Daily Archive: August 28, 2012

Gamma Delphini

Gamma Delphini

  Gamma Delphini is a well-known and celebrated double star, quite a gem in the late-summer sky. This image was captured with the Celestron C14″, part of the Virtual Telescope Project, with a set...

Porrima, Gamma Virginis

Porrima, Gamma Virginis

  This is a quite outstanding image! it shows the star Porrima, (the Gamma Virginis) one of the most appreciated double stars in the sky. At this epoch, the stars are very close each...

The Sun in H-alpha

The Sun in H-alpha

[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/sun_6april09_virtualtelescope_lr.flv”] This video was done using a large number of single images grabbed during the 100 Hours of Remote Astronomy at The Virtual Telescope. It is a amazing to see this prominence rapidly...