Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs: a image – 5 May 2024
We spotted again comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs, still showing a nice tail while crossing a very star dense region in Cygnus. The image is below. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination...
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Near-Earth Asteroids 2024 JR1 and 2024 JD very close encountes: online observation – 6 May 2024
Between 7 and 8 May 2024, the near-Earth asteroids 2024 JR1 and 2024 JD will have each a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 295000 and 275000 km from the...
Supernova SN 2023ixf in the Messier 101 spiral galaxy: a image – 5 May 2024.
One year after its explosion and six months after our last, public image of this object, we observed again supernova SN 2023ixf in Messier 101, while it is fading. The image above comes from the...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: a new image – 5 May 2024.
We spotted comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS under very good sky conditions. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of six, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 HP close encounter: an image – 5 May 2024.
On 23 May 2024, the Potentially Hazardous Earth asteroid 2024 HP will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth. It will come as close as 5.9 million of km, about...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 JD very close encounter: an image – 5 May 2024.
On 8 May 2024, the near-Earth asteroid 2024 JD will have a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth. It will come as close as 278000 of km, about 72% the average lunar distance....
Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 JR1 very close encounter: an image – 5 May 2024.
On 7 May 2024, the near-Earth asteroid 2024 JR1 will have a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth. It will come as close as 296000 of km, about 77% the average lunar...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: a new image – 29 Apr. 2024.
We imaged again comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS under good sky conditions. Here it is our capture. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of seven, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with...
Comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs: a image – 29 Apr. 2024
We imaged comet C/2021 S3 Panstarrs, showing a nice tail while crossing the same spot of the sky where the IC 1318A nebula is. The image is below. The image above comes from the...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: a new image – 27 Apr. 2024.
We captured a new image of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS under very good sky conditions. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of six, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the...
Three months of evolution: the tail of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks between 3 Jan. and 6 Apr. 2024
We managed to put together a few images from our three-months long coverage of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, admiring how its beautiful tail evolved. On the bottom of the panel, there is a short sequence showing...
The Virtual Telescope Project makes a record setting observation at the edge of the Universe.
Imaged the most distant quasar observable at visible wavelengths: its light has traveled in space for 12.9 billion years. Never before a telescope of 350mm in diameter looked so far back in space and...
Il Virtual Telescope Project compie osservazione record ai confini dell’Universo.
Fotografato il più lontano quasar osservabile nel visibile, la sua luce ha viaggiato nello spazio per 12.9 miliardi di anni. Mai prima d’ora un telescopio da 350mm di diametro si era spinto così lontano....
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the Moon, Jupiter and Uranus with a colorful corona – 10 Apr. 2024.
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks said goodbye to the Northern hemisphere in a very special way: putting a party up there with the Moon, Jupiter, and Uranus. To make the venue more beautiful, thin clouds produced a...
