Venus Transit 2004 -project finaly ended when some active observers met in Paris in “The Venus Transit Experience” -meeting. Pictures can be found by clicking the following link: http://galleria.kassiopeia.net/thumbnails.php?album=27. Poster by Nyrölä observatory and Taurus Hill Observatory is behind the following link: http://www.kassiopeia.net/kotisivut/harri/ParisPoster.pdf
Posts Categorized: Observations
Venus Transit results.
Venus Transit 2004 – Results Taurus Hill Observatorys measurements and results Taurus Hill Observatorys observing group made two separate timings about Venus transit. First one was meade with 12″ Meade LX200GPS -telescope and second one with TAL-1 and Helios Skyliner -telescopes. This research main purpose was to measure the distance between the Sun and Earth. […]
Venus Transit pictures from Taurus Hill Observatory.
Some of our 12000 pictures about the transit can be found by clicking the link: http://galleria.kassiopeia.net/thumbnails.php?album=4
The transit of the exoplanet TrES-2b observed in THO.
Taurus Hill Observatory made fourth successful exoplanet observation by observing the lightcurve of the TrES-2. The measurements were made in 25./26.9.2006. The photometry was made with R -filter with 60 sec. exposures. Weather was very clear, but a small fog and light clouds made the end of the observation quite challenging. Also the object was […]
Light curve of the exoplanet HD189733b transit.
We observed light curve of the exoplanet HD189733b transit at 16/17 of September in 2006. We used photometrical R-filter and each exposure time was 15 s. Photometric analysis is done in AIP4Win2 software and light curve and magnitude error bars in Peranso2.02 sofware. Differential magnitude V-Ens decreasing over 0.03 magnitude was detected. Central time of the transit was 2006 09 […]
XO-1b exoplanet transit observed in THO.
Taurus Hill Observatory was able to measure the transit of the XO-1b in the night 26./27.8.2006. This is a quite good result, because the target star was so low in the northern sky. Despite that the observing team Veli-Pekka Hentunen, Markku Nissinen and Harri Haukka got a really clear lightcurve. Conditions were quite good. Humidity was […]
Exoplanets HD149026 b, HD189733 b and HD209458 b.
We have observed in Taurus Hill Observatory light curves during three known exoplanet transits. Exoplanets are HD149026 b, HD189733 b and HD209458 b. HD149026 b and HD189733 b observations are made in the end part of the transit. HD209458 b observation is made from the beginning of the transit and continues to brightening of the star in the end […]
Exoplanet TrES-1 transit.
Observers: Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen.
ESO Venus Transit 2004 amateur meeting in Bradys nad Labem.
Taurus Hill Observatory took part to the ESO Venus Transit 2004 amateur meeting in Bradys nad Labem. Pictures from the meeting can be found by clicking following link: http://galleria.kassiopeia.net/thumbnails.php?album=20
177P/Barnard 2 -comet photographed in THO.
Veli-Pekka Hentunen took CCD pictures of Comet Barnard 2. Comet Barnard 2 (16/17.8):
Weather at THO
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