The high-quality all sky camera has now finally been installed in Castle of Clouds (Finnish as Pilvilinna) that is private amateur observatory at the THO site. The camera has a resolution of six megapixels and produces a color image for the Warkauden Kassiopeia and THO websites every few minutes. The camera pole has been turned […]
The clear weather that lasted for a few nights last week made it possible to make observations at the Härkämäki Observatory. With the observation deck of Celestron, a light curves of seven different exoplanets were observed from 7 to 10 December 2020. The SBIG ST-8XME CCD camera with a photometric R-filter was used for the […]
Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) observerd at THO 03:14 Finnish time. Combined photo of 15 x 80 sec R-filter.
Taurus Hill Observatory visits and public events cannot take place normally due to the corona epidemic. You can visit THO, but you have to stay is outside. The observatory equipment and telescopes are not in use. The maximum group size recommendation is 12 people. Events etc. are held outside so that everyone can hear the […]
THO EPSC 2020 (Europlanet Science Congress) presentation is under session “ODAA3 Professional-Amateur collaborations in small bodies, terrestrial and giant planets, exoplanets, and ground-based support of space missions” as a poster. You can also check poster by clickin link below. EPSC2020-527; Exoplanet Observations in Taurus Hill Observatory – Scientific Support for Research Programs; Harri Haukka, Veli-Pekka […]
HAT-P-38b 18./19.9.2020
GRB 200829A 29.8.2020 22:25 Finnish time
WASP-1b 21./22.8.2020
WASP-10b 18./19.8.2020
Two fireballs 18.8.2020 00:37 and 19.8.2020 02:13 (both Finnish time).
