The Rotten Fish Nebula
Located in the constellation Cepheus, LDN 1251 is a molecular cloud that consists of dark structures, faintly glowing or reflecting dust...
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Ville Puoskari
- Jan 28
Stellar nurseries of Auriga
Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, bright newly formed star cluster is seen in the center of star-forming...
Ville Puoskari
- Jan 27
A rare visitor
As my main interest is in deep sky objects throughout the season I rarely use imaging time for other targets. However on 26th of January...
Ville Puoskari
- Nov 17, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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 27, 2022
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, 2022
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 29, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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 25, 2022
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...
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