Comet 174P/Echeclus underwent a bright, 3-mag. large outburst on 27 Aug. 2016, as reported by P. Camilleri. 174P/Echeclus was discovered in 2000, when it showed stellar appearance and was classified as a Centaur object (with...
On 07 Sept. 2016, at 17:12 UT, the 10 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 RB1 will make an exceptionally close encounter with our home planet. At the flyby time, the asteroid will be at about 40.000 km from the...
For many of us Brian May is, for many good reasons, a legend. Founder and guitarist of the epic rock band Queen, Brian also attained a PhD in Astrophysicist and co-founded Asteroid Day in 2014....
It happened, at last. Venus and Jupiter put on an epic show at sunset, with the closest conjunction we will see for several decades to come. Next kiss will be in 2065. In the realm of...
On 28 Aug. 2016, at 01:26 UT, the 35 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 QA2 made an exceptionally close encounter with our home planet. At the flyby time, the asteroid was at about 84.000 km from the Earth surface! That...
*** Le meteore di San Lorenzo in diretta web! *** Puntuale come ogni anno, ritorna l’appuntamento con le celebri meteore di agosto, le popolari “Lacrime di San Lorenzo”, meglio note come Perseidi. Senza dubbio...
On 20 July 2016 the world celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11, when the first men reached the Moon. That night the Moon was full, so I managed to grab it with our robotic...
On July 20, 1969, 20:18:04 UTC, the Apollo 11 lunar lander touched the Moon: for the first time, man was walking on another world. This event marked the human history. Now, 47 years are gone...
The sky, once again, is ready to impress us with something unique. Next 27 August, planets Venus and Jupiter will have an extremely close conjunction: they will show very close each other, so be ready. This...
This 2016 has been, so far, particularly generous with us, considering the visibility of the planets. Last Feb., we had all the five,classic planets visible at a glance, providing a stunning planetary parade. It...
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...
Do you remember the famous Barnard’s Star? Probably yes. It is the star showing the highest annual proper motion (10.3″/year). In 2014 we did a few images of it, using some old plates from...
Here it is the second episode of the special series “Scientists Rock”, made for Asteroid Day 2016. At Virtual Telescope we provided the subtitles in Italian. Ecco il secondo episodio della serie speciale “Scientists Rock”, appositamente...
Here it is the first episode of the special series “Scientists Rock”, made for Asteroid Day 2016. At Virtual Telescope we provided the subtitles in Italian. Ecco il primo episodio della serie speciale “Scientists...
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