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....
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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...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 DB: an extremely close encounter
At Virtual Telescope, we are always interested to track close approaching asteroids, especially when they come quite close and are difficult to image. Our robotic system has proven to be one of the best...
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...
20 March 2015: Partial Solar Eclipse – live event, online!
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 20 March 2015, the Sun will offer a wonderful eclipse, going to be total in a narrow strip on the...
Nova Scorpii 2015 ( = PNV J17032620-3504140): an image (18 Feb. 2015)
On 11.8 Feb. 2015, Tadashi Kojima, Gunma-ken, Japan, reported the discovery of a bright transient in Scorpius, likely a galactic nova. The provisional designation is PNV J17032620-3504140 on the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT)...
Supernova PSN J14095513+1731556 in NGC 5490: an image (18 Feb. 2015)
The Universe is so huge that ever the most active observers are continuously facing new gems floating in the outer space. This also happens every time you slew your telescope to a new object,...
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,...
