Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) is bright (around 5mag) enough to be easily seen with binoculars or small telescopes in constellation Eridanus. On really good sites one should be able to spot it even with naked eye. However, currently the observing conditions are hard, because ...
Milkyway and Venus rise (Video)
The following timelapse movie shows the rising Venus and the Milkyway. The individual photographs from which the animated sequence was created, were taken at the Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma, Canary Islands during an observing run at the Nordic Optical Telescope ...
Endlich gutes Wetter: Supernova SN2014J
Endlich hat das Wetter mitgespielt, um die Supernova SN2014J von Stockholm aus mit dem AlbaNova Teleskop zu beobachten. Selbst knapp einen Monat nach ihrer Entdeckung, liegt die Helligkeit der Supernova im Visuellen (Johnson V) mit 11 mag immer noch bei etwa 75% der ...