Monthly Archive: January 2013

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: a movie

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (99942) Apophis: a movie

The Virtual Telescope observed the potentially hazardous asteroid (99942) Apophis several times over the past few days and finally, using a set of images captured on Jan. 4, it was possible to make this...

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: 20 Dec. 2012

Discovered on 21 Sept. 2012, comet C/2012 S1 showed a great potential since the very beginning. Late on  Now. 2013 it will reach a minimum distance from the Sun of 1.2 millions of km. If...