Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson: an image (06 Nov. 2015)
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson was discovered on 3.5 Nov. 2015 and announced on 5 Nov. The following night, at Virtual Telescope we managed to capture it. The image above comes from the average of...
Author: Gianluca Masi
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a new image (09 Nov. 2015)
*** More Images of Comet 67P here! *** On 09 Nov. 2015, early in the morning, we wanted to observe Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko again, a couple of months after our previous visit, under good sky conditions. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...
Repairing the Virtual Telescope’s 14 inches unit: fundrising campaign
*** Donate here to help us repairing this unit part of the Virtual Telescope *** NOTE: if you prefer to donate without going to the Indiegogo platform, click here! As millions of individuals out there knows...
Comet C/2014 A4 Sonear: an image (2 Nov. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 A4 Sonear. This comet reached the perihelion last September. The image above comes from the average of 6, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
Comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS: an image (2 Nov. 2015)
We recently imaged comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS, having its perihelion next April 2016. This comet was recently reported to have increased its brightness. The image above comes from the average of 15, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: a stunning video sequence (30/31 Oct. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope, we did a great work tracking the “Halloween”, potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 while approaching us late last Oct. We obtained an early image and planned a live, online event, which...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: image and podcast from the live event (30 Oct. 2015)
As promised, at Virtual Telescope we tracked and showed you, in real time, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145, which scheduled a safe, close encounter with our planet for the Halloween! The image above is...
V2949 OPHIUCHI = NOVA OPH 2015 No. 2 = TCP J17344775-2409042: an image ( 11 Oct. 2015 )
On 11.4 Oct. 2015, K. Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki, Japan) discovered a possible galactic nova in Ophiucus, temporarily named TCP J17344775-2409042. The nova nature was spectroscopically confirmed and the source was officially announced as...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: an image (22 Oct. 2015)
*** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** *** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** While waiting for its minimum distance from the Earth, at Virtual Telescope we imaged potentially hazardous...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: how to see it next 31 Oct. 2015
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 will put a nice show in the sky next 31 Oct. This 500-meters large minor planet will come as close as 500.000 km, that is 1.3 lunar distances,...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145 very close encounter: live event (31 Oct. 2015)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 31 Oct. 2015, at 17:18 UT, the 500-meters large asteroid 2015 TB145 will made a very close, but safe approach with the...
The Moon meets Aldebaran: online observation of the lunar occultation – 29 Oct. 2015
Next 29 Oct. 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...
KIC 8462852: a star and its secrets
Recently, a lot of rumors circulated around a strange start name, called KIC 8462852 and resembling a car plate more than a star in our Galaxy. A paper by T. Boyajian at al. recently appeared on ar...
29 Oct. 2015: the Moon occults Aldebaran
A couple of weeks after the magnificent multiple conjunction, which involved some planets and the Moon, our natural satellite is ready to offer us another great event, this time “meeting” a star, actually occulting it,...
