Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (11 Feb. 2015)
A new imaging session for comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was planned at Virtual Telescope, thanks to a short window of clear skies. Luckily enough, as soon as we ended the planned run, the clouds...
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (09 Feb. 2015)
After more than one week of clouds and heavy rain, at Virtual Telescope we could image comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy again, on its way back to the outer Solar System. There was an excellent...
Comet 17P/Holmes: image of the outburst (01 Feb. 2015)
After the previous visit, comet 17P/Holmes was observed again during its ongoing outburst, despite the extremely bright, almost full Moon. The image above comes from the average of seven, 180-seconds unfiltered exposures, remotely collected with the PlaneWave...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (01 Feb. 2015)
Now on its way back to the deep Solar System, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is still the queen of the sky, with its ongoing show despite the bright Moon. The image above comes from the average...
Comet 17P/Holmes: image of the outburst (30 Jan. 2015)
Comet 17P/Holmes is undergoing another outburst. This object is not new to similar “exploit”: when Edwin Holmes discovered it in 1892, the object was, indeed, in outburst. In 2007 it had another large outburst,...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (30 Jan. 2015, perihelion day)
On 30 Jan. 2015, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy reached perihelion, that is its minimum distance from the Sun, at about 190 millions of km from our star. We planned a live, online session to...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new hi-res image (25 Jan. 2015)
Last night the sky was apparently clear, so at Virtual Telescope we started a new imaging session of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. Unfortunately, the weather changed rapidly, allowing us to capture only an high-res...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new stunning mosaic (24 Jan. 2015)
While approaching its perihelion nect 30 Jan., comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy continues to be an amazing show in the sky. After 11 days of clouds and rain, the Virtual Telescope was able to observe...
C/2006 P1 McNaught: an image of an epic comet
For sure comets are among the most impressive wonders of the natural world and when a bright one surfs the skies, there is nothing to do: everyone, everywhere, look for its light, admiring its...
“The turning point of comet Lovejoy: comet C/2014 Q2 at perihelion” – online observing session (30 jan. 2015)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** ggg *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** After a great show over the last weeks, on 30 Jan. 2015, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy will...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: evolution in two days (12 vs 13 Jan. 2015)
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy has been closely monitored by the Virtual Telescope since 21 Dec. 2014, when it started showing above Italy. This comet showed a remarkable continuous evolution in its tail, as we...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new stunning mosaic (13 Jan. 2015)
On 13 Jan. 2015 the sky was clear again and, after the wonderful experience of the previous night, at Virtual Telescope we scheduled another three-panes mosaic to image comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. The image...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a stunning, high resolution view of the tail, with movie (12 Jan. 2015)
On 12 Jan. 2015, soon after the live, online observing session scheduled to show it to the world, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, under very good sky conditions. The comet...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new image (11 Jan. 2015)
On 11 Jan. 2015 we were ready to share comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy live, but the weather was cloudy and rainy, so we rescheduled our public online session for the next day. Incredibly, the...
