Transit of Venus, part II

Sun and Venus (small, dark disk) in h-alpha light, photographed in Tampere at 6:00 local time. Coronado PST Ha -telescope, Orion SSAG - b/w camera and HEQ-5 mount.  After that I used the PST only for visual observing of the transit.

Me photographing the transit. (Photo: Sanna Järvinen)

Transit of Venus 06.06.2012

Transit of Venus 6.6.2012. Some phots from Tampere, there was some clouds early in the morning when the Sun was rising, but not too bad weather. Photos: SW 80 ED, Atik 314L+ and AstroSolar filter. I also used my Coronado PST for visual observing.
At 5.57 At 7.00 Just before 7.36 At 7.47.

Venuksen ylikulku 6.6. Kuvattu Tampereella, auringon noustessa oli melkoisesti pilviä, mutta keli parani aamun mittaan.

Jupiter and Venus

Jupiter and Venus 14. March 2012.

Jupiter ja Venus lähellä toisiaan 14.3. Pentax K100D, 35mm/f4

Something different... Nightwish 11th March 2012, Tampere Ice Hall

Tuomas Holopainen (keyboard) and Marco Hietala (bass&vocals)


Anette Olzon (vocals), Jukka Nevalainen (drums) and Emppu Vuorinen (guitar).


Tuomas in the middle of the flames.


Tuomas, Marco and Nettie again...

Even an astrophotographer has to do sometimes something else. Yes, it was a great show from Nightwish!!! :D

Nightwish-photos copyright by Sanna Järvinen

Aurora borealis (and light pollution)

Some nice aurora borealis photographed 27.2. in Akaa Kylmäkoski (and some not so nice light pollution too). I was going to photograph M1 Crab nebula with Atik 314L+ and Ha-filter, but this changed my plans. Pentax K100D, 6s, f4,5, 35 mm. ISO 400.

Revontulia 27.2. Tarkoitus oli kuvata Rapusumua M1, mutta taivaalle ilmestyneet revontulet muuttivat suunnitelmia. Mukavahan näitäkin oli kuvata.

Jupiter, Moon and Venus

Jupiter (left), Moon and Venus 26.2.2012. Pentax K100D and Tamron 80 - 210 zoom @ 80 mm.

C/2009 P1 Garradd

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd 21.2.2012. Sky-Watcher 80ED, HEQ-5 and Atik 314L+. Stacked 11 x 3 min. by DeepSkyStacker using comet-mode.

Komeetta Garradd illalla 21.2.2012.

Uranus and Venus 2012 Nov. 9.

Uranus (U) and Venus (V) photographed 9.2.2012 in Akaa, Finland. Sky-Watcher 80 ED Pro telescope and Pentax K100D camera.

Venus ja Uranus lähellä toisiaan illalla 9.2. klo 18.40. Planeettojen välinen etäisyys oli vain noin 0,5 astetta ja molemmat näkyivät mukavasti kaukoputken kuvakentässä samaan aikaan.