Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: two stunning images – 2 Mar. 2024
After more than two weeks of rain and clouds, we could spot comet 12P/Pons-Brooks for a few minutes and we captured a stunning close up and a wider view on its marvelous tail. The...
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Quasar 3C 273 and its relativistic jet: an image – 14 Feb. 2024.
We managed to capture the brightest quasar in the sky, 3C 273, and its relativistic jet. The image above comes from the average of five, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the...
The Virtual Telescope Project captures the famous LRG 3-757 Einstein Ring, an extraordinary gravitational lensing phenomenon also known as Cosmic Horseshoe.
We are very excited and pleased to share with you this unique image, bringing you very far away, back in space and time, with the “Cosmic Horseshoe”. There are events happening in the universe...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 18 Feb. 2024
Despite it was very low above the horizon in the astronomical twilight, comet 12P/Pons-Brooks looks very nice in this image The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 13, 120-second unfiltered exposures,...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 14 Feb. 2024
We present another image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, displaying a continuously evolving tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 10, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: an image – 18 Feb. 2024.
We continue our long term follow-up program on comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, while slowly approaching the Sun (perihelion on 27 Sept. 2024). The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of six, 300-second exposures,...
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan: a image – 18 Feb. 2024
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan is crossing a region of the sky with plenty of galaxies on the background. Here it is pairing with NGC 4608. The image above comes from the average of 6, 300-second, unfiltered...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 13 Feb. 2024
After several cloudy nights, we collected a new image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, displaying such a beautiful tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 5, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the...
Supernova SN 2024any in the NGC 1222 galaxy: an image – 29 Jan. 2024.
We imaged supernova SN 2024any in NGC 1222, one of the brightest ones of these first weeks of the new year. The image above comes from the average of six, 180-second exposures, unfiltered and...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 CY1 very close encounter: online observation – 11 Feb. 2024
On 12 Feb. 2024, the near-Earth asteroid 2024 CY1 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 121000 km from the Earth, about 31% of the average lunar distance....
Comet 32P/Comas-Solà: an image – 29 Jan. 2024
We observed comet 32P/Comas-Solà, on its way to perihelion (20 Apr. 2024). The image is available below. The image above comes from the average of 5, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with...
Supernova SN 2024bch in the NGC 3206 galaxy: an image – 29 Jan. 2024.
We imaged supernova SN 2024bch in NGC3206 soon after its discovery and share the view here. The image above comes from the average of eight, 180-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the...
Comet 144P/Kushida: an image – 3 Feb. 2024
We present a close-up of the comet 144P/Kushida, showing its inner coma. The image above comes from the average of 6, 300-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the C14+Paramount ME+ST8-XME robotic unit available as...
Comet 32P/Comas-Solà: an image – 3 Feb. 2024
We observed comet 32P/Comas-Solà, approaching its perihelion (20 Apr. 2024). The image is available below. The image above comes from the average of 5, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the C14+Paramount...
