05/31/2024 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

05/31/2024

Messier 108 and Messier 97 – 3 Feb. 2024

The Messier 108 galaxy and the Messier 97, “Owl” planetary nebula form a wonderful pair in the Northern sky, here imaged with our astrograph. The image above comes from the average of 30, 120-second...

The bright Regulus (alpha Leonis) and the Leo I dwarf galaxy. 3 Feb. 2024.

galaxy / Stars

05/31/2024

Regulus, Cor Leonis, and Leo I dwarf galaxy: an image – 3 Feb. 2024

We managed to capture the lighthouse and the firefly: the dazzling Regulus and the very faint Leo I dwarf galaxy, an extreme image. The image above comes from the average of 31, 120-second unfiltered...

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 CR9 close encounter: poster of the event.

asteroid / event / Potentially Hazardous Asteroid

05/31/2024

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 CR9 close encounter: online observation – 10 June 2024.

Next 11 June 2024, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 CR9 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with us, coming at about 7.4 million of km from the Earth, 19 times the...