5 March 2005: Rosetta performed ESA’s closest-ever Earth fly-by
We all know Rosetta, the ESA spacecraft which last November 2014 made possible for a lander, for the first time ever, to touch down a cometary nucleus, as part of a long term study...
Monthly Archive: May 2015
Possible Supernova PSN J13003230+2758411: an image (14 May 2015)
The possible supernova PSN J13003230+2758411 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. Once again, this event made possible for us to admire a rich corner of the Cosmos with plenty of...
Possible Supernova PSN J18285823+2254106 in NGC 6641: an image (14 May 2015)
The possible supernova PSN J18285823+2254106 in NGC 6641 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. The image above comes from the average of five, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave...
Near-Earth asteroid 2015 JF1 coming close: an image (14 May 2015)
While waiting for its close encounter with the Earth on 15 May 2015, at Virtual Telescope we managed to image near-Earth asteroid 2015 JF1 while it was approaching us. The image above is a...
Near-Earth asteroid 2015 JF1 is coming closer than the Moon next 15 May, 2015
On 14 May 2015, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery by the Mount Lemmon Survey of a 10-meters large asteroid going to safely brush us tomorrow. This small, bus-sized minor planet will be...
NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 (Vir): an image
NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 are a stunning couple of spiral galaxies nicknamed the “Siamese Twins” or “Butterfly Galaxies” because of their shape and connection. Discovered in 1784 by Sir William Herschel, the are...
PSN J12060084+2036183 and PSN J12054713+2025026: two possible supernovae at a glance (10 May 2015)
Last night, we wanted to image a region we already observed, when confirming – on two different nights – two possible supernovae: in an handful of days, in fact, two suspect transients have been...
NGC 3344 (LMi): an image
Lurking at almost 25 millions of light years, among the pale stars of Leo Minor, NGC 3344 is a gorgeous spiral galaxy, relatively isolated and perfectly face on, with elegant arms and plenty of...
Comet C/2015 F3 Swan: an image (2 May 2015)
Despite the severe, unfavorable conditions (cirri all around and extremely bright full Moon), we decided to image comet C/2015 F3 Swan again The image above comes from the average of twelve, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with...
PSN J19435637+4758301 in UGC 11469: an image (3 May 2015)
The possible supernova PSN J19435637+4758301 in UGC 11469 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. The image above comes from the average of four, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the...
PSN J07174570+2320406 in NGC 2357: an image (2 May 2015)
The possible supernova PSN J07174570+2320406 in NGC 2357 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. The image above comes from the average of six, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the...
Near-Earth Asteroid images from the Virtual Telescope
Since Sept. 2012, the new website of the Virtual Telescope Project showed a number of near-Earth asteroid images, many of them very unique documents. Here are all of them, so you can review them...
Comet C/2015 F3 Swan: an image (30 Apr. 2015)
After our first observation, we decided to image comet C/2015 F3 Swan again, despite the amazingly bright Moon and high cirrus in the sky. The image above comes from the average of twelve, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
Near-Earth asteroid 2015 HQ171 coming close: an image (30 Apr. 2015)
*** See it LIVE event here ! *** While the way on its fly-by with our planet, the near-Earth asteroid 2015 HQ171 was captured via the Virtual Telescope, despite the critical observing conditions /extremely bright...
