A planetary parade in the sky late in January
Many people out there believe that you really need some powerful stuff as a big telescope to enjoy the wonders of the cosmos. But the sky shows this is absolutely not true! Late this...
Author: Gianluca Masi
ASASSN-15lh, la più luminosa supernova della storia – evento live (28 marzo 2016, ore 21:30)
In questi giorni la rivista Science ha diffuso lo studio che riguarda la straordinaria supernova ASASSN-15lh, risultata di gran lunga la più luminosa mai scoperta nella storia. Gianluca Masi, astrofisisico, fondatore e responsabile scientifico...
Scoperta ASASSN-15lh: la più luminosa supernova della storia dell’umanità
Un cataclisma cosmico da record potrebbe aiutare a svelare il caso delle esplosioni più estreme: scoperta ASASSN-15lh, la più luminosa supernova mai individuata. Speak English? Read the The Kavli Foundation’s Press Release and Ohio University Press...
Possible nova PNV J01335420+3026108 in Messier 33: an image (28 Dec. 2015)
A few days before the end of the year, on 27.9 Dec. 2015 E. Conseil reported the discovery of an optical transient, likely a nova, in the stunning Messier 33 spiral galaxy, the “Triangulum galaxy”...
The Moon meets Aldebaran: online observation of the lunar occultation – 23 Dec. 2015 – animations and podcast
Last 23 Dec., we successfully shared live, online, the lunar occultation of the bright star Aldebaran. It was the last event of a very intense 2015 and we are pleased to provide here the...
23 Dec. 2015, the Moon occults Aldebaran: how to see it?
On 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult for the 12nd time in 2015 the star Aldebaran. This is the second one accessible from Italy, after the 29 Oct. event. Such an occultation of...
The Moon meets Aldebaran: online observation of the lunar occultation – 23 Dec. 2015
Next 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience...
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: an image (12 Dec. 2015)
Nine days after our previous, first visit, we spied comet C/2013 US10 Catalina again, under significantly better geometry, that is with the comet a few more degrees above the horizon (though still far from the ideal)....
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: how and where to see it
After all, this 2015 we will have another Christmas comet! After last year’s comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy, those living in the northern hemisphere are saluting comet C/2013 US10 Catalina, already giving a stunning show...
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina: an image (03 Dec. 2015)
After waiting for quite a lot of time, comet C/2013 US10 Catalina is finally showing in the northern skies. This comet has a good potential to be a nice comet in the next weeks, perfect...
Comet 44P/Reinmuth: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
On 6 Nov. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 44P/Reinmuth, a Jupiter-family comet that is greatly perturbed by Jupiter. The image above comes from the average of ten, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave...
Comet 81P/Wild: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
On 6 Nov. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 81P/Wild: this object was visited in 2004 by the Nasa’s Stardust space mission. The image above comes from the average of five, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Comet C/2014 A4 Sonear: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 A4 Sonear again, after our first attempt a few days ago. The image above comes from the average of eight, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG...
Comet 61P/Shajn–Schaldach: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
On 6 Nov. 2015, at Virtual Telescope we imaged comet 61P/Shajn–Schaldach, a less known comet discovered in 1949 and recovered in 1971. The image above comes from the average of six, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected...
