an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Join us as we observe the asteroid Vesta. Vesta is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. At the time...
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 15 April 2014, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from the US, Central America, Chile, Australia and...
Last night, at Virtual Telescope we wanted to visit Nova Cygni 2014, after our prompt, very precious follow-up done soon after the transient was spotted in the sky. The PlaneWave 17″robotic unit took three,...
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The scheduled, last minute event covering the very close approach of the Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 GN1 went very well. The sky was great and the object was observed for several hours. Above is an image...
The Virtual Telescope Project provides free online events to the world community. In addition, we developed an exclusive service, making possible for you to get a still better experience! Impossible? not, really! For just...
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*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 6 Apr. 2014, at 10:25 UT, the 50-meters large asteroid 2014 GN1 will made a very...
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Mars, the red planet, will be at opposition on 8 April 2014. That very same night, we will explore...
NB: this transient was officially named “Nova Cygni 2014” in the CBET 3842 (subscription required), including our prompt follow-up! Late on 31 Mar. 2014, a possible nova in Cygnus, temporary designation PNV J20214234+3103296, was reported...
The April monthly newsletter is available here! Above is a star chart showing the sky as visible on Apr. 15, 2014, at 20:00 Universal Time, from a location placed at (13°E;41°N). Star chart plotted...
After a few weeks, Virtual Telescope looked at SN 2014J and its hosting galaxy, Messier 82, to check how bright the supernova was. Above is an image coming from the average of four, 120-seconds...
On 25 Mar. 2014 at 04:33 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 FD had a close, but safe approach with the our planet. This 35 meters large rock “touched” a minimum of 4.5 lunar distances from...
Last night, at Virtual Telescope we used a short break in the cloud coverage to confirm some possible supernovae. This is a field where the Virtual Telescope really does a great job: over the...
While waiting for the relatively close (and safe) encounter of the potentially hazardous asteroid 2003 QQ47, a new image was captured via the Virtual Telescope, even if the sky conditions were far from the ideal. ...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 15 Apr. 2014, the Moon will offer a very nice total eclipse to those lucky enough to be in the right part of the world (the whole eclipse...
– Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at its closest to the Earth (20 Dec. 2025)
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