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Near-Earth asteroid 2013 XY8 close encounter: podcast

Near-Earth asteroid 2013 XY8 close encounter: podcast

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 celebrate the ARTEMIS II mission...

Comet 154P/Brewington: 29 Nov. 2013

Comet 154P/Brewington: 29 Nov. 2013

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: latest updates – 28 Nov. 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: latest updates – 28 Nov. 2013

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...