Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy: an image (31 Mar. 2017)
Thanks to a very good sky, we observed comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, for the third night in a row. It ion tail is always a wonderful view, while the comet heads to its perihelion...
Thanks to a very good sky, we observed comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, for the third night in a row. It ion tail is always a wonderful view, while the comet heads to its perihelion...
In 2016, asteroid (17473) Freddiemercury has been officially named after Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the epic rock band Queen. We imaged it a few weeks later and now we captured this asteroid...
We observed comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy again, after we observed it developed a nice ion tail, which is still a prominent feature, despite the comet’s low solar elongation. The image above comes from the median combination...
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2017) *** Join it LIVE here! *** During Global Astronomy Month you can reach the Moon from home! Just join The Virtual Telescope Project for a remote, online lunar observing session...
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2017) *** Join it here! *** Would you like to explore the many treasures of the famous Messier Catalogue from home? Would you like to see as...
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2017) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Join this fabulous live, online observing event from the Virtual Telescope in Italy, hosted by Dr. Gianluca Masi! If you have been...
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy was discovered on 9 Mar. 2017 and since then it showed a significant increase in its brightness. After helping in its confirmation at the discovery time, we managed to capture...
One month after our last published image, we share a new view of comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova. This comet is fading, but still offers a great view to telescopes. The image above comes from the average of ten,...
One week after our previous observations, we saw comet 315P/Loneos again, under very good sky conditions. The image above comes from the average of twelve, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the 16″-f/3.75 Tenagra III (“Pearl”) robotic...
On its way to perihelion, comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak is crossing a very nice spot of the sky. On 22 March 2017, it showed among the stars of Ursa Major, where the stunning “Owl” planetary nebula...
On 20.3 March 2017, the Mt. Lemmon Survey discovered the near-Earth Asteroid 2017 FN1, which was posted on the NEO Confirmation Page of the Minor Planet Center as YF98B10. It was expected to safely reach...
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FJ was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona (USA) on 17 March 2017. Tomorrow it will have a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth (about 800.000 km). At Virtual Telescope Project we...
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FK was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona (USA) on 17 March 2017. Today it had a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth (about 650.000 km). At Virtual Telescope Project...
After our first visit, we observed comet 315P/Loneos again, finding it no much different. The sky was better this time, with less lunar interference. The image above comes from the median combining of eleven, 120-seconds...
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