Nova Delphini 2013 was one of the positive surprises of the late summer 2013. The maximum brightness of the nova was about 4 magnitudes and the best thing was that the nova was in very “good position” on the sky here in Finland. THO research team member Jari Juutilainen observed nova several times and here […]
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New CCD camera for Taurus Hill Observatory.
The new CCD camera of the Taurus Hill Observatory has arrived. Camera is the latest SBIG model STT-8300M that includes self guiding filter wheel. In this filter wheel there are eight slots for 1,25″ sized filters. The filter wheel is very precise so when changing the filter, you don’t have to refocus the telescope and […]
New pictures from the Venus Transit 2012.
Part of the h-alpha pictures are now processed and uploaded to the Venus Transit 2012 gallery (text are in Finnish). Processing the h-alpha pictures is very challenging and time-consuming. THO “Venus Transit 2012 – Nordkapp Expedition” took about 700 pictures from the transit of Venus. We plan to upload the best pictures to our gallery, […]
Venus transit observed by the Taurus Hill Observatory “Nordkapp Expedition”-team.
Taurus Hill Observatory research team “Transit of Venus 2012 – Nordkapp Expedition” succeeded to photograph the Venus transit 5.-6.6.2012 in Northern Norway near the North Cape (Nordkapp) in small village called Russenes. Here are the preliminary results and first photos of the event. More photos later in this site. Observers and the expedition members: Jari […]
Taurus Hill Observatory research team in EPSC-DPS in Nantes, France.
Taurus Hill Observatory research team members Tuomo Salmi and Harri Haukka will participate to the EPSC-DPS conference that is held in Nantes, France, 2.-7.10.2011. Tuomo Salmi will give an oral presentation about the exoplanet research and observations that THO reasearch team have done in las years. Tuomo’s presentation, “Ground Based Support for Exoplanet Space Missions“, […]
Exoplanet KOI 256b observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
The bright spring sky makes the light curve measuremets quite challenging. Despite this the Taurus Hill Observatory research team managed to observe and measure the transit of the exoplanet KOI 256b 30.4.2011. KOI 256b is located in Draco and it has been discovered by Kepler-telescope. KOI 256b is still in the list of unconfirmed discoveries. […]
Gamma ray burst GRB 110422A optical afterglow was observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Gamma ray burst GRB 110422A optical afterglow was observed at Taurus Hill Observatory. This photograph is combine of 3 x 300 sec. unfiltered exposures. This observation has been reported in GCN 11966.
Exoplanet KOI 1452b observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Exoplanet KOI 1452b was observed at Taurus Hill Observatory second time 19./20.4.2011. The object is still listed as unconfirmed in Keplers exoplanet discoveries. According the THO measurements the duration of the transit was 118.7 minutes and the dimmening of the mother star 14.8 mmag. This observation has been published in TRESCA database (CREDIT TRESCA: http://var2.astro.cz/EN/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1303267527 ).
GJ436b observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Taurus Hill Observatory research team observed GJ436b 29./30.3.2011 at Taurus Hill Observatory. GJ436b has been observed earlier by THO reasearch team. The dimmening of the mother star due the transit was according the measurements 6.3 mmag and duration 61.9 minutes. Measurement has been published in TRESCA database. http://var2.astro.cz/EN/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1301456198
Qatar-1b was observed second time at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Qatar-1b was discovered 26.12.2010 and it is a gas giant that orbits its mother star once in 1.4 days. The full transit of the Qatar-1b was observed 16./17.2.2011 at Taurus Hill Observatory. This was the first transit observation since the discovery of the Qatar-1b. Teh distance to the exoplanet is about 500 light years. the […]
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