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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1 close encounter: a new image - 13 June 2026. - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (256+ words) by Gianluca Masi · 06/14/2026 Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (152637) 1997 NC1: 13 June 2026. The image shown above comes from a single 300-second exposure, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″ + Paramount MEII + SBIG STL-6303E) robotic unit available as part of the Virtual Telescope Project in Manciano, Italy....
Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 JH2 extremely close encounter: an amazing live experience - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (231+ words) by Gianluca Masi · 05/19/2026 Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 JH2: 18 May 2026. What a night, the last one! We had scheduled a live observing session to show the near-Earth Asteroid 2026 JH2 while it was almost at the minimum distance for our planet, getting a huge attention from…...
Messier 1, the “Crab Nebula”: a stunning image and unique sequence - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (195+ words) by Gianluca Masi · 03/23/2026 Messier 1, the iconic “Crab Nebula” (NGC 1952). The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 13, 300-second, unguided exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the the Celestron C14+Paramount ME+SBIG ST10-XME robotic unit available as part of the…...