The Worm Full Moon 2023: online observation – 7 Mar. 2023
The Worm Full Moon is coming next 7 Mar. and the Virtual Telescope is ready to share it live, while it rises above Rome. Join us online, from the comfort of your home. At the...
Author: Gianluca Masi
The Kiss between Venus and Jupiter: online observation – 1 & 2 Mar. 2023
Next 1 and 2 Mar. 2023 Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets, will shine very close in the sky, soon after sunset. We will show this stunning conjunction live, online, from Rome, Italy. A...
Ceres “meets” NGC 4654: online event – 26 Feb. 2023
On 26 Feb. 2023, the dwarf planet (1) Ceres will shine apparently close to the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 4654, offering a nice view. We will show this cosmic “meeting” live, online. + Updates:...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (199145) 2005 YY128 close encounter: a image – 09 Feb. 2023
Next 16 Feb. 2023, the large (diameter between 580 and 1300 meters) potentially hazardous asteroid (199145) 2005 YY128 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with our planet. It will come as...
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter show – live event (22 Feb. 2023)
Next 22 Feb. 2023, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter, the three brightest objects in the night sky, will put a nice show up there, soon after sunset. We will admire them above the legendary skyline of...
Venus meets Neptune: a planetary conjunction – live event (15 Feb. 2023)
Next 15 Feb. 2023, planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, will have a close conjunction with Neptune, the farthest, hence the faintest, known planet in the Solar System. We...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: a new image and time-lapse – 7 Feb. 2023
We spotted comet C/2022 E3 ZTF while it is slowly leaving us and fading. Enjoy this image and time-lapse. * See comet C/2022 E3 ZTF and Mars live here! * The image above comes from the...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: image at flyby with the Earth and podcast -1 Feb. 2023
We captured images of comet C/2022 E3 ZTF while it was at the minimum distance from the Earth. We also shared to view with people all around the globe, reaching almost 400 thousands of...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF “meets” Mars, the Red Planet: online observation – 11 Feb. 2023
Next 11 Feb. 2023, comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will be in the same spot of the sky where planet Mars is shining: we will show you this cosmic meeting live, online. While it moves...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: a new image and time-lapse – 29 Jan. 2023
We observed comet C/2022 E3 ZTF while it continues to slowly approach us and brightening, ready to show it live to the world. Enjoy this image and time-lapse. * See comet C/2022 E3 ZTF live...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: image, video and podcast – 26 Jan. 2023
Here it is the near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU while it was around its minimum distance from our planet, captured during our very successful live observing session. The image above comes from a single, 60-second...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: a image – 24 Jan. 2023
On 27 Jan. 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU will have an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 10.000 km from its center. We captured it while it...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: online observation – 26 Jan. 2023
Next 27 Jan. 2023, the near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU will have an extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at less than 10.000 km from the Earth’s center, about 25% of the geostationary satellites...
The Full Snow Moon 2023: online observation – 5 Feb. 2023
The Full Snow Moon is coming next 5 Feb. and the Virtual Telescope is ready to show it live, while it rises above Rome. Join us online, from the comfort of your home. At the...
