Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a five day survey
After five nights of observations in a row, we managed again to put together all the images we have of comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, showing how this comet evolved from 9 to 13 of...
Author: Gianluca Masi
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a new image (12/13 July 2014)
While the bright, full Moon was in principle a serious obstacle, at Virtual Telescope we managed to observe comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina again on 12 July, early in the evening, before the Moon was...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a new image (12 July 2014)
Despite the VERY bright Moon, this morning at Virtual Telescope we imaged again comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina. The image above comes from 19, 180-seconds exposures, median combined to remove the presence of the stars...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: evolution around the minimum distance from the Earth (9, 10 and 11 July 2014)
After three nights of coverage of comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, it is interesting to see how the aspect of the comet changed because of the evolving geometry, while the comet is leaving the inner...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a new image (11 July 2014)
For the third night in a row, at Virtual Telescope we visited comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina again. After the first night, we covered its close approach, and now while it is leaving us. This...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina at minimum distance from the Earth: an image (10 July 2014)
After the first, nice visit of this object the previous night, the Virtual Telescope looked again comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina, soon after the Moon left the sky. The comet was just approaching its minimum...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: an image (9 July 2014)
On 23 Oct. 2013, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona discovered a new, apparently asteroid-like object, moving on a rather cometary orbit: it received its provisional designation 2013 UQ4. This happens from time to...
Ceres and Vesta close conjunction: image and podcast (5 July 2014)
Finally, at Virtual Telescope we observed the dwarf planet (1) Ceres and the asteroid (4) Vesta at their minimum angular distance (10 arcminutes, 1/3 of the angular size of the full Moon disk), sharing...
Ceres and Vesta close conjunction: a new image (4 July 2014)
While Ceres and Vesta prepare their closest conjunction. at Virtual Telescope we imaged this unusual couple again. Above is an image showing the dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroid Vesta less than 12 arcminutes...
Ceres and Vesta close conjunction: an image (3 July 2014)
Next 5 July, we will show live the amazing, rare conjunction between the dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroid Vesta. While waiting for this big show, we captured this view already showing the couple...
All-Sky live camera: final tests successful
We recently installed for testing an all-sky camera at the Virtual Telescope site, with the intention to monitor the sky both for clouds and meteors/fireballs. Fist tests were very promising and last night we...
All-Sky camera tests under way at Virtual Telescope
At Virtual Telescope we are testing an all-sky camera to make possible for us to look at the whole sky, both for weather checking and for further astronomical purposes. Of course, before opening and...
NGC 4559 and a possible Luminous Blue Variable – Com
Coma Berenices is well known for being a rich ground for those interested in galaxies. There are so many that, incredibly, some of the finest ones are poorly known, because of the strong competition...
Arp 271 (NGC 5426 and NGC 5427 interacting galaxies): a quick view
In the vastness of space and time, there are still chances for galaxies to meet. To the point that they can look as embracing, elegant butterflies of stars, obeying to the universal force of...
