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Next 30 June 2017, anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska event, we will celebrate the 3rd edition of “Asteroid Day“: it is “a global awareness movement where people from around the world come together to learn about...
As you may have heard, comet C/2015 ER61 Panstarrs has recently experienced a nucleus splitting. We were among those who reported this event. Digging in our image archives, we have found evidence of that...
A new galactic nova, ASASSN-17hx, as just be confirmed in Scutum. Since its discovery, it increased its brighness significantly, becoming accessible to small telescopes. Let’s hope it will brighten more and more. The image above...
On 23 May 2017, the Gaia Photometric Science Alerts programme reported the discovery of an apparent supernova, later designed SN 2017egm. It turned out to be the closest hydrogen-poor superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) ever found....
After our independent observations of the nucleus splitting of comet C/2015 ER61, we managed to do some further observations. The “b” fragment was still easy to see and we are pleased to show our...
During our last observation of comet C/2015 ER61 Panstarrs we spotted an apparent fragment. We did send these info to both the Minor Planet Center and the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams and the...
NGC 6960 is one of the most famous, though not-obvious-to-see, deep sky objects in the sky. It is part of a complex structure we call the “Cygnus Loop”, the remnant of a dramatic, galactic...
We share a new image of supernova SN 2017eaw in NGC 6946, after a few weeks from our previous observations. The transient is still bright, close to its peak of luminosity. The image above comes...
Last month, the bright supernova SN 2017eaw was discovered in the wonderful spiral galaxy NGC 6946, nicknamed “Fireworks”, holding the record of supernova explosions: ten events in exactly 100 years. Next 16 June, starting at 09:30 UT, we...
Stairway to Heaven: the Virtual Telescope Project and Tenagra Observatories, Ltd. partner for an unprecedented adventure to explore the Cosmos in real-time, online and available to the world through the internet. There are...
NGC 6543, also called “Cat’s Eye”, is a beautiful and famous planetary nebula, among the most enigmatic ones currently known. Located in the northern constellation of the Dragon is and will remain a “timeless”planetary...
Do you remember Messier 63 and the SN 2017dfc supernova behind it? At Virtual Telescope we do and are pleased to show this new image, with the transient barely visible, on its way to...
For sure, Messier 16 in one of the most famous and beautiful treasures out there. It is a vaste region of star formation, including a nice open cluster (NGC 6611) and a wide nebula...
In a few days, the Earth will cross the orbital plane of comet C/2015 V2 Johnson. This geometric condition makes possible to see a dusty feature named “anti-tail”, apparently pointing to the Sun, where...
On 25 May 2017, a new supernova was discovered by R. Arbour in the stunning galaxy NGC 3938: it is SN 2017ein, a type Ic supernova. The host galaxy is extremely beautiful and we...
– “The Realm of Near-Earth Asteroids: online observing session for Asteroid Day 2017“ – 30 June 2017, starting at 22:00
