The Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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...
Ville Puoskari
- Apr 1, 2021
Cosmic bloom
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...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 23, 2021
The great globular cluster
Messier 13 was found by English astronomer Edmond Halley in 1714 and catalogued by Charles Messier 50 years later in his famous catalog...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 23, 2021
Telescope park sensor
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....
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 19, 2021
Oh look! A penny!
Hold a penny at an arms lenght up towards the sky. That's larger than the apparent size of Messier 106 in the night sky if it were...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 12, 2021
Skywatch 10th of March
Clear, moonless night with quite good conditions. Also caught a bright bolide in the northern horizon just before dawn.
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 11, 2021
Whale galaxy
This interesting pair of galaxies lies approx. 20 million light-years from Earth. The galaxy on the left (NGC4631) is nicknamed as the...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 11, 2021
Eye of Cepheus
The space between stars is not a perfect vacuum. Instead there is tiny amounts of dust and gas between them. Given enough time these gas...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 9, 2021
Markarian's chain
The Virgo galaxy cluster is located 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It spans over 8 degrees across the sky and...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 8, 2021
Multiple fireballs
My all sky camera has been busy lately, these two bright bolides were caught only 15 hours apart from each other. Sadly the bigger one...
Ville Puoskari
- Mar 8, 2021
Pit stop
Few weeks ago I tried to close the observatory roof and to my shock it was stuck open. So I was forced to drive on-site very early in the...
Ville Puoskari
- Feb 21, 2021
First photometric observations!
I have started using some of my imaging time to contribute in scientific observations that can be done with a small telescope. Because my...
Ville Puoskari
- Feb 21, 2021
Stellar nursery
About 1600 light years from Earth lies Orion B molecular cloud complex. Reflection nebulae in it are illuminated by bright blue starlight...
Ville Puoskari
- Feb 9, 2021
Flames of Auriga
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) is a combination of emission and reflection nebulae in the constellation of Auriga. The nebula is mainly...
Ville Puoskari
- Jan 18, 2021
Ancient planetary nebula HDW2
This planetary nebula was first discovered by an American astronomer Stewart Sharpless in 1959. He included it in his catalogue of HII...
Ville Puoskari
- Jan 16, 2021
Galactic waltz
This small group of galaxies is located in the northern constellation of Leo. They are at a distance of about 35 million light-year's...
Ville Puoskari
- Jan 10, 2021
Hind's variable nebula
The dark nebulosity in the image is illuminated by a young star T Tauri, it was discovered in October 1852 by an English astronomer John...
Ville Puoskari
- Jan 7, 2021
New all sky camera!
Ive wanted to build a good quality all sky camera for about a year now but I just havent had the time to do it. Now that its finally...
Ville Puoskari
- Dec 15, 2020
Soul nebula
Soul nebula is one of my favorite targets in the night sky, I really like bridge of bright hydrogen gas in the middle that shines...