars, histories and people, offered memorable experiences. You...

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Eye-catching night shining clouds

4.8.2021 at 03.15 - Tampere (V)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

The sausage window showed a handsome night cloud display. When I got to the yard, the show had spread half the size of the sky.

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Other storm phenomenon

24.6.2014 at 13.00 - 13.45 - Tampere (V)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

When a decent halosh show was not seen here in Tampere, be it lightning, rumbling and mammothing.

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At least 10 lightning strikes seen

7.6.2022 at 01.00 - 03.00 - Brescia, Italia (V)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

At night, I woke up to a constant flicker and admired the screen, which I hardly see in my home Finland.

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Half-sky auroras

13.9.2014 at 00.30 - 01.00 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

After staring at the curves, I rushed to the shore of Kauppi, where there was actually a hike. The screening was a bit quieter compared to the pre-annealing (for example, no colors other than light / green were visible to the naked eye), but I was able to go home satisfied.

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Half-sky auroras

7.10.2015 at 23.01 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

I had to go to Alase's beach when it was pretty handsome from the window in the middle of the light pollution. Unfortunately, the show had faded a bit when we got there, but it was a great experience and at its brightest, yellow was visible to the naked eye. In the fourth picture, the direction is from the south balcony. A little later, the show picked up and there were some handsome fluttering repos and koro. A couple of videos. Brinno with TLC200 Pro (south of the balcony) Canon Powershot with A590IS

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Rare halos

14.5.2014 at 09.50 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

The best halo show at your place! I was going to work and right at the front door I noticed that now there is something more special in the sky. I have to pick up the inside of the paperback. The commute then was quite delayed when I had to shoot at every turn. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to process the raw images yet, but you can see something in these as well. Of the 120 side suns, I'm not quite sure but someone will check. And maybe Parrya when others have seen it too. What a great experience. Edit added 'art image'.

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Rare halos

4.5.2015 at 17.42 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

The first time I came to try Halostack. The first and second image resulted from it. In the third image, I tried Astroart’s gradient tool. Maybe Parryak when others around here seemed to have one too?

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Rare halos

9.9.2015 at 13.30 - 16.20 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

During the day it seemed that you could want to, so I tuned for the first time with a halo tracking cover and went to the store. In the yard of the store then I noticed that the halo began to appear. On the cell phone, I then got a picture of the sauris and the horizon ring. Later I stacked something from the video with Registax and got something done. Let's see if I could get even better with the halostack. To my own eye there would now also be a top concave Parry. Link to a better video here . Edit: I was still checking the pictures of TaUsra's northeast camera and would it still hav...

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Rare halos

20.5.2018 at 15.52 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

There was a loud noise and when something was visible in the weather cameras, we had to quickly tune the cover and go out. Well now, 10 minutes later, the phenomenon has already disappeared. Edit: I added a BR-processed and High pass-processed image.

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Total lunar eclipse

28.7.2018 at 00.09 - 01.30 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

The final stages of the perfect phase began to show here as well. I would say the Danjon scale was 1, which is pretty bluish. Timelapse .

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Partial solar eclipse

10.6.2021 at 14.43 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

Only welding glass and a mobile phone are used as tools when traveling outdoors. The summer rain also came to the neck but in the end something was visible.

Bright night shining clouds

21.7.2014 at 23.30 - 03.35 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

In Ireland I got a warning and were handsome.

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Bright night shining clouds

24.7.2014 at 00.10 - 03.30 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

I woke up at night in two lands and noticed clear night clouds in the sky. So the camera with tripods in the armpit and by car to the lake shore, There was a calm feeling and stylish looking night clouds. Later timelapsea.

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Bright night shining clouds

14.8.2015 at 01.00 - 03.30 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

A very bright night cloud show that no longer rose very high. It lasted until dawn. Hardened with paperwork from the workplace window. Timelapse video here .

Pearl clouds

31.12.2016 at 16.30 - Petäjävesi (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

I was in Central Finland during the New Year and I quoted a handsome pearl show. While playing, it made little difference to peek out the window and photograph from time to time from the balcony. At one point it looked very much like there was a Kelvin-Helmholtz structure in the cloud but when I got out with the camera it was almost gone. So the show was minutes away.

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Bright night shining clouds

26.7.2018 at 00.00 - 02.30 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

By far the brightest show of the summer. Timelapsevideo.

Bright night shining clouds

1.8.2018 at 00.00 - 03.00 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

By far the brightest night cloud show in Tampere this summer. Timelapse .

Bright night shining clouds

19.7.2021 at 00.40 - 01.45 - Tampere (IV)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

Finally a decent night cloud show. I woke up at half past three, looked out and found that now it was worth leaving. So I cycled with the cameras to the fields of Irjala and immortalized the play for the cells and the retina. It was great though +15 and it felt cool in the body after the heat. The nature experience was complemented by seeing a pair of hares and a fox. The color scheme of Canon's panorama still needs to be corrected. A small timelapse of the play here .

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