Last night I had the unusual opportunity to image both the International Space Station (ISS) and the Chinese Tianhe-1 space station (its main core) together in the sky from Rome. I captured them from...
We observed the CZ-5B R/B rocket body from Rome and could see it by naked eye, clearly flashing because it is tumbling. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the combination...
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As we know, the Chinese CZ-5M R/B rocket body, used to put in orbit the Chinese “Tianhe” space station core module, is re-entering our atmosphere soon. Next 8 May, we will offer you the unique chance...
As you likely know, a large Long March 5 rocket body (CZ-5B R/B) from the recent launch of the Chinese “Tianhe-1” space station core module is going to re-enter our atmosphere in a few...
We present a time-lapse and a lightcurve of 2020 SO, very likely the booster involved in the launch of the Surveyor 2 spacecraft to the Moon in 1966. See how it was blinking! After...
Earlier today, we managed to capture 2020 SO, likely the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission. We could also detect evidence of its spin rate and we share our imagery with you. The...
Next 1 Dec. 2020, the near-Earth object 2020 SO will safely have a extremely close encounter with our planet, coming as close as 50000 km (13% of the average lunar distance). Curiously, it is...
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On 1 Dec. 2020, the near-Earth object 2020 SO will have a extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 50000 km from the Earth, 13% of the average lunar distance. We...
A couple of days ago, the 1964-054A = OGO-1 satellite reentered the Earth atmosphere, after 56 years (1964-2020) in space. We imaged it both on 28 and 29 Aug., the latter date a couple...
We have just captured the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to the Red Planet with our telescopes and we are happy to share a image and a great time-lapse with you. By the way:...
While slowly fading, we could admire comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE again, this time framed by the wonderful scenario of lake Bracciano, North of Rome. The comet was not alone: a sharp Moon crescent, the...
Many years are gone since the last time we spotted a naked eye comet from the city of Rome. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was a joy to look for, an emotion to stare at,...
We managed to track the exciting BepiColombi flyby, yesterday at dawn. Incredibly, we grabbed the spacecraft while it was imaging planet Earth and our telescope location, exactly at the same time. Here it is...
This morning, we succeeded doing something unique: we could image the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft having its flyby with the Earth, redirecting it towards the inner Solar System. At 22.300 km from us,...
– The Beaver Supermoon 2024: online observation (15 Nov. 2024)
– Asteroid 2020 XR: online observation (3 Dec. 2024)
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