The www-sites of the Warkauden Kassiopeia (the owner organization of the THO) and the Finnish sites of the THO were hacked in week 47. Due this the sites (mentioned abowe) are not working 100%. We are seeking the solution for this hacking problem. At the moment the english THO sites are working well and there […]
Supernova SN 2008gx has dimmed since the discovery.
Supernova SN 2008gx (type II) that was discovered at THO 4./5.11.2008. Since that the supernova SN 2008gx has dimmed in two weeks very clearly. At the moment of the discovery it had a brightness of 16.8CR magnitudes.
Taurus Hill Observatory in Finnish main TV news.
On Wednesday 12.11.2008 the supernovae discoverers Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen were interviewed to the Finnish main TV news “Kymmenen uutiset” (Ten a clock news). This news broadcast is the main daily news in Finland.
CoRoTExo1b data set 6.11.2008.
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 CoRoTExo1b data file: corotexo-1.txt […]
CoroTExo-1b exoplanet observed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
French satellite Corot discovered CoroTExo-1b 2007 and now the research team of the Taurus Hill Observatory managed to measure the light curve of the transit. Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen measured the light curve 6.11.2008 klo 03.20 – 06.15 Finnish time at THO. The declination of the object is very low for the Finnish sky, […]
Supernova SN2008gx discovered at Taurus Hill Observatory.
This time the supernova went off in galaxy NGC 3144 and it was first time observed 4/5.11.2008 in THO by Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen. Arto Oksanen made the verification observation in Hankasalmi Observatory. This supernova got a name SN2008gx and it had a brightness of 16.8R magnitudes when discovered. The IAU made a CBET circular about the […]
Asteroid 2008 TC3 photographed at Taurus Hill Observatory.
Despite the almost cloudy weather the Taurus Hill Observatory research team member Markku Nissinen managed to photograph the Asteroid 2008 TC3 6./7.10.2008 at Taurus Hill Observatory. This small asteroid hit the Earth atmosphere 7.10.2008 about 6 am. Finnish time somewhere over the Sudan. The 2008 TC3 was discovered 6.10.2008 with the large telescopes and it got […]
CoRoTExo2b data set 30./31.7.2008.
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HAT-P-4b data set 10.5.2008.
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HAT-P-5b data set 3.5.2008.
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