In 2024, it will be exactly 20 years since Taurus Hill Observatory began its full-scale operations. Taurus Hill Observatory got a new rough and shiny dome just before Christmas 2003, and after the turn of the year, the main telescope, the 12-inch Meade still serving Kassiopeia, was installed in the tower. This jubilee year is […]
The brightness measurements of the gamma-ray burst GRB 110213A OA, made by the Taurus Hill Observatory observation group (Hentunen, Nissinen, Salmi) with the New Mexico GRAS 011 and Taurus Hill Observatory C14 telescopes, are included in the article published today in the Astrophysical Journal on November 1, 2022: Wang Xiang-Gao et al., GRB 110213A: A […]
Despite the unstable weather forecasts, a partial solar eclipse was observed in the Taurus Hill Observatory area on Tuesday, October 25. A partial solar eclipse was also observed this time in Taurus Hill Observatory with a solar telescope. The purpose was to make a time-lapse video like last time, but variable fog and cloudiness covered […]
Taurus Hill Observatory has been awarded a grant of 5,000 euros from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri fund for renewing the telescope stand. This grant will be used to purchase a new stand for the Meade 12″ LX200 telescope on the public viewing platform of the observatory. The original fork type of stand and its […]
Taurus Hill Observatory has acquired a new CCD camera. The purchase was confirmed in August 2021, when the observatorys project funding application was approved by the Mansikka ry. The observatory receives a 75% subsidy on the purchase price of the camera. The new camera is an ASI 2600MM Pro and comes with a ZWO EFW […]
GRB 210306A after glow observed with iTelescope T24 remote telescope. Photo by: Markku Nissinen. Full GCN Circular https://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcn/gcn3/29603.gcn3 and below. TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 29603 SUBJECT: GRB 210306A: iTelescope T24 optical observations DATE: 21/03/06 14:23:19 GMT FROM: Veli-Pekka Hentunen at Taurus Hill Obs,A95 Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen (Taurus Hill Observatory, Varkaus, Finland) report: […]
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 […]
GRB 200829A 29.8.2020 22:25 Finnish time
GRB 180205A 5.2.2018. http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1975084#original
GRB 170519A 19.5.2017
