Trip to the Canary Islands
Me and my wife had a fantastic honeymoon in Gran Canaria, we spent a week in the village of Teror. Obviously I had to bring some...
Ville Puoskari
- Oct 25
Heart of the heart nebula
In this cosmic landscape there is plenty of intresting details. This region is dominated by bright nebulosities that are sculpted by...
Ville Puoskari
- Oct 24
Sapphire of the autumn sky
Near first magnitude star Deneb lies one of the hidden jewels that only long exposure times reveal. This object is IC 5070, more commonly...
Ville Puoskari
- Oct 12
Yet another feather in the cap!
Todays Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day is my recent image of Simeis 57! This is my 3rd AAPOD. You can see it along with a...
Ville Puoskari
- Oct 10
The Propeller Nebula
This cosmic landscape features a often overlooked object in the amateur astronomy community, Simeis 57. It’s nicknamed as the Propeller...
Ville Puoskari
- Oct 8
A glimpse of our solar system
Sometimes when my main rig is taking pictures of deep sky objects I venture outside to do some lucky imaging of moon and planets or the...
Ville Puoskari
- Sep 26
Skywatch 24th of September
Nights are getting longer fast, but as always in the autumn the weather is mostly cloudy here in Finland. This night was a rare break...
Ville Puoskari
- Sep 26
The Andromeda Galaxy
This object is one of the few that need no introduction, it is the brightest galaxy visible from northern hemisphere. Visible even to the...
Ville Puoskari
- Aug 28
Skywatch 26th of August
A beautiful display of northern lights and also a faint SAR-arc visible near zenith. At dawn you can see Jupiter rising in the southern...
Ville Puoskari
- Aug 28
The cosmic butterfly
This intresting HII region in the constellation of Cygnus appears in the shape of a butterfly because a dense patch of dust blocks most...
Ville Puoskari
- Jul 25
Off-season improvements
Last weekend I visited the observatory after a four month hiatus with Erik. We added some thick styrofoam to shield the telescopes from...
Ville Puoskari
- Apr 10
Season end 2021
Season 2021-2022 has ended, once again the lack of astronomical darkness has come and deep sky imaging cant be done until autumn. This...
Ville Puoskari
- Apr 6
Visiting UAA star party
The Covid-19 pandemic has limited all public events worldwide. In Finland it seems to settle finally atleast to some degree and Ursa...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 31
Three year anniversary of the observatory!
On this day three years ago, a green light was given to the building process of the Castle of clouds -observatory. To celebrate I...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 30
Skywatch 26th of March
Yet another beautiful late-spring season night! A small display of auroras danced in the north and also a Stable Auroral Red-arc (SAR)...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 27
My second AAPOD!
Todays AAPOD might be familiar to my readers. My photo of the Seahorse Nebula was selected as Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day today...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 24
The Medusa Nebula
In the constellation of Gemini at a distance of 1500 light-years away lies an old planetary nebula called Abell 21, also known as the...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 24
Revisiting the Wizard
In late 2021 I shot the Wizard Nebula as one of my side-projects (seen here), but the data wasn't that great due to poor quality data....
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 21
Extremely bright fireball!
*Edit 24.3.2022 - it was confirmed that this fireball most likely dropped a meteorite. The landing site is unfortunately in the lake...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 14
Skywatch 13th of March
A moderately strong geomagnetic storm sparked beautiful display of auroras at the observatory. Some lunar halos are visible too - what a...