Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (28 Aug. 2014)
On its way back to the outer Solar System, comet C/2014 E2 Jacques is continuously changing its aspect, so at Virtual Telescope we are trying to cover it closely. The image above comes from...
Category: comets
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a new image (24 Aug. 2014)
As you know, at Virtual Telescope we managed to cover quite extensively the passage of comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina while at its minimum distance from the Earth, last July. Then, the comet constantly reduced...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (23 Aug. 2014)
After the detailed sight of the night before, when the ion tail was less apparent than on previous observations, comet C/2014 E2 Jacques was observed again and the ion tail was bright (but narrower)...
Comet C/2013 V5 Oukaimeden: an image (24 Aug. 2014)
Discovered on 13 Nov. 2013 from Morocco, comet C/2013 V5 Oukaimeden looked as an interesting object since then. Its luminosity could peak at mag. 5.5 around mid-September, so it deserves attention (as always...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a few views (22/23 Aug. 2014)
Last night, even if the sky was not at its best, we managed to take several images of comet C/2014 Jacques via the Virtual Telescope, using all the telescopes available, providing different scales and...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques meets the open cluster NGC 609 (22 Aug. 2014)
On its journey across the stars, comet c/2014 E2 Jacques is apparently meeting several deep sky objects. We managed to capture a snapshot of the comet while it was in the same sky spot...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (18 Aug. 2014)
*** With this image we wish to celebrate the 8th year of activity of the Virtual Telescope, happening today! Join the online, special observing session here*** At Virtual Telescope Project, we observed the comet C/2014...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image and movie (17 Aug. 2014)
After more than one week of stop, once the Moon moved away, we observed the comet C/2014 E2 Jacques again. The image above comes from the average of 6, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a new image (13 Aug. 2014)
After ten days from our last observations, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina again, despite it was only around 30 degrees above the western horizon, ad dusk. The image above comes from...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (9 Aug. 2014)
Despite the very bright Moon, at Virtual Telescope we wanted to capture a new image of comet C/2014 E2 Jacques. The image above comes from the average of 5, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with the 17″ robotic...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image and amazing video (8 Aug. 2014)
Continuing the follow-up of comet C/2014 E2 Jacques, last morning we observed it again, finding it was showing a completely different aspect than the previous nights. This comet is really surprising, with its details...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (7 Aug. 2014)
Thanks to a great sky, at the Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 E2 Jacques again this morning, remotely The image above comes from the average of 10, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with the 17″...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (6 Aug. 2014)
Early on the morning of 6 Aug. 2014, the sky was finally clear at the Virtual Telescope observing site and we managed to capture some images of comet C/2014 E2 Jacques. The image above...
Comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina: a new image (03 Aug. 2014)
After almost ten days of cloudy/unfavorable weather, we imaged comet C/2013 UQ4 Catalina again, finding it much fainter than the 24 of July. The image above comes from 13, 180-seconds exposures, median combined to...
