11/11/2013 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

11/11/2013

Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy: an image (10 Nov. 2013)

Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy is putting a nice show out there, while traveling to its perihelion. On 10 Nov. the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit was asked to point this comet and started capturing images. Above...

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11/11/2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: a new image (10 Nov. 2013)

After several days of cloudy weather, the sky was clear again at Virtual Telescope to plan some comet observing, late in the night. Of course, comet c/2012 S1 Ison was a primary target. The...