Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy: an awesome movie (03 Apr. 2017)
We have been following comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy since it was discovered early in March 2017. We are amazed to see how this comet, night after night, is increasing its brightness and shows a...
Monthly Archive: April 2017
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy: an outstanding image (03 Apr. 2017)
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy continues to impress us with its constant brightening. Its tail is now truly spectacular and we could not miss the opportunity to capture it again. The image above comes from...
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 very close encounter: an image (2 Apr. 2017)
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona (USA) on 29 March 2017. Today it will have a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth (about 230.000 km, 0.6 times the mean...
Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp: twenty years later (1997-2017)
Exactly twenty years ago, in 1997, the legendary comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp was putting its incredible show in the sky. A countless number of people started looking at the sky thanks to this comet....
