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...
Author: Gianluca Masi
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: a new image and live feed – 14 Jan. 2023
Soon after its perihelion, we imaged comet C/2022 E3 ZTF again, while it continues to slowly brightening. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 30, 60-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the “Elena”...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: a new image – 11 Jan. 2023
Three months after our previous image, we captured comet C/2022 E3 ZTF again, now that it is quite bright and it is reaching its minimum distance from the Sun (perihelion). The image above comes from...
Cometa C/2022 E3 ZTF: guida all’osservazione.
In questi giorni raggiunge la migliore condizione di visibilità la cometa C/2022 E3 ZTF, di cui leggiamo un po’ dappertutto. Al fine di fare un po’ di chiarezza e, soprattutto, permettere a chi vorrebbe...
Venus meets Saturn: a planetary conjunction – live event (22 Jan. 2023)
Next 22 Jan. 2023, planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, will have a close conjunction with Saturn, the Lord of the Rings. We will show you this...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF, flyby with the Earth: online observation – 2 Feb. 2023
Next 1 Feb. 2023, comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will have its flyby with the Earth, reaching the minimum distance from our planet. We will show it live, online: join us from the comfort of...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF at perihelion: online observation – 14 Jan. 2023
Next 12 Jan. 2023, comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will reach its perihelion, that is the minimum distance from the Sun. We will show it live, online: join us from the comfort of your home....
The Dec. 2022 planetary parade: a stunning show – 28 Dec. 2022
We could see all the planets of our Solar System at a glance and shared the experience with the community worldwide. Here we present our best images. From time to time, we can see...
The 2023 Quadrantid meteor shower: online observation – 4 Jan. 2023
Next 4 Jan. the Quadrantid meteor shower will reach its peak of activity and we will share it live, online: join us from the comfort of your home! * Because of a very hazy...
Mars occulted by the Moon: images (8 Dec. 2022)
On the very night of its opposition Mars, the Red Planet, was occulted by the Moon. We covered this event, sharing it live with the community. A lunar occultation of a bright planet is,...
Grand Tour of the Solar System, all the planets at a glance – online observation (28 Dec. 2022)
At the end of the year, the sky offers us the opportunity to see all the planets of our Solar System at the very same time. Join us for a unique journey from the...
Artemis I: Orion spacecraft image and video: 8 Dec. 2022
We tracked the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft again, looking forward to show it live soon. We share here new image and video. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with...
Artemis I: Orion spacecraft spotted again: 7 Dec. 2022
We did again: after taking a record image of Orion at its farthest from the Earth, we captured it now that it is coming back, but still as distant as the Moon. The image...
The 25 Oct. 2022 partial solar eclipse: a report
We observed the 25 Oct. partial solar eclipse and shared the experience with the international community. Here we present a few images and a nice sequence. To image the eclipse, we used a Canon...
