10/09/2023 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

The new variable star in the field of Messier 33

10/09/2023

Discovery of a new variable star in the field of Messier 33

We report the discovery of a new variable star in the field of Messier 33, part of an ongoing survey program. As part of our survey of the Messier 33 galaxy, we spotted a...

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in outburst: 8 Oct. 2023.

comets

10/09/2023

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks again in bright outburst: an image – 8 Oct. 2023

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was spotted again in a bright outburst on 5 Oct., after the one in July. Three days later, we captured it under good sky conditions and we see the same horseshoe shape....

Supernova SN 2023ixf in Messier 101. 8 Oct. 2023.

galaxy / supernova

10/09/2023

Supernova SN 2023ixf in the Messier 101 spiral galaxy: a image – 08 Oct. 2023.

We imaged again supernova SN 2023ixf, still shining in Messier 101, while it is slowly fading five months after its explosion. The image above comes from the average of three, 120-second, unguided exposures, unfiltered,...