Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto: an image (7 Feb. 2019)
Comet C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto reached its perihelion (minimum distance from the Sun), on 6 Feb. and tomorrow will have its fly-by with the Earth, coming as close as 45 millions of km. Here it is...
Category: comets
Asteroid (6478) Gault turns into a comet? – 11 and 12 Jan. 2019
On 9 Jan. 2019, the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams issued an electronic telegram reporting that the inner main belt asteroid (6478) Gault had a tail. This made the object a very important target to...
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels: an image (4 Jan. 2019)
We did some follow-up observations of comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels, after the sudden changes in its inner coma, which we could confirm yesterday. Here we present our results. The image above comes from the median combination of 39,...
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels: an image (3 Jan. 2019)
On 2 Jan. 2019, a couple of observers reported that comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels showed a sudden change in its inner coma. The day before, our images showed nothing strange, so we scheduled some follow-up observations...
Comet 123P/West-Hartley: an image (2 Jan. 2019)
We observed comet 123P/West-Hartley again, while it approaches the Sun (perihelion: next 5 Feb.). Here it is our latest image. The image above comes from the average of three, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the...
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels: an image (1 Jan. 2019)
We started the new year under a truly excellent sky, imaging comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels. Here we share what we saw. The image above comes from the average of six, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the...
Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma: an image (1 Jan. 2019)
We managed to see comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma again, on its way back to the outer Solar System. It was a rewarding sight, as you can see from this image. The image above comes from the sigma...
Comet 46P/Wirtanen: a new image – 2 Jan. 2019
The first night of the new year, under a stunning sky, we imaged comet 46P/Wirtanen while it is slowly fading. Below you can see our image. The image above comes from the sigma clipping...
Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan: an image (2 Jan. 2019)
Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan orbits the Sun with a period of 6.56 years. Its last perihelion passage happened on 11 Dec. 2018. We are pleased to share with you this image. The image above comes from the sigma...
Comet 46P/Wirtanen: a new image – 26 Dec. 2018
We continue following up comet 46P/Wirtanen, still a great sight up there. We are pleased to share with you our latest image. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image above comes from the average of...
Comet 46P/Wirtanen slowly leaves the Earth: stunning image, video and podcast – 18 Dec. 2018
After its long-awaited flyby with the Earth, comet 46P/Wirtanen is now slowly moving away from both our planet and the Sun, but it will be a nice views for several weeks to come. Here...
Comet 46P/Wirtanen ready to its flyby with the Earth: a new image – 15 Dec. 2018
Comet 46P/Wirtaten is ready to have its long-awaited close encounter with the Earth later today, here it is an image we grabbed last night. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image above comes from the...
Comet 123P/West-Hartley: an image (9 Dec. 2018)
Comet 123P/West-Hartley orbits the Sun with a period of 7.6 years. Its next perihelion will be on 5 Feb. 2019. With this image, we started monitoring it. The image above comes from the average of...
Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann in outburst: an image (11 Dec. 2018)
A new image of comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann was captured during its recent outburst and shows a very interesting coma. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image above comes from the average of seven, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected...
