Taurus Hill Observatory observations and research work is presented during the EPSC (European Planetary Science Congress) in Portugal this week. Unfortunately this time there was not possibility for any of THO research team member to be present, but Veikko Mäkelä from Astronomical association Ursa will present THO as part of the Finnish observation network poster presentation […]
During the Finnish summer time there isn’t a lot of astronomical things you can observe. The sun is one of the rare celestial object that it is possible to observe. Taurus Hill Observatory research team photographed the sun 5.7.2014 by using the Lunt h-alpha-telescope. This photo is a combine of two ten picture sets. Ten pictures […]
When it is bright and clear summer night, it is possible to spot the Earth’s shadow in the evening just after the sunset. Here is Earth’s shadow photographed in Taurus Hill Observatory 5.7.2014 23:56 (Finnish time)
Some very bright halos observed by Jari Juutilainen 14.5.2014. Here are the best photos of the event. More in Jari’s blog (in Finnish): http://www.pimennysmatkaaja.fi/2014/05/14/harvinaisia-ja-kirkkaita-koko-taivaan-haloja/
THO research team member Jari Juutilainen observed very bright halos in Tampere. In addition with the “normal” halos Jari observed e.g. Parry arc that isn’t so usual phenomenon. More in Jari’s Pimennysmatkaaja blog (in Finnish)
Taurus Hill Observatory all sky camera photographed a bright fireball 4.4. at 3:00 am (Finnish time). It seems that this fireball exploded at the end.
The all sky camera captured 1/4 sky auroras 25.3.2014. In the video below you can spot the auroras in 0:44
Taurus Hill Observatory all sky camera has observed also some halos during the early spring. Here are the highlights. 6.3.2014 Halo of the Moon and the Jupiter. 10.3.2014 Halo of the Moon and 22″ halo. 12.3.2014 The 9″ halo (Van Buijsen) and 22″ halo. The halo of the Moon
Taurus Hill Observatory all sky camera has photographed several fireballs in recent weeks. Here is the summary of observations. 6.3.2014 10.3.2014 11.3.2014 25.3.2014 26.3.2014 31.3.2014
Taurus Hill Observatory all sky -camera managed to photograph very bright auroras 27./28.3.2014. First there was quite a lot of clouds, but they vanished just in time for auroras. The video about the auroras below. And here are some single shots that shows how bright the auroras were:
