These days, the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence is making a safe, close encounter with our Earth. Thanks to its size (about 4.3 km), it will be bright enough to be visible with small binoculars....
Next 01 Sept. 2017, the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence will safely come within 7 millions of km from the Earth, becoming the closest object of that size visiting us from the end of...
On 25 Aug. 2017, the Moon, during its journey around the Earth, was shining a few degrees from Jupiter, with the star Spica enriching the view. Here they are some images from Rome, Italy....
The Hilda-type asteroid (457175) 2008 GO98 has been followed-up quite closely by our facility. Our latest observations still show a clear coma, saying the cometary activity is still ongoing. The image above is the average...
After a couple of months, we observed comet C/2015 ER61 Panstarrs again. It is still showing a nice tail. The image above comes from the average of eight, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with...
The potentially hazardous asteroid 3122 Florence will be a nice target in the sky at the end of August, offering us the closest approach, but safe, of an asteroid of this size over the...
The Perseid meteor shower is ready to put its show up there. At Virtual Telescope, we will share it live, online, so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your home. Next 12...
Last night, the partial lunar eclipse was a unique show in Rome. Seeing the Moon climbing the heaven above the Colosseum and the Forum made the sight priceless. Here they are some of our...
Supernova SN 2017eaw continues to shine in its wonderful host galaxy, NGC 6946, at mag. 13.0, assuming our CCD images. And it is going to celebrate its three months since its was discovered. The...
After its peak, the galactic nova ASASSN-17hx continues to slowly fade, still being an easy target. Here are CCD images and data captured on 01 & 02 Aug. via the Virtual Telescope Project. Both...
Next 07 Aug. 2017 the Moon will enter the Earth’s umbra, offering a partial lunar eclipse. It will be partly visible from Italy. It is a precious “appetizer” before the stunning total solar eclipse...
Supernova SN 2017fms was discovered on 17 July 2017 in the galaxy IC 1371 and here they are in a recent image captured by the Virtual Telescope. The image above is the average of three, 180-seconds...
We continue monitoring the intriguing Hilda-type asteroid (457175) 2008 GO98, after it was found to show cometary activity early last July. Before the Moon will be too invasive, we checked it and it is...
We have been following galactic nova ASASSN-17hx quite intensively these days and we likely observed its maximum of light. Here they are our 29 and 31 July CCD images. Both the images in the composed panel...
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– Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at its closest to the Earth (19 Dec. 2025)
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