At Virtual Telescope we imaged comet C/2014 A4 Sonear. This comet reached the perihelion last September. The image above comes from the average of 6, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
We recently imaged comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS, having its perihelion next April 2016. This comet was recently reported to have increased its brightness. The image above comes from the average of 15, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
At Virtual Telescope, we did a great work tracking the “Halloween”, potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 while approaching us late last Oct. We obtained an early image and planned a live, online event, which...
As promised, at Virtual Telescope we tracked and showed you, in real time, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145, which scheduled a safe, close encounter with our planet for the Halloween! The image above is...
On 11.4 Oct. 2015, K. Nishiyama (Kurume, Japan) and Fujio Kabashima (Miyaki, Japan) discovered a possible galactic nova in Ophiucus, temporarily named TCP J17344775-2409042. The nova nature was spectroscopically confirmed and the source was officially announced as...
*** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** *** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** While waiting for its minimum distance from the Earth, at Virtual Telescope we imaged potentially hazardous...
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 will put a nice show in the sky next 31 Oct. This 500-meters large minor planet will come as close as 500.000 km, that is 1.3 lunar distances,...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 31 Oct. 2015, at 17:18 UT, the 500-meters large asteroid 2015 TB145 will made a very close, but safe approach with the...
Next 29 Oct. 2015, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience...
Recently, a lot of rumors circulated around a strange start name, called KIC 8462852 and resembling a car plate more than a star in our Galaxy. A paper by T. Boyajian at al. recently appeared on ar...
A couple of weeks after the magnificent multiple conjunction, which involved some planets and the Moon, our natural satellite is ready to offer us another great event, this time “meeting” a star, actually occulting it,...
There are so many amazing things up there in the sky, able to take your breath away with their timeless beauty. But the Cosmos has some very special occasions where it overwhelms us with awe, elegance...
On 5.548 Oct. 2015, K. Itagaki, Teppo-cho, Yamagata, Japan, discovered a possible galactic nova in Aquila, temporarily named PNV J19215012+1509248. The nova nature was spectroscopically confirmed and the source was officially announced as V1831 AQUILAE = NOVA...
The supernova PSN J02331624+1915252 in anonymous galaxy was imaged as part of the Virtual Telescope’s supernova follow-up program. The image above comes from the average of five, 120-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave...
– 3I/ATLAS at opposition (22 Jan. 2026)
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