On 12 Feb. 2014, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery by the Mt Lemmon Survey of the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 CU13. Looking at the orbit, it was clear that this 180-meters large...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 11 mar. 2014 at 09:01 UT, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 CU13 will reach a...
New: the March monthly newsletter is available! Above is a star chart showing the sky as visible on Mar. 15, 2014, at 20:00 Universal Time, from a location placed at (13°E;41°N). Star chart...
The recently discovered supernova SN 2014J is hosted by the well-known irregular galaxy Messier 82. This cosmic island, about 12 millions of light years from us, is making a very beautiful couple with Messier...
Last night, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a small, ~30 meters large near-Earth asteroid, 2014 DH6. Because of its orbit, this rock was going to have a very close encounter with...
The image above shows the potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) 1995 CR, a few hours its close approach with the Earth. On 21 Feb. 2014, at 11:08 UT, this about 210 meters large body was at...
Above is a plot showing the position and the orbits of potentially hazardous asteroid 1995 CR and near-Earth asteroids 2014 BR57 and 2014 CR, calculated for 20 Feb.2014 at 19:00 UT. All these asteroids...
See this asteroid live with us! Also the near-Earth asteroid 2014 CR is approaching, waiting for us sharing it live in the next few days. The Planewave 17 robotic unit managed to capture it, no...
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See this asteroid live with us! The live, online event scheduled for this Earth approacher is almost here, but the Virtual Telescope wanted to visit 2014 BR57 again. The Planewave 17 robotic unit managed to...
*** See these near-Earth asteroids live with us! *** Asteroids are truly fascinating objects. They are the leftover of the pristine material dominating the early Solar System, at times when the planets were just...
Next 21 Feb. 2014 at 11:08 UT, the Potentially Hazardous asteroid 1995 CR (recently recovered), with a diameter of about 160 meters, will reach a minimum distance from the Earth of less than 3 millions...
See this asteroid live with us! Together with 2014 BR57, we also observed 2014 CR, scheduled for live observing in the next few days. Again, the Planewave 17 robotic unit managed to capture...
See this asteroid live with us! While waiting for the live, online event scheduled for this Earth approacher, the Virtual Telescope had a preview of 2014 BR57. The Planewave 17 robotic unit managed to...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** At Virtual Telescope we have been sharing close approaching asteroids so often, but for the first...
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