Category: comets

“209P/Linear: the firework comet?”: online event (22 May 2014)

“209P/Linear: the firework comet?”: online event (22 May 2014)

> See comet 209P/Linear LIVE, click here! < > See comet 209P/Linear LIVE, click here! < Next 24 May 2014, between 06:00 and 08:00 UT, there are chances to enjoy a memorable, exceptional meteor shower. The...

Comet 209P/Linear: 17 May 2014

Comet 209P/Linear: an image (17 May 2014)

Next 24 May, between 6 and 8 UT, there are chances to see an exceptional meteor shower, originated by the small comet 209/P Linear, now widely known “Camelopardalids“. At Virtual Telescope we wanted to...

Comet 154P/Brewington: 29 Nov. 2013

Comet 154P/Brewington: 29 Nov. 2013

While c/2012 S1 Ison show faded, many other comets are out there this season. Above is an image of comet 154P/Brewington, named after Howard J. Brewington, who discovered it in 1992. It is the average...

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: latest updates – 28 Nov. 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: latest updates – 28 Nov. 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison is now shining at about mag. -3 in LASCO C3 images from space. The comet showed a spectacular brightening trend since it entered the LASCO C3 field of view. In...

The IRAM 30 meter telescope

Is comet C/2012 S1 Ison fading? (25 Nov. 2013)

  While comet C/2012 S1 Ison is living its “hottest” days, approaching the minimum distance from the Sun (28 Nov. 2013), a report from Michal Drahus (Caltech/NRAO) says that he and Israel Hermelo (IRAM Granada) have...

W. Heath Robinson: "Searching for Halley's Comet At Greenwich Observatory" (1909)

Some fun with comet Ison

  The world has been waiting for almost one year now for comet C/2012 S1 Ison. Soon after the discovery time, the most optimistic scenarios told the comet could become very bright around its...