Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS: 11 May 2013
After almost one month since then last visit, the Virtual Telescope imaged comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS again, while it moves away from the Sun. Above is the average of 14 unfiltered images, remotely taken...
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Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS: 18 Apr. 2013
On 18 Apr. 2013, after the Online Messier Marathon, the Virtual Telescope visited comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS . This is the third morning in a row. Above is the average of 15 unfiltered images,...
Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS, image and spectrum: 17 Apr. 2013
On 17 Apr. 2013, the Virtual Telescope visited comet c/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS with both its telescopes, with the aim to capture both an image and a spectrum. Above is the average of 18...
Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS in the morning: 16 Apr. 2013
Comet Pan-STARRS peaked in brightness last March and is now constantly fading, while on its route back in the outer Solar System. At that time visible soon after the sunset, it is now circumpolar for many...
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 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...
Cosmic Encounter: comet Pan-STARRS meets the Great Andromeda Galaxy
While leaving the inner Solar System, comet Pan-STARRS continues surfing our skies and next 4 Apr. 2013 it will cross the spot of the sky where Messier 31, the Great Andromeda Galaxy, is. Of...
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...
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 puts a show in the western skies
On Mar. 16, at 17:00 UT the Virtual Telescope Project hosted a live, online observing session to share comet Pan-STARRS with the world. The event was at first scheduled for 15 Mar., but clouds...
Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: new image from the Virtual Telescope
Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” is expected to be a potentially amazing comet later this year. While it continues its journey to the inner Solar System, it is monitored by many astronomers around the planet...
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!
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...
Where is comet C/2012 S1 (Ison): path across the stars
Comet C/2012 S1 (Ison): path across the stars Comet C/2012 S1 (Ison) has reasonable chances to become a great comet late in 2013 / early in 2014. The map above shows its path across the...
