Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen from the research team of the Taurus Hill Observatory were interviewed by the TV news reporter 12.8.2008 for East Finland regional news. The subject was supernovae and especially the supernova searching. The interview lasted about 2 min. 30 sec. so it was a quite long time for a short TV […]
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Comets C/2008 J1 (Boattini) and C/2007 W1 (Boattini) photographed at THO.
Taurus Hill Observatory research team members Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen observed comets C/2008 J1 (Boattini) and C/2007 W1 (Boattini) 9./10.8.2008 at Taurus Hill Observatory. Comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini). Comet was near the North Star at the moment of the photographing and it had a brightness of 10,5 magnitudes. Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini). Comet was visible with the binoculars […]
Supernovae SN2008eo and SN2008eq.
Taurus Hill Observatory research team observed two recently discovered supernovae 9./10.8.2008 at THO. Observers: Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen. Supernova SN2008eo discovered 3.8.2008 by Tom Boles. The brightness of the supernova is 15,9 magnitudes and type is still unknown. Supernova SN2008eq discovered 2.8.2008 by LOSS. The brightness of the supernova is 18,4 magnitudes and type is still […]
Exoplanet transits of the season 2008-2009 document now available for downloading.
Veli-Pekka Hentunen wrote a PDF document that includes all currently known exoplanet transit predictions that can be observed from Finland. The document is now free for downloading and it can be downloaded by clicking this link. The PDF is about 130 kilobytes large. The document uses the information that is available in the www.transitsearch.org website.
Exoplanet CoRoTExo2 b is seventeenth exoplanet that is observed at THO.
Despite the light sky, Veli-Pekka Hentunen (one of the THO research team members) managed to photograph and measure the light curve of the exoplanet CoRoTExo2 b. This exoplanet dims its mother stars GSC 465-1282 light almost 40 millimagnitudes. The star is located in the Aquila about five degrees below the Altair. The star is about 12.6 […]
Supernova SNF20080720-001 photographed at THO.
Supernova SNF20080720-001 was discovered by the SN Factory in July 20. 2008. It is a type Ia and it was 16.6 magnitudes bright at the moment of the photographing. The supernova was faintly visible when Veli-Pekka Hentunen photographed it 30./31.7.2008 in Taurus Hill Observatory. The galaxy itself (IRAS 01026+3735) is also a very dim object. Observer: Veli-Pekka Hentunen
Noctiludent clouds season has started.
Noctiludent clouds are a clouds that are appr. 70-90 km high from the ground level in Mesosphere. Noctiludent cloud phenomena can be observed when the Sun is about 4 to 16 degrees below the horizon. Here in Finland noctiludent clouds are most common in July and in the beginning of August. Below are some noctiludent […]
Exoplanet researcher Gregory Laughlin visited in Taurus Hill Observatory.
Gregory Laughlin and his wife were guests of honour in the Cygnus 2008 -event. Laughlin is known as one of the exoplanet researchers that collaborates with the amateur astronomers. In the Cygnus 2008, Laughlin gave a lecture about the collaboration between the professional astronomers and amateurs. Taurus Hill Observatory has made exoplanet light curve measurements […]
Sixteenth exoplanet observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
HAT-P-4b is sixteenth exoplanet that has beed successfully observed at THO. The measurements of the HAT-P-4b were made 10./11.5.2008 by the Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen. The mother star, GSC 2569-1599, of the planet is F-class star that is larger than our Sun and the distance from the Earth is about 1010 light years. Planet is so called hot-Jupiter, that has […]
Fifteenth exoplanet, HAT-P-5b, measured at THO.
Exoplanet HAT-P-5b was discovered October 2007. It circulates the star GSC 2634-1087 that is about 11.9 magnitude bright. It is located in the Lyra about 1100 light years from the Earth. The star is only 0.16 times of the Sun in mass, but it is larger in diameter than the Sun. It has a spectrum […]
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