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...
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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...
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....
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy: an image (31 Mar. 2017)
Thanks to a very good sky, we observed comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, for the third night in a row. It ion tail is always a wonderful view, while the comet heads to its perihelion...
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy: an image (30 Mar. 2017)
We observed comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, after we observed it developed a nice ion tail, which is still a prominent feature, despite the comet’s low solar elongation. The image above comes from the median combination...
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy: an image (29 Mar. 2017)
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy was discovered on 9 Mar. 2017 and since then it showed a significant increase in its brightness. After helping in its confirmation at the discovery time, we managed to capture...
Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova: an image (25 Mar. 2017)
One month after our last published image, we share a new view of comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova. This comet is fading, but still offers a great view to telescopes. The image above comes from the average of ten,...
Comet 315P/Loneos: an image (25 mar. 2017)
One week after our previous observations, we saw comet 315P/Loneos again, under very good sky conditions. The image above comes from the average of twelve, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the 16″-f/3.75 Tenagra III (“Pearl”) robotic...
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak meets Messier 97 and Messier 108: 22 Mar. 2017
On its way to perihelion, comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is crossing a very nice spot of the sky. On 22 March 2017, it showed among the stars of Ursa Major, where the stunning “Owl” planetary nebula...
Comet 315P/Loneos: an image (18 mar. 2017)
After our first visit, we observed comet 315P/Loneos again, finding it no much different. The sky was better this time, with less lunar interference. The image above comes from the median combining of eleven, 120-seconds...
Comet 315P/Loneos possibly in outburst: an image (15 mar. 2017)
On Mar. 14.8 2017, comet 315P/Loneos was reported in bright outburst, about 4 magnitudes brighter than expected. At Virtual Telescope we managed to grab an image with the Tenagra III “Pearl” robotic telescope, now...
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak: an image (25 Feb. 2017)
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak will reach perihelion next April, so we plan to capture a few images covering its apparition. Here it is the first one. The image above comes from the average of six, 120-seconds...
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson: an image (25 Feb. 2017)
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson is an old friend of the Virtual Telescope. Almost one year and half after our only observation of this comet, we managed to look at it again. The image above...
Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and its bt fragment: 25 Feb. 2017
We managed to follow-up comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann and its recently discovered fragment bt. A nice comet to monitor over the next months. After our images from 16 Feb. 2017, the new fragment (labelled “bt”) of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann was...
