04/27/2020 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

The Moon and planet Venus, against a darker, starry sky. 26 Apr. 2020

conjunction / constellations / open cluster / planets / Stars / the Moon

04/27/2020

The Moon meets Venus at its brightest: a cosmic wonder – 26 Apr. 2020

Yesterday’s evening, at sunset, the western sky offered a stunning show: a sharp Moon crescent met planet Venus, right now shining at its brightest. The legendary Aldebaran and the Pleiades joined the parade and...

Near-Earth Asteroid 2020 HP6 - 26 Apr. 2020.

asteroid / near Earth

04/27/2020

Near-Earth asteroid 2020 HP6 extremely close encounter: a image and podcast – 26 Apr. 2020

Later today, 27 Apr. 2020, the near-Earth asteroid 2020 HP6 will have a extremely close, but safe encounter with our planet, coming as close as about 130.000 km, 1/3rd of the average lunar distance....