Ceres “meets” NGC 4654: online event – 26 Feb. 2023
On 26 Feb. 2023, the dwarf planet (1) Ceres will shine apparently close to the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 4654, offering a nice view. We will show this cosmic “meeting” live, online. + Updates:...
Category: asteroid
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (199145) 2005 YY128 close encounter: a image – 09 Feb. 2023
Next 16 Feb. 2023, the large (diameter between 580 and 1300 meters) potentially hazardous asteroid (199145) 2005 YY128 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with our planet. It will come as...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: image, video and podcast – 26 Jan. 2023
Here it is the near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU while it was around its minimum distance from our planet, captured during our very successful live observing session. The image above comes from a single, 60-second...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: a image – 24 Jan. 2023
On 27 Jan. 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU will have an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 10.000 km from its center. We captured it while it...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: online observation – 26 Jan. 2023
Next 27 Jan. 2023, the near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU will have an extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at less than 10.000 km from the Earth’s center, about 25% of the geostationary satellites...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 WM7 extremely close encounter: a image – 27 Nov. 2022
On 28 Nov. 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 WM7 will have an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 78.500 km from its center. We captured it while it...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (65803) Didymos and its tail: a image – 1 Nov. 2022
More than one month after the Nasa’s DART mission slammed into Didymos‘ moonlet Dimorphos, we observed this binary asteroid, imaging the thin dusty tail it developed as a consequence of the impact. The image...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: a image – 31 Oct. 2022
The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 is safely coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, six times the average lunar distance. We imaged it 24 hours earlier, waiting for its flyby. The picture...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: a image – 30 Oct. 2022
The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 is safely coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, six times the average lunar distance. We imaged it two days earlier, waiting for its flyby. The picture...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: a video – 26 Oct. 2022
Last night, we captured a sequence showing the potentially hazardous asteroid 2022 RM4 in motion, while safely approaching us. The timelapse above comes from 30, 30-second exposure, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: a image – 26 Oct. 2022
We captured the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 while safely coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, next week. The image above comes from the average of three, 180-second exposure, remotely taken with the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: a image – 18 Oct. 2022
The Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 is safely coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, six times the average lunar distance. We imaged it along the way. The picture above comes from the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (65803) Didymos and its tail: a image – 19 Oct. 2022
Three weeks after the Nasa’s DART mission slammed into Didymos‘ moonlet Dimorphos, we imaged this binary asteroid, capturing the thin dusty tail it developed as a consequence of the impact. The image above comes...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: a image – 14 Oct. 2022
On 1 Nov. 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 will have a close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 2.3 millions of km, six times the average lunar distance....
