09/14/2013 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Near-Earth asteroid 2013 RS43: 13 Sept. 2013

09/14/2013

Near-Earth asteroid 2013 RS43: an image (13 Sept. 2013)

On Sep 13 2013, at 16:07 UT the near-Earth asteroid 2013 RS43 reached a minimum distance from us of about one millions of km. Of course, no risks for us and this 14...

comets

09/14/2013

Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy: an image (14 Sept. 2013)

While waiting for comet Ison, we have another nice comet to observe. It is comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy, discovered by T. Lovejoy early this month. Early in the morning of 14 Sept. 2013,...

comets

09/14/2013

Comet 2P/Encke: an image (14 Sept. 2013)

While comet Ison is approaching and comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy was just discovered, we wanted to observe another comet, too: comet 2P/Encke. It is a periodic comet orbiting the Sun once every three years, being...

comets

09/14/2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: a new image (14 Sept. 2013)

After a few days of cloudy skies, the weather decided it was time for another clear night at the Virtual Telescope site. Early in the morning of 14 Sept. 2013, the PlaneWave 17″ robotic...