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Comets Churyumov-Gerasimenko and Leonard

26.11. 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and C/2021 A1 (Leonard) are the best comets in the sky right now. The the former, seen on the left in Harri Kiiskinen's picture, is now 9 mag, and it is not expected to brighten any further. On the right is Tapio Lahtinen's image of the Leonard, which is about 8 mag now. It should rise to 4 mag or even brighter and can thus be visible to the naked eye.

Autumn and early winter comets »

Deep sky picture: Elephant's Trunk Nebula

24.10. Tero Hiekkalinna targeted on 22. November the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, IC 1396A. “I tried to emulate the color world of the Hubble Space Telescope,” says Hiekkalinna. The object, located 2 400 light-years away from us, according to the infrared observations carried out in 2013 is believed to be the birthplace of stars, containing several stars less than 100,000 years old. The exposure in the image is almost 6 hours.

Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Skywarden »

Zeniitti 4/2021: Rocket phenomena and the Martian moons

16.11. The latest issue of Zeniitti web magazine 4/2021 tells about the rocket phenomena of early autumn, the Martian moons and their observations, presents the  crater Archimedes with its surroundings and gives forecasts for the December comet Leonard . Photos: Samu Saarinen, Lasse Ekblom, Veikko Mäkelä and Harry Rabb.

Zenith 4/2021 »

The lunar eclipse was visible in places

19.11. The partial lunar eclipse was successfully seen in some places in northern Finland in the morning. Joni Virtanen's observation in Kokkola shows the penumbral phase just before the beginning of the partial phase. In the picture taken in Muonio, the Moon is clearly eclipsed at the top.

Moon eclipse observations 19.11. »

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Binocular comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Binocular comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

26.11.2021 at 21.30 - Kuusamo
Voitto Pitkänen

The fog cloud interrupted the observation of the comet this time, but something came to light up the image of this comet. Then there was no second chance tonight, maybe one other night to succeed.

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Rare halos

Rare halos

26.11.2021 at 11.40 - Kankaanpää (IV)
Eija Korkiamäki

Before this photo, when I drove to work, I also had a great "bar" in the colors of a vertical rainbow. This remained visible even after the picture.

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One halo form

One halo form

26.11.2021 at 11.00 - 12.00 - Vaasa (I)
Juha Varis, Vaasan Andromeda

Side suns on both sides, the image was just another.

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Binocular comet Leonard

Binocular comet Leonard

26.11.2021 at 04.42 - 05.51 - Janakkala, Tervakoski (III)
Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys

Leonard was perfectly visible in the morning despite the moonlight. Hopefully there will be more clear weather by December. This can become a spectacular target if the predictions hold true.

Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 3 pcs

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Several halo forms

Several halo forms

22.11.2021 at 13.35 - Kuusamo, Rukatunturi (II)
Jani Päiväniemi, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)

I was filming on a handsome frosty day in Ruka's Midsummer Rock when a sun column was born in the ice mist caused by snow from time to time. On the same trip, I also saw a side sun that was born somewhere far in the upper clouds for a while, no picture of it.

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Rare halos

Rare halos

23.11.2021 at 10.00 - 11.00 - Sotkamo (IV)
Kia Komulainen

A halo phenomenon in Sotkamo above Lake Sapsojärvi. Bright and spectacular!

Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 5 pcs

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Telescopic comet Leonard

Telescopic comet Leonard

24.11.2021 at 06.20 - 08.05 - Fregenal de la Sierra, Espanja (I)
Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa

An interesting encounter was known in the morning when the brightest comet of the moment visited the galaxies passing by the nickname Whale and Hockey Stick. The Spanish sky looked a little uncertain but luckily it was so clear so I was able to take up to an hour and a half of the comet still brightening. This time I put a tripod to follow the comet. There was some to do with the reading that got the comet and the stars and the others ‘drunk’.

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Active aurora band

Active aurora band

20.11.2021 at 23.11 - Kolari, Ylläsjärvi (III)
Yrjö Benson, Ursa (Helsinki)

Pictures were taken of the corona in the zenith during 23 seconds. This was preceded by the activation of the western end of the arc, where after a magnificent fire dance lasting 2 minutes, the fire rose to zenith, where Korona then lasted a minute. I had already packed my stuff and had just left to walk home from the scene when the situation surprised me. I suddenly took out the camera and didn’t have time to put it on a tripod that was already packed. So the pictures are taken with the arm, the arms outstretched towards the sky and the head as far back as it just bends. Her hands trembled wi...

Images: 4 pcs • Comments: 3 pcs

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One halo form

One halo form

23.11.2021 at 11.00 - Kuusamo (I)
Voitto Pitkänen

In connection with the weak cloud front, several color plays were seen in the role of the side sun in clouds of different shapes. They were strikingly bright.

Images: 4 pcs • Comments: 3 pcs

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Lunar fogbow

Lunar fogbow

28.9.2021 at 00.12 - Valtimo (III)
Toni Korhonen

Pictured is a California rocket and nebula. #raketti: Centaur V #satelliitti: Landsat 9

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