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Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: 2 Aug. 2014

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (2 Aug. 2014)

After several days of cloudy weather, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 E2 Jacques again. The image above comes from the average of 9, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with the 17″ robotic unit part of...

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: 26 July 2014

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (26 July 2014)

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques was observed again early on 26 July, even if under less-than-ideal conditions. The image above comes from the average of 6, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with the 17″ robotic unit part of the...

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: 25 July 2014

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (25 July 2014)

After the first observations via the Virtual Telescope, comet C/2014 E2 Jacques improved its visibility from our location and we managed to visit it again. The image above comes from the average of 9, 180-seconds exposures,...

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: 20 July 2014

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: an image (20 July 2014)

Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques was discovered on 13 March 2014 by the Brazilian amateur astronomer Cristovao Jacques. It reached the perihelion on 29 June 2014, then approaching Venus within 14 millions of km two...