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Ursa Astronomical Association
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Ursa Astronomical Association

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Eye-catching night shining clouds

5.7.2021 at 00.10 - Helsinki (V)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed night clouds forming eye-catching streaks in the sky.

Images: 5 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

M15

14.10.2019 at 22.00 - 22.10 - Kirkkonummi (V)
Tuomas Salo, Mikko Vuori, Teemu Willamo

I photographed Pegasus Cluster at the University of Helsinki Observatory at the observation group's observation evening in Metsähovi.

Image of an exceptional thunder cloud

28.8.2022 at 18.26 - Helsinki (V)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a nice thundercloud on a canoe trip around Villing. Lightning struck within the cloud and on the continent.

Images: 2 pcs

Pääsateenkaari

19.6.2018 at 20.00 - 20.10 - Helsinki (V)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

After the thunderstorm, the rainbow was very well photographed.

Images: 3 pcs

Moon

8.4.2020 at 02.35 - Helsinki (V)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the super moon in the morning.

Moon

25.5.2021 at 22.30 - Helsinki (V)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a full moon near the horizon and it had stained yellow due to the atmosphere.

Moon

23.7.2021 at 23.00 - Helsinki (V)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the full moon rising from the horizon and it had turned reddish.

Comments: 1 pcs

Partial solar eclipse

10.6.2021 at 14.13 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a partial solar eclipse from the balcony.

Images: 2 pcs

M45

3.12.2016 at 19.00 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Pleiades from the Evening Sky balcony at about 7pm in early December. It stood out well even with the naked eye.

Starscape image

12.2.2019 at 23.10 - Kirkkonummi (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed Orion's constellation as a landscape constellation. There was a very clear starry sky with good seeing.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Milky way

1.9.2019 at 22.30 - Kirkkonummi (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Milky Way in the yard of the University of Helsinki Observatory, which appears as a white van in the middle of the picture.

Images: 3 pcs

Milky way

25.10.2019 at 23.50 - Kirkkonummi (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Mikko Vuori, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Milky Way in the yard of the University of Helsinki Observatory on the observation group's observation night. Additional images are stacked from five images. In the last image, the galaxy of Andromeda is circled.

Images: 3 pcs

Milky way

29.10.2019 at 21.40 - 22.00 - Kirkkonummi (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Mikko Vuori, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Milky Way at the University of Helsinki Observatory by exposing 30-second exposures 32 times, or 16 minutes. The pictures were stacked with a gimp. They show light pollution that could have come from light burning in the tower. The sky was also not very dark.

M45

15.11.2019 at 22.00 - 22.10 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Pleiades on a 400mm tele without tracking. I took 5 sec exposures and 4 of them were valid for stacking.

Starscape image

24.2.2020 at 20.39 - 00.00 - Kirkkonummi (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation at the University of Helsinki Observatory, which clearly shows the orion and the Pleiades.

NGC2841

14.3.2020 at 21.00 - Kirkkonummi (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Tiger's eye galaxy at the Metsähovi Observatory of the University of Helsinki.

Comments: 1 pcs

M42

1.2.2021 at 21.00 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed Orion's fog and also took an overall picture of Orion. I photographed a cool Orion belt.

Images: 4 pcs

M45

8.3.2021 at 19.30 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Pleiades and stacked the images with the DeepSky stacker. Mars no longer fit in the image field.

M42

8.3.2021 at 19.20 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I captured Orion's fog by taking 2-second exposures and stacked the images with a DeepSky stacker.

Starry sky image Sirius

8.3.2021 at 19.35 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the star Sirius, which is the brightest star in the starry sky and is 8.7 light-years from Earth. It is 23 times brighter than the sun.

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