Posts Categorized: Observations

WASP-1 data set 19/20.10.2006.

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Notice for all data users! This data set is property of the Taurus Hill Observatory (A95).  The use of the material without the permission of the THO is strictly forbidden. See the copyrights of the THO material. If You would like to use the material, please contact THO personel. Download the WASP-1 data files:   WASP-1_part1.txt  […]

TrES-2b data set 25./26.9.2006.

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Notice for all data users! This data set is property of the Taurus Hill Observatory (A95).  The use of the material without the permission of the THO is strictly forbidden. See the copyrights of the THO material. If You would like to use the material, please contact THO personel.  Download the TrES-2b data file: TrES-2_a.txt  Data […]

HD189733 data set 16./17.9.2006.

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Notice for all data users! This data set is property of the Taurus Hill Observatory (A95).  The use of the material without the permission of the THO is strictly forbidden. See the copyrights of the THO material. If You would like to use the material, please contact THO personel. Download the HD189733 data file:   HD189733.txt […]

XO-1 data set 26.8.2006.

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TrES-1 data set 30.4/1.5.2006.

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Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 photographed

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Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 has been getting brighter and brighter lately. Now the comet is about 100 times brighter than in its “dormant state”. At the moment is has a brightness of 11.0 magnitudes. The Taurus Hill Observatory research team photographed the comet 29.9.2008. Observer: Veli-Pekka Hentunen  

Observations about the supernova SN2008fv before and after.

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Taurus Hill Observatory research team photographed the supernova SN2008fv 28./29.9.2008 at THO. The supernova is discovered by the Koichi Itagaki and it is located in galaxy NGC 3147. The same galaxy was photographed at the THO 21./22.9.2008, but that time the supernova wasn’t visible. The supernova SN 2008fb is about 15.6R magnitude bright in these […]

Taurus Hill Observatory received a grant from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.

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Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation granted a 5000 euros grant for the Taurus Hill Observatory for the equipment of the secont observatory building. The grant was announced 9.10.2008, which is the birthday of the maritime counsellor Antti Wihuri (1883-1962). Taurus Hill Observatory and Warkauden Kassiopeia (the owner organizaion of the observatory) wants to give thanks for […]

New supernova discovery made at THO!

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Taurus Hill Observatory research team members Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen photographed galaxy UGC 2813 24./25.8.2008 and they saw from the raw pictures that there was a new clear star like object in the edge of the galaxy. Veli-Pekka and Markku measured the brightness and the location of the object. The early results indicated that […]