August 2017 - Page 2 of 2 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Supernova SN 2017fms in the galaxy IC 1371: 28 July 2017

08/02/2017

Supernova SN 2017fms in IC 1371: an image (28 July 2017)

Supernova SN 2017fms was discovered on 17 July 2017 in the galaxy IC 1371 and here they are in a recent image captured by the Virtual Telescope. The image above is the average of three, 180-seconds...

Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: 01 Aug. 2017

asteroid / comets

08/02/2017

Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: new observations (01 Aug. 2017)

We continue monitoring the intriguing Hilda-type asteroid (457175) 2008 GO98, after it was found to show cometary activity early last July. Before the Moon will be too invasive, we checked it and it is...

nova

08/01/2017

Galactic nova ASASSN-17hx likely at its peak: new images from 29 and 31 July 2017

We have been following galactic nova ASASSN-17hx quite intensively these days and we likely observed its maximum of light. Here they are our 29 and 31 July CCD images. Both the images in the composed panel...