Supernova SN 2013ab in NGC 5669: spectrum and image (3 Apr. 2013)
Supernova SN 2013ab exploded in NGC 5669 and peaked at about mag. 14.8. The Virtual Telescope system was used to take and image and a low res spectrum of the star, using both the...
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Supernova SN 2013am in Messier 65: updates (3 Apr. 2013)
A supernova was recently discovered in the bright galaxy Messier 65; the Virtual Telescope helped confirming it while it was still waiting for an official designation. It is named SN 2013am and resulted to be a type...
Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: 3 Apr. 2013 image
Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” is still continuously monitored by astronomers worldwide, waiting for its potentially bright apparition later this year. The Virtual Telescope Project visited it again, after the full Moon moved away. The...
Cosmic Encounter: comet Pan-STARRS meets the Great Andromeda Galaxy
While leaving the inner Solar System, comet Pan-STARRS continues surfing our skies and next 4 Apr. 2013 it will cross the spot of the sky where Messier 31, the Great Andromeda Galaxy, is. Of...
NGC 6992 – Cyg
NGC 6992 is part of the famous “Veil Nebula”, the remnant of a supernova exploded about 10.000 years ago. Its distance is estimated in about 1500 light years and it is in the same...
“Luminosità Sole e Luna; cometa Pan-STARRS” – Cose dell’Altro Geo
[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/video/CoseAltroGeo27mar2013.flv”]Rai Tre, “Cose dell’altro Geo”, 27 Marzo 2013 Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate and celebrate the ARTEMIS II mission with an EXCLUSIVE and STUNNING digital...
Supernova SN 2013am in Messier 65: updates (28 Mar. 2013)
As you know, a supernova was recently discovered in the bright galaxy Messier 65; the Virtual Telescope helped confirming it while it was still waiting for an official designation. Now, it is named...
Pan-STARRS: la cometa che fa primavera
Registrazione evento online del 21 marzo 2013, in occasione del passaggio della cometa C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS. Una collaborazione tra “Ansa Scienza&Tecnica” e “Virtual Telescope Project”. Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual...
Supernova SN 2013am in Messier 65
On 21.637 Mar. 2013, M. Sugano, Kakogawa, Hyogo-ken, Japan reported the discovery of an apparent supernova in Messier M65. The candidate was published on the Transient Object Confirmation Page of the Central Bureau for...
Pan-STARRS, the Spring bringer
On 21 Mar. 2013, the traditional start of Spring (that this year began on 20th), the Virtual Telescope Project, together with the Science & Tech channel of ANSA (the main news agency in Italy)...
Messier 66: a new, deep image
When it started operations early in 2011, the PlaneWave 17″ robotic unit, part of the Virtual Telescope Project imaged Messier 66, a very nice spiral galaxy, about 36 millions of light years from us and...
Comet Pan-STARRS puts a show in the western skies
On Mar. 16, at 17:00 UT the Virtual Telescope Project hosted a live, online observing session to share comet Pan-STARRS with the world. The event was at first scheduled for 15 Mar., but clouds...
NGC 2903 – Leo
From a distance of almost 30 millions of light year, lurking among the stars of Leo, the elegance of the barred spiral of NGC 2903 is astonishing. The central core of this realm of...
Comet C/2012 S1 Ison: new image from the Virtual Telescope
Comet C/2012 S1 “Ison” is expected to be a potentially amazing comet later this year. While it continues its journey to the inner Solar System, it is monitored by many astronomers around the planet...
