Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DU22: an image (7 Mar. 2014)
On 14 Mar. 2014, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 DU22 will be a bit closer than 3 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 60-meters large...
Author: Gianluca Masi
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 CU13: an image (7 Mar. 2014)
While waiting for its close approach next 11 Mar., when it will be at 3 millions of km from us, at Virtual Telescope we had a second look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 CU13. The Planewave...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110: an historic event
It is hard to comment the recent asteroid 2014 DX110 online event, after the unprecedented, huge success of our live coverage. Well, we are honestly used to a large participation, but this time numbers...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 at minimum distance: a movie (5 Mar. 2014)
Above is a movie showing the 30-meters large near-Earth asteroid 2014 DX110 just around the time of its minimum distance from the Earth (about 350.000 km). 102 images were taken back to back,...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EC extremely close encounter: online event (6 Mar. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** The Minor Planet Center just announced the discovery of a 4-14 meters large asteroid, 2014 EC,...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 getting close: a movie (4 Mar. 2014)
Above is a movie showing the near-Earth asteroid 2014 DX110 while approaching our planet. 101 images were taken back to back, each exposed for 20 seconds, remotely using the Planewave 17 robotic unit part of the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110: path in the sky
The chart above shows the path in the sky of 2014 DX110 around the minimum distance (5 Mar., 21:00 UT). The position is given every 20 minutes and was specifically calculated for the Virtual...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 getting close: a long exposure image (4 Mar. 2014)
While waiting for it to reach the minimum distance tomorrow, at Virtual Telescope we imaged the Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 while it was showing among the clouds. After a relatively short exposure, we wanted to...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 getting close: an image (4 Mar. 2014)
While waiting for it to reach the minimum distance tomorrow, at Virtual Telescope we imaged the Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 while it was showing among the clouds. Above is a 60 seconds exposure, remotely taken...
Supernova SN 2014L in Messier 99: new image (23 Feb. 2014)
After about one month after its official discovery, it was time to look again supernova SN 2014L in Messier 99, the latter being a wonderful face-on spiral galaxy in Coma Berenices. The PlaneWave 17″...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 very close encounter: online event (5 Mar. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 5 Mar. 2014, at 21:07 UT, the 30-meters large asteroid 2014 DX110 will made a...
Bright supernova SN 2014J in Messier 82: new hi-res image (2 Mar. 2014)
Supernova SN 2014J and its host galaxy Messier 82 were well-placed in the sky last night, when the clouds left the stars shining in a steady atmosphere for a while. The Planewave 17 robotic unit was...
McNeil Nebula and V1647 Ori: updates (23 Feb. 2014)
On 23 Feb. 2014, we visited again the McNeil nebula and V1647 Ori, after we spotted the latter in outburst last Oct and found it still bright at the end of Jan. We found...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 CU13: an image (27 Feb. 2014)
On 12 Feb. 2014, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery by the Mt Lemmon Survey of the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 CU13. Looking at the orbit, it was clear that this 180-meters large...
