Despite the extreme observing conditions, we could capture comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, obtaining a precious documentation of its fate. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of six, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson is on its way to perihelion, which it will reach next 12 June. For many weeks, this comet, while relatively bright, showed only a dusty tail, but now it proudly...
While observing conditions are, day after day, more difficult because of its small solar elongation, we continue to observe comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy while its fades, after its nucleus disintegrated. The image above comes from the...
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy was imaged again, the day after its perihelion. It continues to fade, while dissolving, also being more difficult to see, because of the decreasing solar elongation. The image above comes from...
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 HB1 was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona (USA) on 18 April 2017. Today it had a close, but safe encounter with the Earth (about 1.4 millions of km). Above is an image...
At last, comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy reached its perihelion on 23 Apr. 2017 at 07:26 UT. Four hours later, we captured this image while it was only 6 degrees high, above the NE horizon. The...
After a few days, we could image comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, now clearly disrupting and fading. The object is no longer showing an evident condensation and it will be interesting to follow it...
On 20 April 2017, the GAIA mission reported the discovery of a faint transient, not far from the nucleus of the stunning spiral galaxy Messier 63. Later, it was confirmed to be a supernova,...
Last night, observing comet 315P Loneos was truly rewarding. It was showing in a very nice spot of the sky: together with the comet, the pale and fascinating globular cluster Palomar 4 and the...
As promised, we shared live images of the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 JO25 around its safe close encounter with the Earth. Below is one of the images we collected. The image above is the...
A few hours before its minimum distance from the Earth, we observed the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 JO25, while it was safely approaching us. The image above is a single, 30-seconds long exposure, remotely...
While waiting for its safe close encounter next 19 Apr., we imaged the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 JO25, while it was still relatively faint and low above the horizon. The image above comes from...
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy is now clearly fading and we continue imaging it while it travel to its perihelion. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of twelve, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with...
On 16 Apr. 2017, we collected new images of comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy, while it still looked significantly fainter than a few days earlier. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of five, 60-seconds exposures,...
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