*** Le meteore di San Lorenzo in diretta web! *** Puntuale come ogni anno, ritorna l’appuntamento con le celebri meteore di agosto, le popolari “Lacrime di San Lorenzo”, meglio note come Perseidi. Senza dubbio...
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a nice shows up there, this year. At Virtual Telescope, we will share it live, online, for you to enjoy it from the comfort of...
It is always special to look for the dwarf planet Pluto. Here it is this unique world, while it slowly move across the sky. The animation above comes from two 180-seconds exposures, remotely collected...
During our supernova follow-up program, we imaged supernova SN 2019hyk and its host galaxy IC 4397: now we are pleased to share our image. The image above comes from the average of four, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
We want to wish “Happy Asteroid Day 2019” to everyone on Earth and have thought that the best way to do this is sharing images we did of asteroids (52665) Brianmay and (8664) Grigorijrichters,...
L’iniziativa ufficiale per l’Italia per celebrare insieme l’Asteroid Day! Un’iniziativa per curiosi del cielo, singoli appassionati e associazioni culturali! Partecipate numerosi. ** NB: Comunicato Stampa Asteroid Day 2019 ** Il prossimo 30 giugno si terrà la...
As part of our supernova follow-up program, we imaged supernova SN 2019ehk and its host galaxy Messier 100 again, finding the transient marginally faintervthan earlier this month. Here it is our image. The image above comes...
After six weeks since our previous visit, we observed supernova SN 2019ein again, finding it significantly fainter. We are pleased to share our latest image. The image above comes from the average of four,...
We have been tracking the Barnard’s Star since 2014, enjoying its fast proper motion across the sky, telling us that stars are moving, despite the apparent calm we see up there. Here it is...
It is always great to see two planets sharing the same spot in the sky. A few days ago, just after sunset, it was possible to admire a Mercury – Mars close conjunction, with...
As you know, I always keep an eye on the full Moon, when it rises and sets, at sunset and sunrise, respectively. I’m always looking for new places from where it can be combined...
Next 21 June 2019, at 15:54 Universal Time, the Sun will reach its maximum declination (angular distance from the celestial equator): this will officially be the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. In that...
