AikaValottaja

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I am a photographer of the deep sky in the northern latitudes, in Finland. Pictured mainly in southern Finland from August to April. I have tried to minimize the shooting equipment, now I use an Omegon Mini Track mount for tracking. In winter, however, the camera lens must be heated, which means that there is some wiring. In Finland, the weather is the biggest problem in the deep sky graph, there are only a few clear nights in winter. The best shooting times are in the autumn and spring. In the summer, it doesn't get dark even at night, then I mostly describe natural phenomena.

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AstroNikkari is a star photographer from Finland, more specifically from the province of Kainuu. His imaging equipment is the Sky-Watcher Dobson 203/1200 telescope, which is placed on top of a self-built wedge. In Kainuu, the stars can be photographed between September and April. The shots therefore take place during the winter, when the frost can get as high as -40 degrees Celsius (same as Fahrenheit, -40). Shooting in these conditions is challenging, the equipment is required to withstand frost, as is the photographer.