We observed supernova SN 2021xn in PGC 6041 galaxy, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of five, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken...
Everyone familiar with the sky knows Messier 1, the legendary “Crab” nebula: it is the remnant of the most famous galactic supernova, SN 1054. We managed to create a very special sequence, with a...
We observed supernova SN 2021ass and its host galaxy NGC 684, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of four, 120-seconds exposures,...
Eight years after our past observations, we captured again (99942) Apophis, the king of potentially hazardous asteroids. Next month it will be relatively close (15 millions of km from us) and we will show...
We observed supernova SN 2021bge and its host galaxy UGC 2505, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of five, 120-seconds exposures,...
We imaged the bright supernova SN 2020uxz and its host galaxy NGC 514 almost four months after our previous visit, of course finding it significantly fainter. Here it is our new image. The image above...
By far the most famous potentially hazardous asteroid, (99942) Apophis will have a relatively close approach to Earth next 6 Mar. While waiting for its record-setting 2029 fly-by, we will share this upcoming opportunity...
On 11 Feb. 2021, the near-Earth asteroid 2021 CO had a very close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 360000 km, less than the average...
The Full Snow Moon is coming next 27 Feb. and the Virtual Telescope will show it live, while it rises above Rome. Join the show online, from the comfort of your home. Looking at the...
Five months since our last visit, we observed supernova SN 2020nlb in Messier 85 again, of course finding it much fainter than last Aug. We also updated our lightcurve. The image above comes from...
Un’osservazione celeste del tutto particolare, nell’anno che celebra Dante Alighieri a VII secoli dalla morte. Un viaggio con gli occhi alle stelle, alla ricerca di un puntino speciale. Vi è un viaggio che, credo,...
This year, Italy and the world will celebrate one of the greatest poets ever: Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321). He wrote the “Divina Commedia” (“Divine Comedy”), one of the greatest work of world literature....
The Wolf Full Moon is coming next 28 Jan. It will be the first full Moon of the year and the Virtual Telescope will show it live, while it rises above Rome. Join the...
asteroid / event / near Earth / satellite
After its extremely close fly-by last Dec., 2020 SO is safely coming very close again, this time to say farewell. As we know, it is the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission, which...
– The Beaver Supermoon 2024: online observation (15 Nov. 2024)
– Asteroid 2020 XR: online observation (3 Dec. 2024)
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