SN2006nr was observed 29/30.12.2006 night at THO. Observers Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen. Supernova SN2006nr had been discovered by Tim Puckett and A. Pelloni at October 26 2006. Then it was around 16 magnitudes. Now it was much dimmer, about 18.4 magnitudes. SN2006nr:
Supernovae SN2006st and SN2006su photographed in Taurus Hill Observatory.
Supernovae SN2006st (about 18,4 mag.) and SN2006su have been photographed 28/29.12.2006 night. Observer: Veli-Pekka Hentunen. (Tämä uutinen suomeksi) SN2006st: SN2006su:
Exoplanet HD80606b transit missed due the clouds.
Exoplanet HD80606b is located in the “Big Bear” and its transit lasts about 17 hours. You can observe the transit in four month periods and this time the transit occured in the darkest time of the year here in Finland. The weather was promising, but after a hour the weather turned out to be very […]
Asteroid 93 Minerva lightcurve measured in Taurus Hill Observatory.
Veli-Pekka Hentunen measured the lightcurve of the asteroid 93 Minerva in Taurus Hill Observatory 24.-25.12.2006 23:00-05:00. Veli-Pekka used R -filter and 120 sec. exposure (per picture) for photometric measurements. The comparison stars used in this measurement were GSC1423-528 (C1) and GSC1423-568 (C2). The weather was damp and little foggy. Due this and the fact that the correction lens […]
Comets 4P/Faye and C/2006 L1 (Garradd) observed in THO.
Comets 4P/Faye and C/2006 L1 (Garradd) were observed in THO 15.12/16.12 night. Observers: Veli-Pekka Hentunen, Markku Nissinen, Henri Taino and Mari Laitinen. (Tämä uutinen suomeksi) 4P/Faye: C/2006 L1 (Garradd):
Supernova 2006ss was observed in THO.
SN2006ss. (Tämä uutinen suomeksi) Observer in THO 22/23.12.2006 Veli-Pekka Hentunen.
SN2006sr supernova was observed in THO.
SN2006sr (Tämä uutinen suomeksi) Observers in THO 21/22.12.2006 Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen.
HD209458b exoplanet transit observed in THO.
HD209458b was the first exoplanet that was observed by amateur (Nyrölä, Finland; 2000). Taurus Hill Observatory’s observing group members Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen photographed this exoplanet transit 27./28.11.2006. Due the humidity it was very difficult to make good measurements. Also the lack of the good comparison stars in field of the CCD -cell field made reliable measurements challenging. The comparison stars […]
Asteroid 7 Iris photographed in THO.
Asteroid 7 Iris was photographed in Taurus Hill Observatory 27./28.11.2006 by Markku Nissinen and Veli-Pekka Hentunen. The asteroid is now about 7,2 magnitude bright object and it is 130 million kilometers away from the Earth. This picture is taken with clear filter and 15 sec. exposure. (Tämä uutinen suomeksi)
4P/Faye photographed again in THO.
Veli-Pekka Hentunen and Markku Nissinen photographed again comet 4P/Faye in 16./17.11.2006 (21:45-22:16 finnish time). The comet is about 9.5 magnitude object and it is possible to observe visually even with small telescopes. In this CCD -picture, you can see a dim tail of the comet. At the time this picture was taken, the comet was low in […]
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