12/08/2018 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

12/08/2018

Comet 46P/Wirtanen apparition: a new image (7 Dec. 2018)

Comet 46P/Wirtanen was imaged again via the Virtual Telescope, now that is constantly improving its visibility. Here it is what we saw. The image above comes from the average of six, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...

Mars, Neptune and Triton in close conjunction - 7 Dec. 2018

conjunction / planets

12/08/2018

Mars and Neptune meet in the sky: an image of a stunning conjunction – 7 Dec. 2018

On 7 Dec. 2018, planets Mars and Neptune had a very close conjunction, coming closer than 2 arcminutes. A few hours later, we could image them, also grabbing Triton, the largest satellite of Neptune....