Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: an image (01 Jan. 2015)
On 1 Jan. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we started the new year imaging comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, despite an extremely bright, waxing Moon was very high in the sky and not far from the...
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Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: an image (31 Dec. 2014)
On 31 Dec. 2014, despite the very bright Moon, we imaged comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy again, few hours before celebrating the end of the year and the start of the new one. The benefits...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a comparison panel (22 to 29 Dec. 2014)
While comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is getting better and better for us in the northern hemisphere, we managed to put together all the four images captured via The Virtual Telescope. The panel above shows...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: a new image (29 Dec. 2014)
On 29 Dec. 2014, despite the bright waxing Moon, we imaged comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy again. The image above comes from the average of seven, 120-seconds unfiltered exposures, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: an image (28 Dec. 2014)
On 28 Dec. 2014 the sky was very clear, despite a setting first quarter o f the Moon, so we imaged comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy again. The image above comes from the average of...
Where is it in the sky comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy? A star chart
Now that comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is finally coming to visit us, here under the northern stars, a lot of curious people are preparing for look at this comet, perfectly synchronized with the Christmas...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: an image (26 Dec. 2014)
After our first sights of this amazing, promising comet,. at Virtual Telescope we spied comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy again, while it climbs our northern skies, becoming better and better night after night. On 26...
Comet 15P/Finlay meets planet Mars: an image (23 Dec. 2014)
After the historic very close encounter between comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring and Mars last Oct., another comet met planet Mars again, this time only apparently. It is comet 15P/Finlay, recently gone in outburst,...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: an image (22 Dec. 2014)
Those living under the northern stars have been waiting for it for so long. Now, comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy is climbing to the northern skies, after giving an amazing show in the austral heavens....
Comet 15P/Finlay: an image (19 Dec. 2014)
A couple of days ago, astronomers observing from Argentina reported that comet 15P/Finlay was significantly brighter than previously reporting, suggesting an ongoing outburst. This was later confirmed by observers in Australia and from southern...
Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy: live observing session – 6 & 12 Jan. 2015
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** A nice comet is coming for this Christmas: it is comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. Hopefully, it will be...
Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring: an image (25 Nov. 2014)
After its historic close approch to Mars, last Oct., comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring is still an interesting sight, though not easy from the Northern hemisphere. The image above is the average of five,...
Comet C/2014 Q3 Borisov: a new image (30 Oct. 2014)
On 30 Oct. 2014, we observed comet C/2014 Q3 Borisov again. The image above comes from seven, 180-seconds unfiltered exposures, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. They were...
Comet C/2014 Q3 Borisov: two images (25 and 26 Oct. 2014)
Discovered on 22 Aug. 2014, comet C/2014 Q3 Borisov showed an interesting increase of brightness recently, at least of a couple of magnitudes. The image above shows two shots, talek one day apart. Each picture comes...
