After our first observation of the interstellar comet C/2019 Q4 Borisov, we could image it again, despite a very bright Moon, the imminent sunrise and the low altitude of the target above the horizon....
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (467317) 2000 QW7 had a relatively close, safe encounter with our planet a few hours ago, coming at about 5.3 millions km from us, 13.9 times the average lunar distance. We...
For the very first time, a comet coming from the extra-solar space has been very likely discovered. Comet C/2019 Q4 Borisov has a speed and an orbital eccentricity strongly suggesting a interstellar origin. While...
Next 5 Oct. 2019, the International Observe the Moon Night is back and it will be a special one. This year we celebrate the 50th Anniversary since the Apollo 11 historic landing and this...
*** Le meteore di San Lorenzo in diretta web! *** Puntuale come ogni anno, ritorna l’appuntamento con le celebri meteore di agosto, le popolari “Lacrime di San Lorenzo”, meglio note come Perseidi. Senza dubbio...
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a nice shows up there, this year. At Virtual Telescope, we will share it live, online, for you to enjoy it from the comfort of...
It is always special to look for the dwarf planet Pluto. Here it is this unique world, while it slowly move across the sky. The animation above comes from two 180-seconds exposures, remotely collected...
During our supernova follow-up program, we imaged supernova SN 2019hyk and its host galaxy IC 4397: now we are pleased to share our image. The image above comes from the average of four, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
We want to wish “Happy Asteroid Day 2019” to everyone on Earth and have thought that the best way to do this is sharing images we did of asteroids (52665) Brianmay and (8664) Grigorijrichters,...
L’iniziativa ufficiale per l’Italia per celebrare insieme l’Asteroid Day! Un’iniziativa per curiosi del cielo, singoli appassionati e associazioni culturali! Partecipate numerosi. ** NB: Comunicato Stampa Asteroid Day 2019 ** Il prossimo 30 giugno si terrà la...
As part of our supernova follow-up program, we imaged supernova SN 2019ehk and its host galaxy Messier 100 again, finding the transient marginally faintervthan earlier this month. Here it is our image. The image above comes...
After six weeks since our previous visit, we observed supernova SN 2019ein again, finding it significantly fainter. We are pleased to share our latest image. The image above comes from the average of four,...
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