The Feb. 2020 Supermoon: online observation – 8 Feb. 2020
On the night between 8 and 9 Feb. 2020, we will have a Supermoon, the first of four in a row for this brand new year. Of course, the Virtual Telescope will show this...
Monthly Archive: January 2020
International Space Station (ISS) races above Rome: a glimpse of space from the Eternal City
Every time the International Space Station (ISS) crosses the sky above Rome, it offers a wonderful sight. Here it was flying above the Great Synagogue, beside Orion and Taurus. You know: I love looking...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 AN3 close encounter: an image (16 Jan. 2020)
Earlier today, 17 Jan. 2020, the potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) 2020 AN3 had a safe close with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from us of 3 millions of km, 8 times the average...
Cosmic Hug: Venus meets the Pleiades, online event – 3 Apr. 2020
Next April, after 8 years, planet Venus will shine among the stars of the Pleiades, one of the most beautiful star clusters out there. It will be a true “Cosmic Hug”, a superb show...
10 Jan. 2020 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: images and podcast
While not total, the recent penumbral lunar eclipse was well worth a look and we captured some great images, while sharing it live via the Virtual Telescope Project. More than 200.000 viewers joined our...
2020 AV2, the first intervenusian asteroid ever discovered: an mage – 08 Jan. 2020
Among hundreds of thousands of known asteroids, only 21 ones are known/suspected to have an orbit entirely inside that of the Earth. The just discovered 2020 AV2 is the first one to move entirely...
Comet 289P/Blanpain: an image (23 Dec. 2019)
Late last December, we imaged the faint comet 289P/Blainpain, soon after its perihelion passage. Here we present our image. The image above comes from the average of three, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with...
