The afterglow of the GRB 151027A was observed at Taurus Hill Observatory. Photometric measurements were made with R-filter and V-filter on Tuesday 27th of October 19:11 – 20:36 Finnish time. The photometric brightness of the afterglow was 17.1 magnitude with R-filter and 17.5 magnitude with V-filter.
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Partial solar eclipse observed in Varkaus
The partial solar eclipse was observed on Friday 20.3. in Kuoppakangas school yard in Varkaus. The weather was perfect for making observations and there were over 500 visitors who saw this quite rare event live. Here are some event images and images taken with Lunt solar telescope by Esa Heikkinen. In addition there are some […]
Europa “overpassed” the Io
Jari Juutilainen observed Europa and Io, moons of Jupiter, 7.2.2015 18:30-01:14 when Europa “overpassed” the Io. Jari used a normal digital SLR camera for his observations. In Jari’s blog you can see the GIF animation and a bit more story about the overpass (in Finnish): http://www.pimennysmatkaaja.fi/2015/02/08/europa-peittaa-ion/. Jari is a member of the THO research team.
All Sky Camera returns from the summer break
Taurus Hill Observatory’s All Sky Camera has returned from the summer break! The summertime in Finland is way too bright for astronomical observations and even the shortest possible exposure in the camera’s software burns the image all white. Now summer is coming to the end and the sky is getting darker every night. We are […]
THO research team photographed the sun 5.7.2014 by using the Lunt h-alpha-telescope
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 […]
Earth’s shadow photographed in THO
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)
All Sky -camera live in THO web page
Taurus Hill Observatory bought Starlight Xpress Oculus All Sky -camera in 2013. Now there is a possibility to see the latest picture taken by the camera directly in THO web pages. The direct link to the camera page is http://www.kassiopeia.net/taivaskamera/. Note that camera doesn’t take pictures 24/7. The reason for this that the camera doesn’t […]
Taurus Hill Observatory in EPSC 2013, London 9.-13.9.2013.
Taurus Hill Observatory will presents its research work in European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) in London on Thursday 12 September 17:45–19:15 (EPSC Poster Area). The poster will be set up already on Wednesday, so it is possible to preview it before the poster session. This time THO’s title of the poster is “Pro-Amateur Observatories as a […]
Problems with Taurus Hill Observatory and Warkauden Kassiopeia Finnish web sites.
Taurus Hill Observatory and Warkauden Kassiopeia Finnish web sites are now down and there will be massive updates to these sites during next week or so. These updates will cause some problems also for this THO english web site. At least some of the pictures are missing due there are part of the Finnish THO […]
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 […]
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