Supernova SN 2017dfc and Messier 63: a new image (28 May 2017)
Do you remember Messier 63 and the SN 2017dfc supernova behind it? At Virtual Telescope we do and are pleased to show this new image, with the transient barely visible, on its way to...
Category: galaxy
NGC 3938 and supernova SN 2017ein: 28 May 2017
On 25 May 2017, a new supernova was discovered by R. Arbour in the stunning galaxy NGC 3938: it is SN 2017ein, a type Ic supernova. The host galaxy is extremely beautiful and we...
Supernova SN 2017eaw and NGC 6946, a new image – 25 May 2017
At Virtual Telescope, we continue to follow-up the bright supernova SN 2017eaw in NGC 6946. We have found the supernova still shining close to its maximum of light. The image above comes from the...
Supernova SN 2017eaw and NGC 6946, a new image of a record galaxy – 15 May 2017
For sure, NGC 6946 is one of the most famous galaxies out there. Its beauty is one of the reasons, but there is another one: it hosted the largest number of supernova events ever...
Supernova SN 2017dfc and Messier 63: an image (21 Apr. 2017)
On 20 April 2017, the GAIA mission reported the discovery of a faint transient, not far from the nucleus of the stunning spiral galaxy Messier 63. Later, it was confirmed to be a supernova,...
Comet 315P/Loneos, Palomar 4 and a galaxy – 21 Apr. 2017
Last night, observing comet 315P Loneos was truly rewarding. It was showing in a very nice spot of the sky: together with the comet, the pale and fascinating globular cluster Palomar 4 and the...
Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak meets the galaxy NGC 6015: an image (09 Apr. 2017)
Despite a very bright, almost full Moon, we observed comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, finding it shining close a to a field galaxy, NGC 6015. The image above comes from the average of two, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
ASASSN-15lh: un’esplosione cosmica da record piena di sorprese
ASASSN-15lh, l’eccezionale transiente astrofisico di cui Gianluca Masi del Virtual Telescope è co-scopritore, non cessa di stupire. Un nuovo studio suggerisce che all’origine dell’epocale emissione di energia ci sia un evento ancora più estremo e...
IC 342, a wonderful spiral galaxy – Cam
Among the many wonderful cosmic objects out there, the intermediate spiral galaxy IC 342 is one of the most considered. Placed at about 10 millions of light years from us, it is outside our...
Supernova SN 2016gfy in NGC 2276: an image – 07 Oct. 2016
Supernova SN 2016gfy in NGC 2276 was discovered on 13 Sept. 2016 and was observed via the Virtual Telescope as part of the follow-up programs involving optical, astrophysical transients. On 7 October 2016, under...
Possible supernova AT2016gxp in NGC 51: an image (07 October 2016)
The possible supernova AT2016gxp in NGC 51 was observed via the Virtual Telescope as part of our transient follow-up program. NGC 51 hosting the supernova candidate AT2016gxp, is a lenticular galaxy, placed in the...
Supernova SN 2016gkg in NGC 613: an image – 07 October 2016
Supernova SN 2016gkg was discovered on 20 September 2016 in the barred spiral galaxy NGC 613, at about 65 millions of light years from the Earth. On 7 October 2016, at Virtual Telescope we...
Supernova ASASSN-16fq (2016cok) in Messier 66: an image (03 July 2016)
One month after our last observations, we wanted to image this important supernova again. The image above comes from the average of five, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
Dwarf planet (136472) Makemake, NGC 4725, NGC 4712 and NGC 4747: a breathtaking image (05 June 2016)
Inspired by the idea to capture images of those dwarf planets still missing in the Virtual Telescope Project’s archives and after having success with Haumea last night, we wanted to try with (136472) Makemake....
