Category: comets

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: 18 Feb. 2024.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 18 Feb. 2024

Despite it was very low above the horizon in the astronomical twilight, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks looks very nice in this image The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 13, 120-second unfiltered exposures,...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: 14 Feb. 2024.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 14 Feb. 2024

We present another image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, displaying a continuously evolving tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 10, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: 13 Feb. 2024.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 13 Feb. 2024

After several cloudy nights, we collected a new image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, displaying such a beautiful tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 5, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the...

Comet 32P/Comas-Solà: 29 Jan. 2024

Comet 32P/Comas-Solà: an image – 29 Jan. 2024

We observed comet 32P/Comas-Solà, on its way to perihelion (20 Apr. 2024). The image is available below. The image above comes from the average of 5, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with...