Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: an image (03 Dec. 2015)
After waiting for quite a lot of time, comet C/2013 US10 Catalina is finally showing in the northern skies. This comet has a good potential to be a nice comet in the next weeks, perfect...
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Comet 44P/Reinmuth: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
On 6 Nov. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 44P/Reinmuth, a Jupiter-family comet that is greatly perturbed by Jupiter. The image above comes from the average of ten, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave...
Comet 81P/Wild: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
On 6 Nov. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 81P/Wild: this object was visited in 2004 by the Nasa’s Stardust space mission. The image above comes from the average of five, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Comet C/2014 A4 Sonear: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 A4 Sonear again, after our first attempt a few days ago. The image above comes from the average of eight, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG...
Comet 61P/Shajn–Schaldach: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
On 6 Nov. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 61P/Shajn–Schaldach, a less known comet discovered in 1949 and recovered in 1971. The image above comes from the average of six, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected...
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson was discovered on 3.5 Nov. 2015 and announced on 5 Nov. The following night, at Virtual Telescope we managed to capture it. The image above comes from the average of...
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a new image (09 Nov. 2015)
*** More Images of Comet 67P here! *** On 09 Nov. 2015, early in the morning, we wanted to observe Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko again, a couple of months after our previous visit, under good sky conditions. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...
Repairing the Virtual Telescope’s 14 inches unit: fundrising campaign
*** Donate here to help us repairing this unit part of the Virtual Telescope *** NOTE: if you prefer to donate without going to the Indiegogo platform, click here! As millions of individuals out there knows...
Comet C/2014 A4 Sonear: an image (2 Nov. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 A4 Sonear. This comet reached the perihelion last September. The image above comes from the average of 6, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
Comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS: an image (2 Nov. 2015)
We recently imaged comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS, having its perihelion next April 2016. This comet was recently reported to have increased its brightness. The image above comes from the average of 15, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: a stunning video sequence (30/31 Oct. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope, we did a great work tracking the “Halloween”, potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 while approaching us late last Oct. We obtained an early image and planned a live, online event, which...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: image and podcast from the live event (30 Oct. 2015)
As promised, at Virtual Telescope we tracked and showed you, in real time, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145, which scheduled a safe, close encounter with our planet for the Halloween! The image above is...
V2949 OPHIUCHI = NOVA OPH 2015 No. 2 = TCP J17344775-2409042: an image ( 11 Oct. 2015 )
On 11.4 Oct. 2015, K. Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki, Japan) discovered a possible galactic nova in Ophiucus, temporarily named TCP J17344775-2409042. The nova nature was spectroscopically confirmed and the source was officially announced as...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: an image (22 Oct. 2015)
*** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** *** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** While waiting for its minimum distance from the Earth, at Virtual Telescope we imaged potentially hazardous...
