asteroid / event / free / near Earth
Our online, live event covering near-Earth asteroid 2013 XY8 close approach went very well, with a great sky and the usual, amazing performance of our robotic system. A podcast from the live event is...
Above is the podcast from our “Near-Earth asteroid 2013 XY8 close encounter” online event Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate and receive an EXCLUSIVE image of the...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
While waiting for the live, online event scheduled to cover its close approach, the near-Earth asteroid 2013 XY8 was imaged at Virtual Telescope while it was approaching us. Above is an image remotely...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 11 Dec. 2013 at 11:14 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2013 XY8 will reach a minimum...
Above is a star chart showing the sky as visible on Dec. 15, 2013, at 19:30 Universal Time, from a location placed at (13°E;41°N). Star chart plotted with TheSkyX by Software Bisque Back to...
Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy is putting an amazing show out there. It is enchanting us with a long tail, but it is amazingly interesting even at high resolution. Above in an image remotely...
Everybody out there knows the story of Pluto and how it was demoted (2006) from its status of ordinary planet. One of the events further triggering this decision was the announcement on 29 July 2005...
Among the most exotic objects discovered in our Solar System, (90377) Sedna really stands out. As we were approaching ten years since it was discovered on 14 Nov. 2003, an imaging...
While c/2012 S1 Ison show faded, many other comets are out there this season. Above is an image of comet 154P/Brewington, named after Howard J. Brewington, who discovered it in 1992. It is the average...
Comet C/2012 S1 Ison is now shining at about mag. -3 in LASCO C3 images from space. The comet showed a spectacular brightening trend since it entered the LASCO C3 field of view. In...
While comet C/2012 S1 Ison is living its “hottest” days, approaching the minimum distance from the Sun (28 Nov. 2013), a report from Michal Drahus (Caltech/NRAO) says that he and Israel Hermelo (IRAM Granada) have...
After Hale-Bopp, comet C/2012 Ison if for sure the most awaited one in recent history. Discovered in Sept. 2012 and predicted to possible be one of the most impressive objects of its class...
Some of you might remember a great news, dating back to Feb. 2004: the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (IAUC 8284) announced that Jay McNeil reported the discovery of a new nebular feature close to M78...
While comet Ison is now the true cometary star out there, comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy is just amazing and truly beautiful: this is a lucky season, as for comets! On 14 Nov. the PlaneWave 17″ robotic...
– The interstellar object A11pl3Z (3 July 2025)
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