Category: comets

Comet C/2012 S1 "Ison": 14 Apr. 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: 14 Apr. 2013 image

  Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” is slowly approaching the Sun and the world is waiting for its potentially bright apparition late this year. The Virtual Telescope Project continues to monitor it The image above...

Comet C/2012 S1 "Ison": 3 Apr. 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: 3 Apr. 2013 image

Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” is still continuously monitored by astronomers worldwide, waiting for its potentially bright apparition later this year. The Virtual Telescope Project visited it again, after the full Moon moved away. The...

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Pan-STARRS: la cometa che fa primavera

Registrazione evento online del 21 marzo 2013,  in occasione del passaggio della cometa C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS. Una collaborazione tra “Ansa Scienza&Tecnica” e “Virtual Telescope Project”.   Back to “Podcast” page   Support The Virtual...

Comet Pan-STARRS imaged on 21 Mar. 2013

Pan-STARRS, the Spring bringer

On 21 Mar. 2013, the traditional start of Spring (that this year began on 20th), the Virtual Telescope Project, together with the Science & Tech channel of ANSA (the main news agency in Italy)...

Comet Pan-STARRS: online, live observing session: 16 Mar. 2013

Comet Pan-STARRS: online, live observing session: 16 Mar. 2013

** Comet Pan-STARRS online, LIVE observation here! ** C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs): star chart We have been waiting it for more than one year, now the waiting is over: comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS is here. The Virtual...

Comet Pan-STARRS is heading north!

Comet Pan-STARRS is heading north!

  The waiting is almost over. After more than one year of promises and hopes for a great show, comet C/2011 Pan-STARRS is ready to jump in the northern skies. Since it was discovered...

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: 11 Jan. 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” continues its trip around the Sun, slowly approaching it, while professional and hobby astronomers hope it will match all its promises, becoming very bright by the...

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: 20 Dec. 2012

Discovered on 21 Sept. 2012, comet C/2012 S1 showed a great potential since the very beginning. Late on  Now. 2013 it will reach a minimum distance from the Sun of 1.2 millions of km. If...