Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 QR1 close encounter: online event (24 and 25 Aug. 2013)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** . .. *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 25 Aug. 2013 at 19:31 UT, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2013 QR1...
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 QR1: an image (19 Aug. 2013)
On 16 Aug. 2013, the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii discovered a new minor planet , resulted to be a potentially hazardous asteroid, now provisionally designed as 2013 QR1. It has an estimated diameter...
Seventh year of the Virtual Telescope (2006-2013): the amazing adventure continues
Every time the Virtual Telescope’s birthday approaches, I feel a special feeling, a unique emotion: I could not imagine, that far 20 Aug. 2006, that this project was going to make history in the...
Nova Delphini 2013: online observing session – 19 Aug. 2013
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** On 14 Aug. 2013, a nova was discovered in Delphinus and right now it is shining at mag...
Potentially hazardous asteroid 2007 CN26 close encounter: online event (28 Aug. 2013)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 28 Aug. 2013 at 08:08 UT, the Potentially Hazardous asteroid 2007 CN26 will reach a minimum...
Near-Earth asteroid 2005 WK4: a new image and a movie!
Near-Earth asteroid 2005 WK4 On 6 Aug. 2013, the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit captured this asteroid, now brighter and faster than the previous nights. Above is a screenshot saved during the imaging session. Below is...
Near-Earth asteroid (277475) 2005 WK4 is reaching its minimum distance (5 Aug. 2013)
On 5 Aug. 2013, the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit was asked to point the approaching near-Earth asteroid (277475) 2005 WK4, to get some astrometry useful to refine its orbit. At the imaging time, it was...
“Big Dipper to Southern Cross 2013”: the northern journey
After more than three years, the “Big Dipper to Southern Cross” event was back! Organized by Astronomers Without Borders, it included – as in the first edition – two different journeys, one for each...
Near-Earth asteroid (277475) 2005 WK4 is getting closer (3 Aug. 2013)
Near-Earth asteroid (277475) 2005 WK4 is coming closer and closer, ready to put a nice show in the sky on Aug. 9. Meanwhile, the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit visited it again, to make some astrometric...
Near-Earth asteroid (277475) 2005 WK4 is approaching: an image (2 Aug. 2013)
Near-Earth asteroid (277475) 2005 WK4 was expected to approach our planet again next 9 Aug. We tried to recover it remotely using the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. The...
Near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 close encounter: an image and a video for a great event!
The event scheduled to cover the near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 close encounter was a huge success: more than 70.000 viewers from 168 Countries joined it and it was truly a magic moment. The...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2005 WK4 close encounter: online event (9 Aug. 2013)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 9 Aug. 2013 at 05:02 UT, the near-Earh asteroid 2005 WK4 will reach a minimum...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2003 DZ15 close encounter: 24 hours to the closest approach
24 hours before its close encounter, the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit imaged the near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 while it was “running2 across the stars. The picture above shows very well how fast this rock is...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2003 DZ15 close encounter: a new, outstanding image
Near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 has almost reached its minimum distance from the Earth: it will be touched early next 30 July, when this rock will be at 3.5 millions of km from us. While...
