Taurus Hill Observatory research team “Transit of Venus 2012 – Nordkapp Expedition” succeeded to photograph the Venus transit 5.-6.6.2012 in Northern Norway near the North Cape (Nordkapp) in small village called Russenes. Here are the preliminary results and first photos of the event. More photos later in this site. Observers and the expedition members: Jari […]
Sun photographed with Lunt LS60 h-alpha solar telescope.
THO research team rehearsed the photographing of the Sun with 2.4″ Lunt LS60 h-alpha solar telescope owned by the observatory. Team managed to photograph the Sun with different exposure times and different h-alpha settings on two days (17.5 and 19.5.). Below are some of the photographs that team managed to take during the rehearsals. Photos: […]
Venus Transit 2012 is near.
The Venus will transit over the Sun 6th of June. Transit starts 22:09 UTC and ends 04:49 UTC. Therefore if you want to see the whole transit in Europe, you have to travel as north as possible. Part of the he Taurus Hill Observatory research team will travel to Nordkapp that is the northest place […]
Gamma ray burst GRB 120326A optical after glow was photographed.
Gamma ray burst GRB 120326A optical after glow was photographed by Taurus Hill Observatory research team with Nerpio T17 (Spain) remote telescope. The observation has beenpublished in GCN 13119 circular (Hentunen V.P., Nissinen M., Salmi T.).
More auroras from Varkaus!
Harri Vilokki photographed auroras in Juonionlahti 7.3.2012. Harri’s photographs below. Esa Heikkinen also managed to photograph auroras in Varkaus. Esa reported auroras from two nights 8.3. and 17.3. Below are the Esa’s photos. 8.3.2012 17.3.2012
The northern lights are back!
There has been already a few nights when northern lights have illuminated Finnish skies. THO research team member Harri Haukka managed to take some photos about the northern lights in Kirkkonummi 7.3.2012. The sky was quite light polluted and also the almost full Moon lightened the sky. Photos: Harri Haukka. Harri Haukka and the […]
Taurus Hill Observatory main telescope out of order.
THO’s Paramount ME mount is now out of order for the time being. The main printed circuit board of the mount is broken and it takes some time to fix the board or order a new one. Observatory will use other telescopes for public star shows, but photographing isn’t possible at the moment. We will […]
Gamma ray burst GRB 111228A optical afterglow observed.
THO research team made observations with GRAS017 remote telescope about the gamma ray burst GRB 111228A optical afterglow. The brightness of the object was 18.7R magnitudes about 9,0 hours after the Swift -satellite discovered the GRB. This observation has been published in GCN 12754 circular. Observers: Markku Nissinen, Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Tuomo Salmi.
THO research team travels to Nordkapp for Venus transit 2012.
Part of the of the THO reasearch team will travel to Nordkapp (Norway) to observe and photograph the Venus transit 2012. Last time the Venus transited the Sun, there was a big observing campaign in THO. THO team photographed over 12 000 pictures from the 2004 transit. Venus transit 2004 was also the kick-off for […]
Taurus Hill Observatory research team in EPSC-DPS in Nantes, France.
Taurus Hill Observatory research team members Tuomo Salmi and Harri Haukka will participate to the EPSC-DPS conference that is held in Nantes, France, 2.-7.10.2011. Tuomo Salmi will give an oral presentation about the exoplanet research and observations that THO reasearch team have done in las years. Tuomo’s presentation, “Ground Based Support for Exoplanet Space Missions“, […]
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