Perseid meteor shower 2023, online observation – 13 Aug. 2023
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a wonderful show up there. We will share it live, online, at their peak: join us from the comfort of your home. This year, the...
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks bright outburst: an image – 23 July 2023
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was spotted in a bright outburst on July 20. Three days later, once the sky was clear, we imaged it under good seeing conditions. The image above comes from the average of...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 NT1 extremely close encounter: a image – 15 July 2023
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,...
The Chandrayaan-3: a image and time-lapse: 15 & 17 July 2023
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...
V6598 Sagittarii (TCP J17525020-2024150), image and spectroscopy: a classic nova – 16 July 2023
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...
The Chandrayaan-3 and its booster imaged: 15 July 2023
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...
See the Chandrayaan-3 space probe on its way to the Moon, live – 16 July 2023.
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...
The Sturgeon Supermoon 2023: online observation (1 Aug. 2023)
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...
Euclid Space Telescope imaged! – 7 July 2023
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,...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2019 LH5 close encounter: a image – 6 July 2023
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...
Perseidi 2023: guida pratica all’osservazione
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...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2019 LH5 close encounter: a image – 4 July 2023
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...
Supernova SN 2023ixf in the Messier 101 spiral galaxy: a image – 23 June 2023.
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...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 MU2 online event: a huge success – 25 June 2023
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...
