Near-Earth asteroid 2017 TG4 close encounter: an image (15 Oct. 2017)
Next 21 Oct. 2017, the near-Earth asteroid 2017 TG4 will come at about 1.8 millions of km, almost five times the distance of the Moon. We captured it and we are happy to share...
Category: asteroid
Comet 362P / (457175) P/2008 GO98: a new image (13 Oct. 2017)
After almost two months, we observed again (457175) 2008 GO98, previously classified as an asteroid belonging to the Hilda group, which showed a clear cometary activity earlier this year. Now, it received a cometary periodic...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4: a great show for a super event (12 Oct. 2017)
Finally,, the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 safely brushed us and at Virtual Telescope we could show it to the world, live, online, as we always do when something special happens up there in the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 extremely close encounter: image and movie (09 Oct. 2017)
While waiting for our live event covering it, last night we imaged the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 on its journey to its safe very close approach. Be sure to be back for our live coverage!...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence online event: an epic success
The Virtual Telescope Project showed to the world the long awaited fly-by of the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence. Our live feed was featured by many very important international media, with a resulting audience...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence: a new image – (30 Aug. 2017)
While waiting to show it live, online tomorrow evening, at Virtual Telescope we imaged the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence again, while it was heading north. The image above comes from a single, 60-seconds...
See potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence with your binocular
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....
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence: an image (28 Aug. 2017)
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...
Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: new observations (23 Aug. 2017)
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...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 3122 Florence close encounter: online event (31 Aug. 2017)
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...
Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: new observations (01 Aug. 2017)
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...
Near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 coming very close this October: we are ready to show it to you
The near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 will safely come very close to us next 12 Oct. 2017. We already captured it last time, in 2012, when this 20 meters large object was discovered, and we are...
Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: follow-up image (27 July 2017)
After a few days, we imaged the intriguing (457175) 2008 GO98, the Hilda-type object again, to check if its cometary activity was still ongoing. And it was, of course, as this image clearly. The...
Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: follow-up image (21 July 2017)
We managed to capture new images of (457175) 2008 GO98, the Hilda-type asteroid recently turned comet. It still show a little coma, so the activity is still ongoing. The image above is the average...
