While the Moon is now heavily affecting its observation, comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy is still imaged on daily basis, while it approaches its perihelion (24 Apr. 2017). The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination...
With the full Moon making observations quite critical, we continue to follow up comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy and its tail evolution. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of ten, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with...
While the Moon grows and its light floods the whole sky, we tried to image comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, soon after our satellite set, while the morning twilight already started. The image above comes...
This evening, it was possible to see from Rome the International Space Station (ISS) doing a wonderful transit, ending its trail a few degrees away from planet Jupiter. It was a truly outstanding experience....
On 19 April 2017, at 12:24 Universal Time, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 JO25, with a diameter of about 1 km, will make a safe close encounter with the Earth (1.7 millions of km,...
Despite a very bright, almost full Moon, we observed comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, finding it shining close a to a field galaxy, NGC 6015. The image above comes from the average of two, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
After its outburst announced a few days ago, we were able to image comet C/2015 ER61 Panstarrs, capturing its amazing tail, even if some clouds made life not easy. The image above comes from...
After one cloudy morning, today we were back to C/2017 E4 Lovejoy, to capture it again. Some clouds were still there, but The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of eleven, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson is still showing nicely in the sky, and we visited it again, while other comets are all around. We do not want to forget this beautiful icy world. The image above...
After our previous attempt, we captured another movie of comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy and, again, we see how fast its tail is evolving. We captured very interesting details. *** HIGH RES VERSION HERE! *** The...
We continue our coverage of comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy, blessed with a great weather in southern Arizona, enjoying its amazing beauty while it flies to its perihelion. And we are never disappointed. The image...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 19 Apr. 2017, at 12:24 UT, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 JO25 will reach the minimum distance from the...
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy continues to approach the Sun, offering a nice show at dawn. Here it is another view, from 4 April 2017, with the tail always a rewarding sight. The image above comes from...
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 GM was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona (USA) on 3 April 2017 and in a couple of hours it will safely come as close as 16.000, that is 0.04 lunar...
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