04/05/2016 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Near-Earth asteroid 2016 FW13: an image (4 April 2016)

04/05/2016

Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 FW13 extremely close encounter: a stunning image (04 April 2016)

On 5 April 2016, at 02:21 UT, the 6 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 FW13 made an extremely close, but safe, encounter with our home planet, coming within 320.000 km. At Virtual Telescope we tried to grab it, despite...

6 April 2016, 07:14 UT: the Moon occults Venus, ingress - simulation from Rome, Italy

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04/05/2016

06 April 2016: The Moon occults Venus – simulation

On the morning of 9 April 2016, in broad daylight, a rare lunar occultation of Venus will be visible from most of Europe, Russia, Part of Northern Africa and part of Asia. The Moon...