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Because everything runs very smoothly at my observatory I've had time to start building a portable setup that I can take easily with me...

Sh2-132, also nicknamed as the Lion nebula is 10,000 to 12,000 light-years away from Earth in the Perseus arm of our Galaxy. The...

In 1867 a french astronomer and assistant of Paris Observatory, Charles Wolf and the founder and director of the Bordeaux Observatory,...

When I visit my observatory I often check all sorts of bits and pieces to see if they are working - for example heaters that keep the...

This elongated dark nebula is called Barnard 150. It's sometimes referred as the Seahorse nebula for obvious reasons. An American...

This weekend I brought my scope back to the observatory for installation. We had big plans so I was really excited about it! I started...

I've had some problems with belt slipping with my focuser, so I decided to redo the parts that attach the focuser shaft to the motor. To...

In the summer there isn't much to do here in Finland if you are an astronomer. The sun almost never sets so astronomical darkness is gone...

My image of the Hartl-Dengl-Weinberger 2 has been selected as the Amateur Astronomy Photo of the Day! I feel honored and excited about...

Summer is approaching fast here in the northern hemisphere, that means that nights arent dark enough to do deep sky photography at my...

This open cluster (NGC 7380) was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. It is located in the constellation of Cepheus. The surrounding...

The Pinwheel Galaxy is a large galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major, with a diameter of 170 000 light-years and around trillion...

This night was a treat, beautiful display of auroras and a small fireball too.

IC443 also know as the Jellyfish Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Gemini, approx. 5000 light-years from Earth. This...

This spectacular H II region is part of a larger nebulosity that consists of North America Nebula and Pelican nebula. In 1890 German...

Beautiful late spring season night, also some faint auroras are visible near the northern horizon.

This menacing figure is a concentration of gas and dust 2400 light-year's away in the constellation of Cepheus. It is named as The...

This nebula is part of the Monoceros molecular cloud and it is nicknamed as The Rosette Nebula. It is not hard to see why as it resembles...

Messier 13 was found by English astronomer Edmond Halley in 1714 and catalogued by Charles Messier 50 years later in his famous catalog...

I've been tinkering with Arduino boards for few months now and I've found them quite useful for astronomy because they are so versatile....