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Delvis solformørking / Partial Solar Eclipse. March 29, 2025.

Eit par glimt av solformørkinga i Ørsta.

Den delvise solformørkinga den 29. mars 2025 vart prega av skiftande verforhold,
men trass regn og skyer var det i nokre sekund mogleg å få teke eit par bilete av fenomenet.

Solformørkinga starta klokka 11.26 då rørte månen seg gradvis framom sola og den delvise fasa var i gang, formørkinga var på sitt største klokka 12.23 då var ca. 39 prosent av sola dekt av månen. Formørkinga var over i det månen rørte seg vekk frå solskiva i 13.20-tida.

A couple of images of the partial eclipse on March 29, 2025. An event dominated by clouds and rain, but there were a few moments of gaps in the cloud layer.

Biletet er teke gjennom ein linsekikkert (refraktor) med solfilter den 29. mars 2025 kl. 11.49. Omkring 20 prosent av solskiva var dekt av månen på
dette tidspunktet. Lokasjon: Ørsta Norway.| Image taken at UTC 10.49 when the Sun was about 20 percent eclipsed.

Image taken at UTC 11.25. A couple of minutes after maximum eclipse (about 39 percent obscuration) of the Sun.

Deep Sky Objects imaged in February/March 2025.

M 42. Imaged during interfering moonlight on March 11, 2025. Location: Ørsta, Norway. Small 50 mm refractor.

IC434 imaged through a 50mm refractor on February 18, 2025. Location: Ørsta, Norway.

Christmas Tree Cluster and surrounding nebulae. Imaged on February 18, 2025. 50mm refractor. Location: Ørsta, Norway.

Messier 82 in Ursa Major. Details: 50mm refractor. February 18, 2025. Location: Ørsta, Norway.

M97 in Ursa Major. Details: 50mm refractor. February 18, 2025. Location: Ørsta, Norway.

Messier1 in Taurus. Details: 50mm refractor. February 18, 2025. Location: Ørsta, Norway.

Auroras, a meteor. February 15, 2025.

Many nights in a row with auroras. A meteoroid disintegrated at about UTC 18.59, hence a bright meteor was imaged. Location: Ørsta, Norway. Details: 7.5mm fisheye-lens, Canon 650D.

This meteor was also captured by an AllSky7 camera (AMS135) I operate jointly with the Norwegian Meteor Network.

More info about this observation can be seen here.

Polar stratospheric clouds. January 31, 2025.

According to NASA’s MERRA-2 climate model, the temparature in the stratosphere was sufficiently low (on January 31, 2025) to form Polar Stratospheric Clouds. In the western sky after Sunset there was something I reckon was PSC clouds. Location: Ørsta, Norway. Photo details: Canon 800D, Sigma 50-500mm lens.