The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Daily Archive: April 28, 2016

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: 15 Apr. 2016

comets

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: an image (15 Apr. 2016)

Four months after our last published observation,  we slewed our robotic instruments to comet C/2013 US10 Catalina again, despite a very bright Moon and a poor altitude of the comet. The image above comes from the average...

C/2014 S2 Panstarrs: 15 Apr. 2016

comets

Comet C/2014 S2 Panstarrs: a new image (15 Apr. 2016)

As part of the follow-up programs part of the Virtual Telescope Project, we imaged comet C/2014 S2 Panstarrs. The image above comes from the average of 28, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the  PlaneWave 17″+Paramount...