07/26/2013 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Near-Earth Asteroid 2003 DZ15: 26 July 2013

07/26/2013

Near-Earth Asteroid 2003 DZ15 is approaching: a new image and video (26 July 2013)

Near-Earth Asteroid 2003 DZ15 is on its way around the Sun, approaching the Earth for the 30 July rendez-vous: that day it will be at 3.5 millions of km from our home, this being...

quasar / spectroscopy

07/26/2013

Quasar PG 1634+706: spectrum and redshift

On 24 July 2013, the Celestron 14″ robotic unit was slewed to a very distant source, quasar PG 1634+706 with the goal to grab a spectrum and measure the redshift of this astrophysical source. This...