Star trails over Oslo

Star trails over Oslo

Even though the night sky is heavily polluted by the lights of Oslo and its suburbs, there are many stars visible to…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

After a long, gloomy and most of all cloudy winter, spring has arrived and with it longer days and finally clear……


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

What amazing luck - just a couple days after my trip to Brazil I experience this! What an amazing winter this could…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

It was a clear sky this evening, and as I was walking my dog away from my house I didn't notice anything in the…


Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Oslo night sky – waiting for the northern lights

Catching the Aurora Borealis is perhaps easy in the northern parts of Norway or in general around the Arctic Circle,…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Yet another brief and weak display. Only the green was visible to my eye, so without the camera I would not have known…


Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

The moon is adding a lot of light to this vista of a calm ocean and an almost cloudless sky.


Northern Lights

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)

Despite the bright light from the near full moon and the light halo of Oslo, the low hanging northern light is visible…


Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4)

Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4)

Not often you can see a comet this big over a light polluted capital like Oslo!


Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

Northern lights (Aurora borealis)

The Bunnefjord (the sibling of the Oslo fjord) has now been frozen over for many weeks and the ice is thicker than in…


Salar de Uyuni starry sky time-lapse

Salar de Uyuni starry sky time-lapse

At this time of year the Milkyway is not as prominent as in the summer months, but there are so many stars to be seen…


Salar de Uyuni and The Magellanic Clouds

Salar de Uyuni and The Magellanic Clouds

This was an incredibly windy and cold night, and it was really hard to find a place away from the wind to set up the…