Perseid meteor shower 2024, online observation – 12 & 13 Aug. 2024
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a wonderful show up there. We will share it live, online, around their peak: join us from the comfort of your home. This year, the...
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Perseidi 2024: 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 2011 AM24 close encounter: online observation – 26 July 2024.
Next 26 July 2024, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2011 AM24 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with us, coming at about 6.5 million of km from the Earth, 16.7 times the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 KH3 close encounter: an image – 15 July 2024.
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 KH3 will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth on 10 Aug. 2024, coming as close as 5.6 million of km from us. We imaged it...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2011 AM24 close encounter: an image – 15 July 2024.
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2011 AM24 will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth next 26 July 2024, coming as close as 6.4 million of km from us. We captured it...
Comet 13P/Olbers: an image – 8 July 2024
We imaged again comet 13P/Olbers, now slowly leaving the inner Solar System. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 20, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available...
Comet 13P/Olbers: an image – 2 July 2024
Here it is comet 13P/Olbers, imaged two days after perihelion The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 12, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available as part...
Asteroide (20014) Annalisa: un’immagine – 30 giugno 2024.
Lo scorso 20 maggio 2024 è stata resa nota, da parte dell’International Astronomical Union, la dedica dell’asteroide alla cantante Annalisa: d’ora in poi, dunque, il pianetino porterà formalmente la designazione (20014) Annalisa. Noi lo...
T Coronae Borealis and asteroid (2) Pallas conjunction: image of the event and time-lapse – 24 June 2024.
Despite the crazy weather, we succeeded capturing the peak of the conjunction involving the Blaze Star (T Coronae Borealis) and asteroid (2) Pallas, here it is our image and a time-lapse. The image above...
T Coronae Borealis and asteroid (2) Pallas conjunction: an image – 22 June 2024.
While waiting for the peak of the conjunction involving the Blaze Star (T Coronae Borealis) and asteroid (2) Pallas, we managed to capture and share a new image. The image above comes from a...
Chang’e-6 lunar probe back to Earth: an image – 22 June 2024
While the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe is bringing back the first lunar samples from the far side of the Moon, we managed to image the returning module a few days before its reentry. The image...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 MK very close encounter: online observation – 29 June 2024.
On 29 June 2024, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 MK will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 295000 km from the Earth, about 77% of the average lunar...
T Coronae Borealis “Meets” asteroid Pallas: online observation – 24 June 2024
On 24 June 2024, the famous T Coronae Borealis, aka the Blaze Star, will share the very same spot of the sky with asteroid (2) Pallas. We will show this appulse live, introducing the...
Comet 13P/Olbers: an image – 17 June 2024
We captured comet 13P/Olbers again, now close to its perihelion (30 June 2024). See our image below. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 15, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the...
