Beautiful and colorful (but brief) display of the northern lights. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is also a nice target for the camera. Photo details: Canon 650D/800D, Samyang 8 mm fisheye-lens/Sigma 50-500 mm lens. Mount: Unitec Swat-200.
Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks. Photographed from Ørsta, Norway on March 8, 2024. Photographed through a Sigma 50-500 mm lens, Canon 800D, Unitec-200 mount.
The Northern lights over the valley on March 8, 2024. (Ørsta, Norway). Canon 650D, 8 mm fisheye-lens.
Beautiful auroral activity on March 4/5, 2024. There was an intense, and brief, spiral in front of the aurora at am 02.00 (local time) on March 05, 2024. Just above the mountain. It turned out to be a Falcon-9 rocket (2nd-stage) from SpaceX. A fireball was also captured during the observation run. Please, find times notated on the images. Photo details: Canon 650D, 8 mm fisheye-lens
SpaceX spiral.
Images below are screen-shots from an allsky camera (AMS135). Inverted versions
A bright meteor (fireball) lit up the sky at UTC 22:36 on 2 January 2024. The image shows the fireball over the Sunnmøre Alps, Ørsta. As for the predicted aurora, it was only a mild display. Please, find timestamp on images. Photo details: Canon 650D, Samyang 8 mm fisheye-lens.
A couple of images of the northern lights in the early evening. Location: Ørsta, Norway.
The Christmas Tree Cluster (NCG 2264) photographed through a Borg 71FL using a Canon 250D (astromodified). Photo taken from Ørsta, Norway on December 8, 2023.
Fireball photographed from Ørsta, Norway.
Video recorded from Ullaland, Naustdal, Norway.
This meteor appeared later.
A geomagnetic storm was expected on December 01, 2023. Overcast skies and snowy weather obstructed observations. However, at about UTC 22.30 the sky started to clear up. Here are a few images of the display. Location: Ørsta, Norway. Photo details: Canon 250D, 8 mm fisheye-lens. Timestamp on the images.
This meteor was observed using a Canon 250D, and a Meka fisheye-lens. Unfortunately some ice on the lens. It was also recorded on a camera station (AMS 135) that I maintain. This camera station is contributing to the Norwegian meteornetwork ( Norsk meteornettverk). More info on this event can be found here.
This meteor appeared earlier. Photo details: Canon 250D, Meka fisheye-lens.
Color and Light On And Beyond The Earth 