Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS: a mosaic (19 May 2013)
Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS is still giving a great show in the northern skies. After it was visible at sunset by naked eye, it is now visible all night with a telescope, if you...
Author: Gianluca Masi
PSN J16525897+0224255 in NGC 6240
The Virtual Telescope imaged this optical transient with its 17″ robotic unit, finding it at magnitude 18.9 unfiltered. This transient is showing in the ultraluminuos infrared galaxy NGC 6240, located at about 400 millions...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2013 KT1 close encounter: an image
On 18 May 2013, the near-Earth asteroid 2013 KT1 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. From its orbit resulted that this minor planet was going to reach a minimum distance from...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (285263) 1998 QE2 close encounter: online event (31 May 2013)
See asteroid 1998 QE2 live HERE! Next 31 May 2013 at 20:59 UT, potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) 285263 (1998 QE2) will reach a minimum distance from the Earth of 5.8 millions of km. This is...
PSN J11095567+3657025 in NGC 3542: 17 May 2013
On May 17, 2013, the Virtual Telescope Project hosted a special online event, sharing in real time images of several supernovae. They are among the most intriguing and spectacular objects in the Universe, with...
Comet C/2011 R1 McNaught: 13 May 2013
The Virtual Telescope visited comet C/2011 R1 McNaught, a nice object which reached mag 7 last April. It is still a nice view in the northern Spring skies, as the picture above clear...
PSN J12454418-1050083 in MCG -02-33-4: 13 May 2013
Supernova candidate PSN J12454418-1050083 in the galaxy MCG -02-33-4 was discovered by the Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey on May 13. A few hours later, the Virtual Telescope confirmed it, as visible from the image above. At...
Supernova 2013bu in NGC 7331: 12 May 2013
Last 21 Apr. 2013 K. Itagaki discovered a new supernova in the famous and wonderful spiral galaxy NGC 7331, in Pegasus. It resulted to be a type II supernova. The Virtual Telescope imaged the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2013 JM22 close approach: online event – 15 May 2013, 20:00UT
The recently discovered asteroid 2013 JM22 will have a close encounter with the Earth next May 16, when it will reach a minimum distance from our planet of a bit less than 8...
Supernova SN 2013am in Messier 65: updates (13 May 2013)
After two weeks from its last sight, the Virtual Telescope spied again supernova SN 2013am, recently discovered in the bright galaxy Messier 65. The sky was very dark, so the vision was particularly good. Images were...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2013 JM22: 13 May 2013
The near-Earth asteroid (PHA) 2013 JM22 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on 12 May 2013. The following night, the Virtual Telescope 17″ robotic unit imaged it, while it was moving fast...
Comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS: 11 May 2013
After almost one month since then last visit, the Virtual Telescope imaged comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS again, while it moves away from the Sun. Above is the average of 14 unfiltered images, remotely taken...
Supernova in UGC 4294 – 30 Apr. 2013
The Virtual Telescope Project visited this recently discovered supernova in the UGC 4294 galaxy. It was remotely captured by the 17″ robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. It was found quite bright,...
Supernova in PGC 170248 – 30 Apr. 2013
The Virtual Telescope Project visited this recently discovered supernova in the PGC 170248 galaxy. It was remotely captured by the 17″ robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. It was found quite bright, shining...
