03/04/2014 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110: 4 Mar. 2014

03/04/2014

Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 getting close: a long exposure image (4 Mar. 2014)

While waiting for it to reach the minimum distance tomorrow, at Virtual Telescope we imaged the Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 while it was showing among the clouds. After a relatively short exposure, we wanted to...

asteroid / event / free / near Earth

03/04/2014

Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 getting close: an image (4 Mar. 2014)

While waiting for it to reach the minimum distance tomorrow, at Virtual Telescope we imaged the Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 while it was showing among the clouds. Above is a 60 seconds exposure, remotely taken...

supernova

03/04/2014

Supernova SN 2014L in Messier 99: new image (23 Feb. 2014)

After about one month after its official discovery, it was time to look again supernova SN 2014L in Messier 99, the latter being a wonderful face-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. The PlaneWave 17″...