Monthly Archive: April 2016

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: 15 Apr. 2016

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

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...

Comet 252P/Linear: 11 Apr. 2016

Comet 252P/Linear: an image (11 Apr. 2016)

Comet 252P/Linear has been and still is a well observed comet out there, while on the way to its fly-by with the Earth last 21 Mar. and now that it is leaving us. Despite its motion is...

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a image (03 Apr. 2016)

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a new image (03 Apr. 2016)

*** More Images of Comet 67P here! *** Five months after our last observations, we spied comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko again, while it is leaving the inner Solar System. Observations were performed under good sky conditions. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...