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Comet Pan-STARRS: online, live observing session: 16 Mar. 2013

Comet Pan-STARRS: online, live observing session: 16 Mar. 2013

** Comet Pan-STARRS online, LIVE observation here! ** C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs): star chart We have been waiting it for more than one year, now the waiting is over: comet C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS is here. The Virtual...

Asteroid 2013 ET: a video from the Virtual Telescope

Asteroid 2013 ET: a video from the Virtual Telescope

An hi-res version of this animation is available here While getting closer, asteroid 2013 ET was tracked by the Virtual Telescope robotic facility in Italy. This about 100-meters large asteroid will reach a minimum distance...

Asteroid 2013 EC close encounter: online observing session

Asteroid 2013 EC close encounter: online observing session

  Recording from the live, online event hosted on 3 Mar. 2013   Back to “Podcast” page   Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate and celebrate the ARTEMIS II mission with...

Asteroid 2013 EC close encounter: live observing session

Asteroid 2013 EC close encounter: live observing session

Tonight, asteroid 2013 EC will reach a minimum distance from the Earth of about 380.000 km, almost the distance of the Moon. We offer a free, last minute live session on www.astrowebtv.org. The session...

Comet Pan-STARRS is heading north!

Comet Pan-STARRS is heading north!

  The waiting is almost over. After more than one year of promises and hopes for a great show, comet C/2011 Pan-STARRS is ready to jump in the northern skies. Since it was discovered...

“Meteorite sulla Russia” – Cose dell’Altro Geo

“Meteorite sulla Russia” – Cose dell’Altro Geo

[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/video/CoseAltroGeo27feb2013b.flv”]Rai Tre, “Cose dell’altro Geo”, 27 Febbraio 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...

“Età e vita del Sole” – Cose dell’Altro Geo

“Età e vita del Sole” – Cose dell’Altro Geo

[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/video/CoseAltroGeo27feb2013a.flv”]Rai Tre, “Cose dell’altro Geo”, 27 Febbraio 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...

Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14

Asteroide 2012 DA14: un passaggio da record

Registrazione evento online del 15 febbraio 2013,  in occasione del passaggio dell’asteroide 2012 DA14. Una collaborazione tra “Ansa Scienza&Tecnica” e “Virtual Telescope Project”. Back to “Podcast” page   Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support...

The fireball over Chelyabinsk, Russia

Amazing, bright bolide over Russia!

While the world is waiting for asteroid 2012 DA14 later today, something spectacular happened in Russia a few hours ago (about 15 Feb. 2013, 03:30UT), above the city of Chelyabinsk. A very bright fireball...