Comet 252P/Linear: an image (11 Apr. 2016)
Comet 252P/Linear has been and still is a well observed comet out there, while on the way to its fly-by with the Earth last 21 Mar. and now that it is leaving us. Despite its motion is...
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Comet 162P/Siding Spring: an image (10 April 2016)
Comet 162P/Siding Spring is a truly interesting comet. On 2004, G. Masi et al. discovered its unusual tail (IAUC 8436 and 8445). Last night, at Virtual Telescope, we wanted to observe this object again,...
The 9 May 2016 transit of Mercury : online observing session
Next 9 May 2016, the sky will offer us a truly spectacular and rare astronomical event: a transit of planet Mercury in front of the Sun. This is the first of these transits after the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 FW13 extremely close encounter: a stunning image (04 April 2016)
On 5 April 2016, at 02:21 UT, the 6 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 FW13 made an extremely close, but safe, encounter with our home planet, coming within 320.000 km. At Virtual Telescope we tried to grab it, despite...
06 April 2016: The Moon occults Venus – simulation
On the morning of 9 April 2016, in broad daylight, a rare lunar occultation of Venus will be visible from most of Europe, Russia, Part of Northern Africa and part of Asia. The Moon...
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: a new image (03 Apr. 2016)
*** More Images of Comet 67P here! *** Five months after our last observations, we spied comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko again, while it is leaving the inner Solar System. Observations were performed under good sky conditions. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...
Comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami fragmentation: a new image (30 Mar. 2016)
More than one month after our previous visit, we wanted to observe comet 332P/Ikeya-Murakami (formely designed P/2010 V1). This comet experimented a large fragmentation, with several pieces detected. The image above comes from 26, 300-seconds...
Record making comet P2016 BA14 Panstarrs: new images with tail – (26 Mar. 2016)
While comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs continues to increase its distance from the Earth, the observing conditions improved, as the Full Moon – a serious interfering factor at the flyby time – moved away, offering...
Supernova 2016bau in NGC 3631: an image (24 Mar. 2016)
The supernova 2016bau in NGC 3631 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. NGC 3631 is a stunning spiral galaxy placed at 50 millions of light years, showing a remarkable arm structure, perfectly placed face-on....
Supernova 2016bkv in NGC 3184: an image (24 Mar. 2016)
The supernova 2016bkv in NGC 3184 was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. NGC 3184 is a wonderful galaxy placed at 25 millions of light years from us, which hosted at least four...
Record making comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs: new images with tail and a stunning video with Messier 106 (24 Mar. 2016)
While it is leaving us after making history with its flyby, at Virtual Telescope we are continuously tracking comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs. Unfortunately, there is still a Full Moon and we had to fight against...
Comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs historic close encounter: an image and podcast (22 Mar. 2016)
After several nights of coverage, waiting for its flyby, finally comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs touched its minimum distance from us: 3.5 millions of km, making it the third comet ever in history coming so close....
Record making comet P2016 BA14 Panstarrs: new images and a spectacular video (20 Mar. 2016)
*** See comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs LIVE from your very own device *** While comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs is getting closer and closer, at Virtual Telescope we are preparing our double live, online session to...
Record making comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs: an image (18 Mar. 2016)
After a couple of days from our first visit, at Virtual Telescope we wanted to image comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs again, while it comes closer and closer to us, preparing for its historic fly-by...
