Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: a image – 07 Dec. 2021.
Despite the poor weather conditions of this season, making hard for us to track it daily, we succeeded capturing this new image of comet C/2021 A1 Leonard. The image above comes from the average of...
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Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard at the minimum distance from the Earth: online observation – 12 Dec. 2021
Next 12 Dec., comet C/2021 A1 Leonard will be at its minimum distance from our home planet. Say it “hello” by joining our live feed. On that night, comet Leonard will be at about...
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: a image – 04 Dec. 2021.
After a few cloudy nights, we imaged comet C/2021 A1 Leonard again. Here it is our new image. The image above comes from the average of 11, 120-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the “Elena”...
Cometa C/2021 A1 Leonard: guida all’osservazione
Avete sentito parlare della cometa C/2021 A1 Leonard e volete vederla anche voi? Come, dove e quando: ecco tutte le risposte che stavate cercando! NB: questa guida verrà periodicamente aggiornata, tenendo conto della reale...
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard meets the globular cluster Messier 3: online observation – 3 Dec. 2021
Next 3 Dec., comet C/2021 A1 Leonard and the stunning globular cluster Messier 3 will share the same spot in the sky. The view will be breathtaking, this is why we will bring it...
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: a image and movie – 30 Nov. 2021.
Now that comet C/2021 A1 Leonard is ready to show at its best, we captured this new image, after several weeks of cloudy weather. The image above comes from the average of 11, 120-second...
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard: online observation – 8 Dec. 2021
Next 8 Dec. 2021, our Earth will cross the orbital plane of comet C/2021 A1 Leonard. This will offer special conditions to spot this icy world, hopefully becoming naked-eye around that date. See this...
The Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and its booster: image and movie – 24 Nov. 2021
A few hours after its launch, we could image both the DART spacecraft and its 2nd stage booster. Image and movie are available below. The image above comes from a single 30-second exposure, remotely...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (163899) 2003 SD220 close encounter: an image – 28 Oct. 2021
Next 17 Dec 2021, the potentially hazardous asteroid (163899) 2003 SD220 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with our planet. It will come as “close” as 5.4 millions of km, about...
Supernova SN 2021vaz in NGC 1961 galaxy: an image – 27 Oct. 2021.
We observed the supernova SN 2021vaz in the NGC 1961 spiral galaxy, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of seven, 120-second exposures,...
Supernova SN 2021rhu in NGC 7814 galaxy: an image – 27 Oct. 2021.
We observed again supernova SN 2021rhu in the nearby NGC 7814 spiral galaxy, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our latest image. The image above comes from the average of six,...
The 19 Nov. 2021 partial lunar eclipse: online event
*** Join it LIVE here! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 19 November 2021, the Moon will offer a beautiful partial eclipse, well visible from the Americas and from the Far East. As in the past,...
Near-Earth asteroid 2021 UW1 very close encounter: an image – 29 Oct. 2021
In less than one day, the near-Earth asteroid 2021 UW1 will have a very close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the center of the Earth of about 380.000 km,...
Comet 433P = Asteroid (248370) 2005 QN173 and its tail: new images – 12 Sept. and 27 Oct. 2021
We are pleased to share our follow-up images covering the unusual activity of asteroid (248370) 2005 QN173, now also classified as comet 433P. It is fading, but still shows its tail. The images above comes...
