For the 8th night (almost) in a row, Virtual Telescope visited comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, under good sky conditions. The dusty pattern of the comet is showing very well, as usual, making this comet...
After a few days, the Virtual Telescope observed again comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, while it is leaving the inner Solar System and constantly fading. The image above comes from 19, 180-seconds exposures, median combined to remove...
After a one-night break because of the weather, the Virtual Telescope observed again comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina. The image above comes from 19, 180-seconds exposures, median combined to remove the presence of the stars...
After five nights of observations in a row, we managed again to put together all the images we have of comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, showing how this comet evolved from 9 to 13 of...
While the bright, full Moon was in principle a serious obstacle, at Virtual Telescope we managed to observe comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina again on 12 July, early in the evening, before the Moon was...
Despite the VERY bright Moon, this morning at Virtual Telescope we imaged again comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina. The image above comes from 19, 180-seconds exposures, median combined to remove the presence of the stars...
After three nights of coverage of comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, it is interesting to see how the aspect of the comet changed because of the evolving geometry, while the comet is leaving the inner...
For the third night in a row, at Virtual Telescope we visited comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina again. After the first night, we covered its close approach, and now while it is leaving us. This...
After the first, nice visit of this object the previous night, the Virtual Telescope looked again comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, soon after the Moon left the sky. The comet was just approaching its minimum...
On 23 Oct. 2013, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona discovered a new, apparently asteroid-like object, moving on a rather cometary orbit: it received its provisional designation 2013 UQ4. This happens from time to...
Comet C/2012 K1 PanSTARRS is a nice comet, right now relatively bright (mag 8.5). At Virtual Telescope we managed to image it, remotely using the PlaneWave 17 robotic unit. Above is the average of...
After the partial show of the Camelopardalids meteor shower, their parent comet, 209P/Linear, reached its minimum distance from the Earth, transiting at about 8.3 millions of km from us. This distance made comet 209P...
While the expected Camelopardalids meteor shower performed much less than hoped, comet 209P/Linear countinues to approach us, having a close encounter with the Earth. Next 29 May, comet 209P will be at ~8 millions of km from...
While waiting for the online session sharing this comet and, above all, the potential Camelopardalids meteor shower connected to it, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 209P/Linear again on 20 May 2014. Twelve, 180-seconds exposures,...
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