Tagged: Wirtanen

The first night of the new year, under a stunning sky, we imaged comet 46P/Wirtanen while it is slowly fading. Below you can see our image. The image above comes from the sigma clipping...

We continue following up comet 46P/Wirtanen, still a great sight up there. We are pleased to share with you our latest image. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image above comes from the average of...

After its long-awaited flyby with the Earth, comet 46P/Wirtanen is now slowly moving away from both our planet and the Sun, but it will be a nice views for several weeks to come. Here...

Comet 46P/Wirtaten is ready to have its long-awaited close encounter with the Earth later today, here it is an image we grabbed last night. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image above comes from the...

On its perihelion eve, we grabbed new images of comet 46P/Wirtanen, enjoying its huge coma as usual. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of twelve, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...

This is the week of comet 46P/Wirtanen: in the next days it will reach the perihelion (12 Dec., minimum distance from the Sun) and will have its fly-by with the Earth (16 Dec.). We will...

We imaged comet 46P/Wirtanen again on 8 Dec. 2018, under very good sky conditions and we are pleased to share this new close-up of the comet with you. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image...

Comet 46P/Wirtanen was imaged again via the Virtual Telescope, now that is constantly improving its visibility. Here it is what we saw. The image above comes from the average of six, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...

Comet 46P/Wirtanen is now ready for you to see it. Visible to the naked eye from dark sites, it is an easy target with a modest binocular and it will be even brighter in...

Comet 46P/Wirtanen is higher and higher in the northern skies, preparing for its imminent show. While we are waiting, here it is a new image from last night. * NB: versione in Italiano qui * The image...

Comet 46P/Wirtanen is getting brighter and brighter, while it heads to its best visibility for us living in the Northern hemisphere. After many weeks of bad weather, we could observe it and we share...

We imaged comet 46P/Wirtanen again, after almost one month of cloudy weather. It is now much brighter, on its way to become our Christmas 2018 comet! The image above comes from the average of...