After almost two months, at Virtual Telescope we visited supernova SN 2014dt and its hosting galaxy Messier 61 again. The picture comes from the average of two, 180-seconds exposures, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E...
At Virtual Telescope we wish to thank for such a memorable year. We wish you a wonderful Christmas, with plenty of stars. No other times, as this Holiday Season, bring this magic atmosphere to...
A couple of days ago, astronomers observing from Argentina reported that comet 15P/Finlay was significantly brighter than previously reporting, suggesting an ongoing outburst. This was later confirmed by observers in Australia and from southern...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 14 Dec. 2014, the spectacular Geminid meteor shower will be back with its spectacular show. The winter,...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** A nice comet is coming for this Christmas: it is comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. Hopefully, it will be...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 26 Jan. 2015, at 16:20 UT, the 650-meters large potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) asteroid (357439) –...
Above is a star chart showing the sky as visible on Dec. 15, 2014, at 20:00 pm local time, from a location placed at (13°E;41°N). Of course, it is valid for any location around...
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Below is the podcast of our live coverage of the 8 Oct. lunar eclipse, an international, very successful campaign hosted by the Virtual Telescope Back to “podcasts” page Support The Virtual...
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*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 02 Dec. 2014, at 04:52 UT, the 20-meters large asteroid 2014 WC201 will made a very close...
After its historic close approch to Mars, last Oct., comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring is still an interesting sight, though not easy from the Northern hemisphere. The image above is the average of five,...
The recent supernova in Messier 61 is the latest member of a very special and very small group, the one including all the supernova events happened in 2014 in a Messier galaxy. So far,...
If there is a couple of relatively close galaxies that you have never seen, likely they are Maffei 1 and Maffei 2. While they are closer than 10 millions of light years (well, that...
This image of the possible Supernova PPSN J02183806+3336583 in the PGC 2035709 galaxy comes from the average of five, 120-seconds exposures, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope Project. The supernova was estimated at...
– The Moon and the Pleiades (19 April 2026)
– Asteroid 1997 NC1 (27 June 2026)
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