*** More Images of Comet 67P here! *** Five months after our last observations, we spied comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko again, while it is leaving the inner Solar System. Observations were performed under good sky conditions. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...
More than one month after our previous visit, we wanted to observe comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami (formely designed P/2010 V1). This comet experimented a large fragmentation, with several pieces detected. The image above comes from 26, 300-seconds...
While comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs continues to increase its distance from the Earth, the observing conditions improved, as the Full Moon – a serious interfering factor at the flyby time – moved away, offering...
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While it is leaving us after making history with its flyby, at Virtual Telescope we are continuously tracking comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs. Unfortunately, there is still a Full Moon and we had to fight against...
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After several nights of coverage, waiting for its flyby, finally comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs touched its minimum distance from us: 3.5 millions of km, making it the third comet ever in history coming so close....
*** See comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs LIVE from your very own device *** While comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs is getting closer and closer, at Virtual Telescope we are preparing our double live, online session to...
After a couple of days from our first visit, at Virtual Telescope we wanted to image comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs again, while it comes closer and closer to us, preparing for its historic fly-by...
While waiting for its historic close encounter next 22 March. at Virtual Telescope we imaged the little comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs while it was at 7.9 millions of km from us and approaching. The image...
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Next 22 March 2016, comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarss will make a truly historic close encounter with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from us of about 3,6 millions of km. While this distance is absolutely safe, it...
Two weeks after our first images of comet Comet P/2010 V1 Ikeya-Murakami, we wanted to check it again, knowing that new fragments were discovered since then. Weather has been a issue for quite some time...
At the end of 2015, an apparently new comet turned out to be comet P/2010 V1 Ikeya-Murakami, with the bonus of an apparent fragment. On the following days, more fragments were discovered, making this comet...
Nine days after our previous, first visit, we spied comet C/2013 US10 Catalina again, under significantly better geometry, that is with the comet a few more degrees above the horizon (though still far from the ideal)....
After all, this 2015 we will have another Christmas comet! After last year’s comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, those living in the northern hemisphere are saluting comet C/2013 US10 Catalina, already giving a stunning show...
After waiting for quite a lot of time, comet C/2013 US10 Catalina is finally showing in the northern skies. This comet has a good potential to be a nice comet in the next weeks, perfect...
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