Kumla Astronomiklubb

KAK

 

  Klubbinformation.(Club information in swedish).

 

Kumla Astronomiklubb is located in Kumla, in southern Sweden, 20 km south of Örebro, at 59° North, 15° East.

The club can be reached at

Home pages:

Owe Dahren

Mariestads Astronomiska Klubb

Svensk AmatörAstronomisk Förening, SAAF

Links to Heavens Above satellite predictions for Kumla and Örebro.

Description of our solar system model.  

 

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd, October 20, 2011

Canon 500D 55/250 at 200 mm, f/5,6 ISO 800. 3 x 1 min. stacked exp. FOV 2 x 1.3°.                                                      Image Owe Dahren

 

 

Comet 103P/Hartley, October 14, 2010

Canon 500D 55/250 at 250 mm, f/5,6 ISO 1600. 6 x 2 min. stacked exp. FOV 3 x 2°. NGC 1528 lower left.                          Image Owe Dahren

August 2008 Partial Solar Eclipse and Partial Lunar eclipse.

Solar eclipse August 1, 2008, at 10.42 11.32 and 12.32 CEST.            

                                                                                Image: Owe Dahren

 Lunar eclipse August 16-17, 2008, at 21.30 23.10 and 00.30 CEST.   Note the change in color between the moon at 7° and 17° above horizon. 

 

 

Comets Holmes and Tuttle in the same image. 

Pentax *ist DS 55 mm,  f 1.8  exp. 66 sec. December 30, 2007 21.29 CET.                                                                                             Image: Owe Dahren

Comet 17P/Holmes

Comet Holmes' movement between October 24 and December 30,  2007. 

Pentax *ist DS 135 mm,  f 3.5  exp. 30 sec.  Fov 6 x 9°.                                                                                                                     Image: Owe Dahren

Comet Holmes on November 1, 2007, 21.25 CET. 

Canon EOS 300D 200 mm  f 4.0 exp. 58 sec.                                                                                                                      Image: Stefan Lundström 

 

Comet Holmes on November 11, 2007, 21.51 CET. 

Pentax *ist DS, 400 mm,  f 6.3  exp. 74 sec.  Fov 1.5 x 1°.                                                                                                                 Image: Owe Dahren

 

 

Partial solar eclipse October 3, 2005

The eclips was watched outside Ericsson's facilities in Kumla Sweden. Some 70 people saw the eclipsed sun though filtered binoculars and sun filters.

 The beginning and the end were clouded out, and three of the images above were taken through thin clouds and haze.

 Images taken 10.31   10.58  11.25  11.46 and 12.05 CEST, with Pentax *ist DS through Fujinon 10x70                         Images from the meeting.

 

Venus transit June 8, 2004

09.45 CEST 11.44 CEST 13.13 CEST                        Photo Owe Dahren

 

 

Blåberga February 21, 2004.

Razvan´s new telescope. 24.5 inches.

Razvan on the ladder

 Orion Nebula in 10x70 binoculars and digital camera. Exposure time 16 sec.

 

Aurora in Kumla October 28, 2003

The western sky Corona in zenith

 

 

 

Club meeting march 10, 2003 Razvansimage of the Mercury transit on May 7, 2003. 

 

                                                                                                                                    

 

Partial Solar Eclipse, May 31 2003 in Kumla, Sweden.

The sun at  05.13  05.21  05.37  05.55 and 06.05 CEST. 4.5 inch Newton with a digital camera.        Photo: Owe Dahren  Images from the meeting.

 

The sun at 05.39 and 06.10 CEST.  Images taken through a 5 inch Maksutov with a digital camera.                          Photo Razvan Chiriac.

 

 

Hjortsberga September 9, 2002. 

Hjortsberga September 25, 2000

 

Stefan and Owe below Orion. March 3, 2000. Razvan Chiriac, wellknown telescope maker. West of Hallsberg, March 14, 2002. 

 

Jan Lundholm, Owe Dahren and Stefan Lundström. March 23, 2002. Jan Lundholm. March 13, 1988.
 

Jan Wallin studying Mars, April 12, 1997. Comet Hale-Bopp in the background.

Stefan and Owe studying Comet 2002 V1 NEAT ,

January 31, 2003

 

Nerikes Allehanda at our Perseid evening August 12 2003. Read NA