Comet C/2015 F3 Swan: an image (18 May 2015)
After a couple of weeks, we decided to image comet C/2015 F3 Swan again, finding it very faint, though visible as a pale ghost of light The image above comes from the average of ten,...
Category: comets
5 March 2005: Rosetta performed ESA’s closest-ever Earth fly-by
We all know Rosetta, the ESA spacecraft which last November 2014 made possible for a lander, for the first time ever, to touch down a cometary nucleus, as part of a long term study...
Comet C/2015 F3 Swan: an image (2 May 2015)
Despite the severe, unfavorable conditions (cirri all around and extremely bright full Moon), we decided to image comet C/2015 F3 Swan again The image above comes from the average of twelve, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with...
Comet C/2015 F3 Swan: an image (30 Apr. 2015)
After our first observation, we decided to image comet C/2015 F3 Swan again, despite the amazingly bright Moon and high cirrus in the sky. The image above comes from the average of twelve, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
Comet C/2015 F3 Swan: an image (28 Apr. 2015)
Following rumors that comet C/2015 F3 Swan, last night, did not show any central condensation, we managed to perform some follow up, as soon as the sky cleared, after lot of rain. The image...
Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring: an image (14 Apr. 2015)
After almost one month and half from our last observation, we visited comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring again. This comety made history last October, when it approached planet Mars within a very short, record distance, under...
Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring: an image (31 Mar. 2015)
After more than one month from our previous visit, at Virtual Telescope we observed comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring again. This comety made history last October, when it approached planet Mars within a very...
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new image (12 Mar. 2015)
After almost three months (a full season!), at Virtual Telescope we are always tracking comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, one of the most beautiful objects of this kind we have seen around these last years....
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (23 Feb. 2015)
A new image of comet was recently taken via the Virtual Telescope, thanks to an unexpected short window of clear sky; so, we continue our amazing coverage we provided for more than two months now. The image...
Comet 32P/Comas Solà: an image (18 Feb. 2015)
Among the comets visible this time of the year, there is comet 32P/Comas Solà, discovered in 1926 by Josep Comas Solà, Barcelona. Since then, it has been observed at every return, every ~8.5 years....
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (18 Feb. 2015)
A new image of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was taken last night via the Virtual Telescope, continuing the amazing coverage we provided over the last almost two months. The image above comes from the average...
Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring: an image (18 Feb. 2015)
You should remember this comet, C/2013 A1 Siding Spring. It made history last October, when it approached planet Mars within a very short, record distance, under our eyes. After a few months after our...
Comet 17P/Holmes: a new image (11 Feb. 2015)
After its late Jan. outburst, comet 17P/Holmes was imaged again via the Virtual Telescope. There was room for very few images, as clouds were soon back in the sky. The image above comes from...
Comet 15P/Finlay: an image (10 Feb. 2015)
Comet 15P/Finlay was observed again with the robotic Virtual Telescope facility, using a short and lately rare clear moment, after weeks of bad weather. The image above comes from the average of seven, 90-seconds...
