Quasar APM 08279+5255: a low-res spectrum and redshift
After the very positive results with quasar 3C 273, we tried to get a spectrum of APM 08279+5255. This quasar is shining at mag. 15.2 and is located at a distance of 12 billions...
Category: StarWords
![Quasar [HB89] 1758+388](https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hb89_18mar2010-520x245.jpg?x20507)
Once upon a time in a quasar far, far away…
Few things are able to capture the imagination of stargazers as the idea of distance of a cosmic object. While looking at that likely pale spot of light, so hard to see with their...
Comet C/2012 K5 (Linear): finding chart (1 to 9 Jan. 2013)
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...
2012: a memorable year at the Virtual Telescope
Every time the year ends, it is very natural to look back and try to summarize what happened those last 12 months. At the Virtual Telescope we have been doing this too, so even...
Comet C/2012 K5 (Linear): finding chart
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...
2012: the non-end of the world
On this website you will not find any mention to the so called 2012 end of the world other than this post. This because the world is not going to end and if you were disappointed...
The Virtual Telescope: six years of stars, for all!
There are things which are unpredictable by nature. This is particularly true for those having the spirit of a pioneering adventure. These are the first considerations coming in my mind while I’m writing these...
