2016 Summer Solstice Full Moon: 20 June 2016
As we reported earlier today, This summer solstice is introduced by a Full Moon. Last time it happened was in 1967. The image below shows the Moon while rising, as seen from Rome, Italy....
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“Occhi su Saturno”: evento online (25 giugno 2016)
Segui la diretta qui! Torna “Occhi su Saturno“, ormai giunto alla 5a edizione. Anche quest’anno il Virtual Telescope trasmetterà in diretta le immagini del meraviglioso Signore degli Anelli del Sistema Solare. L’appuntamento è per...
20 June 2016: summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
Next 20 June 2016, at 22:34 Universal Time, the Sun will reach its maximum declination (angular distance from the celestial equator): this will officially be the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. In that...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 LK49 close encounter: an image (15 June 2016)
Later today, on 16 June 2016 at 13:54 UT, the 30 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 LK49 will make a close, but safe, encounter with the Earth, coming at 1.2 millions of km from...
The realm of the dwarf planets: a view from the Virtual Telescope
Our Solar System is a much more fascinating and complex place than many of us believe. Only ten years ago, astronomers decided that Pluto was indeed not a planet, but a dwarf one, creating...
Near-Earth Asteroids: some images and videos from the Virtual Telescope Project for Asteroid Day.
The amazing Asteroid Day is approaching and, as you know, the Virtual Telescope will offer several great online events, with amazing guests and more. But not only we want to offer our own activities...
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a new image (06 June 2016)
After almost two months from our previous observations, at Virtual Telescope we wanted to observe comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko again, while it is getting fainter and fainter. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the target of theESA Rosetta space mission. This...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 LT1 very close encounter: an image (06 June 2016)
On June 7, at 20:25 UT the 6-meters large asteroid 2016 LT1 will have an extremely close encounter with the Earth, reaching a minimum distance from us of 153.000 km, 0.4 times the mean distance...
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....
Dwarf planet (136108) Haumea: an image (04 June 2016)
As you probably know, the International Astronomical Union, when demoting Pluto from the status of planet, introduced a new class of objects, called “dwarf planets”. To date, we count five of them: Among them,...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 LV close encounter: an image (03 June 2016)
On 3 June 2016, at Virtual Telescope we performed some follow-up of a probable near-Earth asteroid, at that time listed on the Minor Planet Center’s NEO Confirmation Page, discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey. Later, its NEO nature...
Comet 252P/Linear: an image (03 June 2016)
Almost two months after our previous observations, we imaged comet 252P/Linear again. This comet had an historic close fly-by with the Earth in March. Comet was reported to be fadind fast early on June 4. The...
Probable Supernova ASASSN-16fs in UGC 09523: an image (3 June 2016)
The probable supernova ASASSN-16fs in UGC 09523 was imaged at Virtual Telescope as part of a cooperation with the ASAS-SN survey (ATel 9114). The image above comes from the average of six, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 LB close encounter: an image (01 June 2016)
On 1 June 2016, while the sky was clear for a couple of hours, we managed to do some follow-up of a probable near-Earth asteroid, at that time listed on the Minor Planet Center’s NEO Confirmation...
