THO research team member Jari Juutilainen photographed the comet ISON with a DSLR-camera in Tampere 19.10.2013. Jari used 164 x 1,6 second exposures and after combining the images, the comet was visible in the final picture.
Posts Categorized: Comets
Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
THO research team started the new observing season by observing the comet C/2009 P1 Garradd 3.8.2011. This comet will be the comet of the Autumn 2001 and it has already the brightness of 7 mag.
Comet 103P/Hartley 2 was photographed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Comet 103P/Hartley 2 was photographed at Taurus Hill Observatory 30.8.2010. this comet will brighten up so bright that it might be possible to see it visually. Photo: Veli-Pekka Hentunen
Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) photographed at THO.
Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) photographed by Veli-Pekka Hentunen 2.5.2010 at Taurus Hill Observatory:
Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) photographed at THO.
Veli-Pekka Hentunen photographed the comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) 28.4.2010 at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) observed again
Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) was observed 7./8.8.2009 by Veli-Pekka Hentunen.
Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) observed.
Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) photographed by Veli-Pekka Hentunen
Comet C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN) photographed at THO.
Comet C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN) was photographed at Taurus Hill Observatory 25./26.4.2009 just after the sunset. The comet was visible in the northern sky before the midnight. The comet was about 9 magnitudes bright at the moment of the photographing, but due the light sky and difficult position it was only visible in the CCD -pictures. […]
C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN) observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
The research team member Markku Nissinen photgraphed the C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN) 8.4.2009. Observer: Markku Nissinen.
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) photographed by the Hentunen and Nissinen.
Comet C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) is located in high elevation in the Auriga constellation. It has a brightness of 11 magnitudes so it is visible only with the large telescopes. The Taurus Hill Observatory research team photographed this very dim comet 1.4.2009. Observers: Markku Nissinen and Veli-Pekka Hentunen.



