While leaving the inner Solar System, comet Pan-STARRS continues surfing our skies and next 4 Apr. 2013 it will cross the spot of the sky where Messier 31, the Great Andromeda Galaxy, is. Of...
Registrazione evento online del 21 marzo 2013, in occasione del passaggio della cometa C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS. Una collaborazione tra “Ansa Scienza&Tecnica” e “Virtual Telescope Project”. Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual...
On 21 Mar. 2013, the traditional start of Spring (that this year began on 20th), the Virtual Telescope Project, together with the Science & Tech channel of ANSA (the main news agency in Italy)...
On Mar. 16, at 17:00 UT the Virtual Telescope Project hosted a live, online observing session to share comet Pan-STARRS with the world. The event was at first scheduled for 15 Mar., but clouds...
Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” is expected to be a potentially amazing comet later this year. While it continues its journey to the inner Solar System, it is monitored by many astronomers around the planet...
** Comet Pan-STARRS online, LIVE observation here! ** C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs): star chart We have been waiting it for more than one year, now the waiting is over: comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS is here. The Virtual...
The waiting is almost over. After more than one year of promises and hopes for a great show, comet C/2011 Pan-STARRS is ready to jump in the northern skies. Since it was discovered...
Comet C/2012 S1 (Ison): path across the stars Comet C/2012 S1 (Ison) has reasonable chances to become a great comet late in 2013 / early in 2014. The map above shows its path across the...
C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARRS): star chart Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARSS has reasonable chances to become a nice comet next March 2013. The map above shows its path across the stars from 1 March to 1...
Comet C/2012 S1 Ison Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” continues its trip around the Sun, slowly approaching it, while professional and hobby astronomers hope it will match all its promises, becoming very bright by the...
Discovered on 21 Sept. 2012, comet C/2012 S1 showed a great potential since the very beginning. Late on Now. 2013 it will reach a minimum distance from the Sun of 1.2 millions of km. If...
As comet C/2012 K5 is still a nice view with a pair of binoculars and because it is now crossing very nice star fields across the winter constellations, we provide here an updated version...
Comet C/2012 K5 was discovered on 28 May 2012 by the Linear automated survey, New Mexico (USA). It is getting a bit closer to the Earth and will reach a minimum distance of about...
While Christmas is definitely in the air, comet C/2012 K5 is putting a nice show over there. Nothing bright, unfortunately, but something you can still enjoy with a small telescope or image with a...
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