Online Messier Marathon – 6th edition! – 1 April 2014
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Would you like to explore the many treasures of the famous Messier Catalogue from home? Would you like to...
The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 Blog
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EM: a new image (14 Mar. 2014)
The Virtual Telescope hosted a live event to observe near-earth asteroid 2014 EM while approaching our planet. Despite the almost full Moon and plenty of haze above the southern horizon, we succeed recording and...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EM: an image (12 Mar. 2014)
On 15 Mar. 2014 at 04:59 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EB25 will be at 1.6 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 40-meters large body...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EB25: an image (12 Mar. 2014)
On 14 Mar. 2014 at 09:58 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EB25 will be at 1.1 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 15-meters large body...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EY24: an image (12 Mar. 2014)
On 18 Mar. 2014, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EY24 will be at 3.2 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 70-meters large body in the sky....
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EP12: an image (12 Mar. 2014)
On 14 Mar. 2014, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EP12 will be at 1.1 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 40-meters large body in the sky....
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EP12 close encounter: online event (13 Mar. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 14 Mar. 2014 at 01:39 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EP12 will reach a minimum distance...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EM close encounter: online event (13 Mar. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 15 Mar. 2014 at 05:07 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EM will reach a minimum...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DU22: an image (7 Mar. 2014)
On 14 Mar. 2014, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 DU22 will be a bit closer than 3 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 60-meters large...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2014 CU13: an image (7 Mar. 2014)
While waiting for its close approach next 11 Mar., when it will be at 3 millions of km from us, at Virtual Telescope we had a second look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2014 CU13. The Planewave...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110: an historic event
It is hard to comment the recent asteroid 2014 DX110 online event, after the unprecedented, huge success of our live coverage. Well, we are honestly used to a large participation, but this time numbers...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 at minimum distance: a movie (5 Mar. 2014)
Above is a movie showing the 30-meters large near-Earth asteroid 2014 DX110 just around the time of its minimum distance from the Earth (about 350.000 km). 102 images were taken back to back,...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EC extremely close encounter: online event (6 Mar. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** The Minor Planet Center just announced the discovery of a 4-14 meters large asteroid, 2014 EC,...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 DX110 getting close: a movie (4 Mar. 2014)
Above is a movie showing the near-Earth asteroid 2014 DX110 while approaching our planet. 101 images were taken back to back, each exposed for 20 seconds, remotely using the Planewave 17 robotic unit part of the...
