02/18/2024 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: 18 Feb. 2024.

02/18/2024

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: an image – 18 Feb. 2024.

We continue our long term follow-up program on comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, while slowly approaching the Sun (perihelion on 27 Sept. 2024). The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of six, 300-second exposures,...

comets / galaxy

02/18/2024

Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan: a image – 18 Feb. 2024

Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan is crossing a region of the sky with plenty of galaxies on the background. Here it is pairing with NGC 4608. The image above comes from the average of 6, 300-second, unfiltered...