On 13 July 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 NT1 had an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 100.000 km from its center. It was spotted two days later,...
We managed to capture the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft again and also create a time-lapse from our first night data. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with the Celestron C14+Paramount ME+SBIG...
We did follow-up observations of the TCP J17525020-2024150 optical transient reported on July 15, while it was waiting for confirmation, finding from its spectroscopy that it is a classical nova. Now it is classified...
Despite the clouds, we could image the Chandrayaan-3 and (likely) its booster, 15 hours after launch. Here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with the...
event / satellite / spacecraft
The Indian Chandrayaan-3 Moon-landing mission was just launched successfully and we will try to show it live once in space, a few hours later. Join us from the comfort of your home! The Chandrayaan-3...
Next 1 Aug., we will have the 2nd Supermoon of 2023, the Sturgeon full Moon. We will show it online, while it rises above the legendary skyline of Rome. Next 1 Aug. 2023, the...
We were able to capture the European Space Agency’s Euclid Telescope, on its way to the L2 point. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of three, 180-second exposures,...
Earlier this morning, the large (diameter between 210 and 470 meters) potentially hazardous asteroid 2019 LH5 had a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with the Earth. It came as close as 5.7 million...
Puntuale come ogni anno, ritorna l’appuntamento con le celebri meteore di agosto, le popolari “Lacrime di San Lorenzo”, meglio note come Perseidi. Senza dubbio si tratta dell’evento astronomico ricorrente più atteso, capace di suscitare...
Next 7 July 2023, the large (diameter between 210 and 470 meters) potentially hazardous asteroid 2019 LH5 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with the Earth. It will come as close...
We continue monitoring the bright supernova SN 2023ixf, still shining in Messier 101, while it is slowly fading. The image above comes from the average of six, 180-second, unguided exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with...
asteroid / event / near Earth
We shared live images of the near-Earth asteroid 2023 MU2 while safely coming very close to us. Below one image from last night, a nice animation and the podcast from our live feed. The...
On 25 June 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 MU2 will have a very close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 215.000 km from its center, 60% of the average lunar...
Next 24 June 2023, the large (diameter between 200 and 450 meters) potentially hazardous asteroid (488453) 1994 XD will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with the Earth. It will come as...
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