We recently installed for testing an all-sky camera at the Virtual Telescope site, with the intention to monitor the sky both for clouds and meteors/fireballs. Fist tests were very promising and last night we...
At Virtual Telescope we are testing an all-sky camera to make possible for us to look at the whole sky, both for weather checking and for further astronomical purposes. Of course, before opening and...
Coma Berenices is well known for being a rich ground for those interested in galaxies. There are so many that, incredibly, some of the finest ones are poorly known, because of the strong competition...
In the vastness of space and time, there are still chances for galaxies to meet. To the point that they can look as embracing, elegant butterflies of stars, obeying to the universal force of...
Updates (21 June 2014): the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT) issued CBET 3911 (subscription required), were this object is officially designed SN 2014bv. The mentioned CBET reports our observations: “Additional CCD magnitudes for 2014bv: […] May 19.913,...
Next 21 June 2014, at 10:51 Universal Time, the Sun will reach its maximum declination (angular distance from the celestial equator): this will officially be the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. In that...
*** See Ceres and Vesta live here! *** Next 5 July 2014, the dwarf planet Ceres and the asteroid Vesta will apparently meet in the same spot in the sky: they will be less...
Earlier this month, we managed to capture a sight of the Abell 2151 galaxy cluster in Hercules. That view was a very inspiring one and the resulting image was widely appreciated by our visitors....
On 10 June 2014 at Virtual Telescope we shared live, online, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 HQ124, a couple of days after its close encounter with the Earth. The session was a big success,...
A quick glance to the starry sky will often leave the casual stargazer with the impression that nothing is changing up there. Since the ancient times, man was captured by the motionless, fixed stars,...
After more than four months since it was discovered, supernova SN 2014J in Messier 82 was observed again by the Virtual Telescope. The star looked much dimmer than last time we visited it. Above is...
Next 8 June 2014, at 05:57 UT, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) 2014 HQ124 will make a close encounter with the Earth. This ~320 meters large asteroid will reach a minimum distance of 1.3...
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On the evening of 3 June 2014, at Virtual Telescope we hosted a live, online observing session to show the very close approach of the ~25 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2014 KH39. At 20:07...
Suspended in space and time at 500 millions of light years from us, there are a couple of hundreds of galaxies, forming the Hercules Cluster, also known as Abell 2151. It includes galaxies of any...
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