C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new image (12 Mar. 2015)
After almost three months (a full season!), at Virtual Telescope we are always tracking comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, one of the most beautiful objects of this kind we have seen around these last years....
Category: comets
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (23 Feb. 2015)
A new image of comet was recently taken via the Virtual Telescope, thanks to an unexpected short window of clear sky; so, we continue our amazing coverage we provided for more than two months now. The image...
Comet 32P/Comas Solà: an image (18 Feb. 2015)
Among the comets visible this time of the year, there is comet 32P/Comas Solà, discovered in 1926 by Josep Comas Solà, Barcelona. Since then, it has been observed at every return, every ~8.5 years....
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (18 Feb. 2015)
A new image of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was taken last night via the Virtual Telescope, continuing the amazing coverage we provided over the last almost two months. The image above comes from the average...
Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring: an image (18 Feb. 2015)
You should remember this comet, C/2013 A1 Siding Spring. It made history last October, when it approached planet Mars within a very short, record distance, under our eyes. After a few months after our...
Comet 17P/Holmes: a new image (11 Feb. 2015)
After its late Jan. outburst, comet 17P/Holmes was imaged again via the Virtual Telescope. There was room for very few images, as clouds were soon back in the sky. The image above comes from...
Comet 15P/Finlay: an image (10 Feb. 2015)
Comet 15P/Finlay was observed again with the robotic Virtual Telescope facility, using a short and lately rare clear moment, after weeks of bad weather. The image above comes from the average of seven, 90-seconds...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (11 Feb. 2015)
A new imaging session for comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy was planned at Virtual Telescope, thanks to a short window of clear skies. Luckily enough, as soon as we ended the planned run, the clouds...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (09 Feb. 2015)
After more than one week of clouds and heavy rain, at Virtual Telescope we could image comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy again, on its way back to the outer Solar System. There was an excellent...
Comet 17P/Holmes: image of the outburst (01 Feb. 2015)
After the previous visit, comet 17P/Holmes was observed again during its ongoing outburst, despite the extremely bright, almost full Moon. The image above comes from the average of seven, 180-seconds unfiltered exposures, remotely collected with the PlaneWave...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (01 Feb. 2015)
Now on its way back to the deep Solar System, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is still the queen of the sky, with its ongoing show despite the bright Moon. The image above comes from the average...
Comet 17P/Holmes: image of the outburst (30 Jan. 2015)
Comet 17P/Holmes is undergoing another outburst. This object is not new to similar “exploit”: when Edwin Holmes discovered it in 1892, the object was, indeed, in outburst. In 2007 it had another large outburst,...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new mosaic (30 Jan. 2015, perihelion day)
On 30 Jan. 2015, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy reached perihelion, that is its minimum distance from the Sun, at about 190 millions of km from our star. We planned a live, online session to...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new hi-res image (25 Jan. 2015)
Last night the sky was apparently clear, so at Virtual Telescope we started a new imaging session of comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. Unfortunately, the weather changed rapidly, allowing us to capture only an high-res...
