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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
*** 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 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...
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