The biggest (full) Moon of the year: 23 June 2013
After so many rumors, the June 2013 full Moon arrived. It was beautiful just as usual, despite it was called the “super” Moon of 2013. The image above is a mosaic from four frames,...
Monthly Archive: June 2013
M 71 – Sge
Globular clusters are famous for their high concentration of stars: even one million stars closely packed together by gravity. But sometimes we find significantly loose bodies, making them like a dense open cluster. This...
How super is the “super” Moon?
Lot of rumors about the Moon are on the air, while this 23 June 2013 full Moon approached. It was called “super Moon“, because it was going to happen with the natural satellite closer...
M 14 – Oph
Ophiucus is very generous when it is time to look for bright globular clusters. After M 10 and M 12, the Virtual Telescope visited Messier 14 (more data), another gem of the deep sky...
M 22 – Sgr
For sure, you have understood that globular clusters are really loved by the Virtual Telescope team. At summer, plenty of them are visible from the northern hemisphere and some of the finest appear in...
M 17, the “Omega Nebula” – Sgr
The region of Scorpius and Sagittarius is one of the richest places in the sky. Plenty of wonderful treasures there, with some of the most remarkable deep sky objects we know. The diffuse nebula...
M 10 – Oph
Surfing across globular clusters in the late Spring skies, soon after Messier 12 The Virtual Telescope looked for Messier 10 (more data), always in the Ophiucus constellation, in the same part of the sky....
M 12 – Oph
At Virtual Telescope, we always have great consideration for globular clusters. This time, we visited the Ophiucus constellation, hosting several great and spectacular objects of this kind. Here we present Messier 12 (more data),...
M 8, the “Lagoon Nebula” – Sgr
The Lagoon Nebula, in Sagittarius, is one of the finest deep sky objects out there. It is an active star forming region and many suns are already born from this giant gas cloud....
M 16, the “Eagle Nebula” – Ser
Among the most studied nebulae in the sky, the region of the Messier 16, in Serpents, is very spectacular. A young family of stars, the open cluster NGC 6611, is born from the large cloud...
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Supernova SN 2013df (ex PSN J12262933+3113383) in NGC 4414: 8 June 2013
On 8.9 June, 2013, the Virtual Telescope main, robotic unit (PlaneWave 17″) imaged this supernova candidate, collecting three, 120-seconds images. The object appeared very well. At that time, the supernova was undesigned, our observations...
PSN J09541563+3718042 in UGC 5315: 6 June 2013
On 6 June, 2013, the Virtual Telescope main, robotic unit (PlaneWave 17″) imaged this supernova candidate, collecting three, 120-seconds images. The hosting galaxy (UGC 5315) was about 30 deg above the horizon. The transient...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2013 LR6 approaching the Earth: an image
The Near-Earth Asteroid 2013 LR6 was observed live and shared online on our website with thousands of people joining from all around the globe. At the time of the image above it was...
