The 20 July 2016 Full Moon rises above the Colosseum
On 20 July 2016 the world celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11, when the first men reached the Moon. That night the Moon was full, so I managed to grab it with our robotic...
Monthly Archive: July 2016
Happy 47th birthday, Apollo 11! – 20 July 2016
On July 20, 1969, 20:18:04 UTC, the Apollo 11 lunar lander touched the Moon: for the first time, man was walking on another world. This event marked the human history. Now, 47 years are gone...
A record Venus-Jupiter conjunction: 27 Aug. 2016
The sky, once again, is ready to impress us with something unique. Next 27 August, planets Venus and Jupiter will have an extremely close conjunction: they will show very close each other, so be ready. This...
The Five Planets are back: see all of them at a glance, next August 2016
This 2016 has been, so far, particularly generous with us, considering the visibility of the planets. Last Feb., we had all the five,classic planets visible at a glance, providing a stunning planetary parade. It...
Supernova ASASSN-16fq (2016cok) in Messier 66: an image (03 July 2016)
One month after our last observations, we wanted to image this important supernova again. The image above comes from the average of five, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
The Barnard’s Star, two years later (03 July 2016)
Do you remember the famous Barnard’s Star? Probably yes. It is the star showing the highest annual proper motion (10.3″/year). In 2014 we did a few images of it, using some old plates from...
Asteroid Day 2016: a great event at Virtual Telescope (30 June 2016)
With just a few words, we want to thank all of you for making Asteroid Day 2016 memorable at the Virtual Telescope Project. We hosted two live feeds, one in Italian, one in English,...
