Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: a image and movie – 30 Nov. 2021.
Now that comet C/2021 A1 Leonard is ready to show at its best, we captured this new image, after several weeks of cloudy weather. The image above comes from the average of 11, 120-second...
Monthly Archive: November 2021
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: online observation – 8 Dec. 2021
Next 8 Dec. 2021, our Earth will cross the orbital plane of comet C/2021 A1 Leonard. This will offer special conditions to spot this icy world, hopefully becoming naked-eye around that date. See this...
The Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and its booster: image and movie – 24 Nov. 2021
A few hours after its launch, we could image both the DART spacecraft and its 2nd stage booster. Image and movie are available below. The image above comes from a single 30-second exposure, remotely...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (163899) 2003 SD220 close encounter: an image – 28 Oct. 2021
Next 17 Dec 2021, the potentially hazardous asteroid (163899) 2003 SD220 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with our planet. It will come as “close” as 5.4 millions of km, about...
Supernova SN 2021vaz in NGC 1961 galaxy: an image – 27 Oct. 2021.
We observed the supernova SN 2021vaz in the NGC 1961 spiral galaxy, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of seven, 120-second exposures,...
Supernova SN 2021rhu in NGC 7814 galaxy: an image – 27 Oct. 2021.
We observed again supernova SN 2021rhu in the nearby NGC 7814 spiral galaxy, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our latest image. The image above comes from the average of six,...
The 19 Nov. 2021 partial lunar eclipse: online event
*** Join it LIVE here! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 19 November 2021, the Moon will offer a beautiful partial eclipse, well visible from the Americas and from the Far East. As in the past,...
