
Category Archives: Astronomy
Mild auroral display / spectrum of Jupiter. November 27,2021.
The Northern Lights. September 3, 2021.
Aurora Borealis. The Summer Triangle and a meteor. August 27/28, 2021.





Solar Eclipse. June 10, 2021.
Multicolored Aurora Borealis. April 17, 2021.
STEVE like phenomenon. March 26, 2008.
STEVE and Aurora Borealis. March 13-14, 2021.

The feeble arc – STEVE, streched over the valley from the east to west. Here seen in the outskirts of the fisheye-lens.

Beautiful aurora borealis on the evening of March 13/14, 2021. Interestingly, STEVE was also present. The feeble arc emerged from the eastern sky, and was present from 21.34 to 21.59 local time. (UTC 20.34 to 20.59). As seen/photographed from my vantage point. Ørsta, Norway.(62.18 Lat. N). Photo details: Canon 1300D, Samyang 8 mm fisheye-lens, iso: 1600, various exposure times.
Mars and The Pleiades. March 9, 2021.

Mars, and the Pleiades are moving apart from the close “encounter” six days ago (March 3, 2021). But, they are still a striking sight. Here photographed through a thin haze (on the evening of March 9, 2021) creating a corona around the Red Planet. Photo details: Canon 800D, Sigma 50-500, Unitec Swat-200, tripod.
Aurora borealis. February 6/7, 2021.

Beautiful auroral activity on the night of February 6/7, 2021. Initially, the sky was covered by greenish aurora. But, a couple of hours after midnight (local time). There was a multitude of colors in the sky. Enclosing a few images with timestamps in UTC. Photo details: Canon 1300D, Samyang 8 mm fisheye-lens, Iso: 1600, exp: various settings.