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Venus ja Merkurius

22.5.2020 at 23.30 - 23.40 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed Mercury appearing next to Venus.

Images: 2 pcs

Venus

22.5.2020 at 22.30 - 22.45 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the sickle of Venus after sunset.

Images: 3 pcs

Supernova AT2022eni

16.3.2022 at 21.00 - Kirkkonummi (II)
Tuomas Salo, Mikael Turkki, Einari Toivonen, Teemu Willamo, Ursa (Helsinki)

At the University of Helsinki Observatory in Metsähovi, we photographed my supernova AT2022, which was found by the ATLAS survey on March 7. and estimates the magnitude on 18.9. The supernova and / or its host galaxy stand out in a circle.

Supernova AT 2020wcm

13.10.2020 at 23.00 - Kirkkonummi (II)
Tuomas Salo, Teemu Willamo, Ursa (Helsinki)

At the University of Helsinki Observatory we photographed a supernova with an estimated magnitude of 18.1, right ascension = 22h 36m 18.292s, declination = + 68 deg 43'25.74 ". The supernova is shown ringed in the picture.

Sun

9.1.2021 at 11.00 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the sun through the Baader sunscreen, but the sun’s spots were not visible.

Images: 2 pcs

Sun

11.2.2021 at 12.00 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the sun through the Baader filter on a tripod, but no sun spots were visible.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Sun

28.2.2021 at 13.10 - Helsinki (IV)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Sun through the Baader sunscreen, but no spots were visible.

Images: 2 pcs

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

Starscape image

5.3.2019 at 20.30 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation showing well the orion and the Pleiades above the city lights.

Starscape image

29.3.2019 at 23.00 - Kirkkonummi (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation showing the Pleiades on the horizon. Seeing was very good.

Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 1 pcs

Starscape image

6.4.2019 at 22.30 - Mikkeli (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape star image from the shore of the lake showing the trail left by the satellite.

Images: 2 pcs

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.

Starscape image

16.1.2021 at 19.30 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a wide angle lens from the balcony of a landscape constellation where the orion is well visible.

Starscape image

20.12.2021 at 17.20 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation from the balcony where the stars stand out moderately. The star of Diphda (Beta ceti) is the brightest in the picture.

Starscape image

1.1.2022 at 17.20 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I took a picture of the landscape star from the balcony, which showed the city lights reflected from the atmosphere. Deneb appears on the right side of the bright star square. To the left of Deneb is Al Naymat I, to the left is Baten Kaitos and at the bottom of the square is Al Nauymat II.

Starscape image

4.1.2022 at 18.50 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation in which Orion's constellation is well visible in the middle.

Starscape image

22.1.2022 at 18.30 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I took a picture of the landscape star from the balcony, where Orion and Rigel are well visible.

Images: 2 pcs

Starscape image

25.1.2022 at 19.45 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation in which the two-star Sirius appears bright above the Roihuvuori water tower. Its absolute magnitude is 1.44 and its distance from the earth is 8.6 light-years.

Starscape image

27.2.2022 at 00.02 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed a landscape constellation with Spica on the left side of the image. In the center of the picture are clearly visible Algorab and Glenah

Starscape image

19.4.2022 at 23.26 - Helsinki (III)
Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I took a photo of the constellation from the balcony and with 15 seconds of exposure I got the stars well visible. Noise reduction was turned on in the camera.

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