Perseid meteor shower 2022, online observation – 11 Aug. 2022
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a nice show up there. We will share it live, online: join us from the comfort of your home. Because of the full Moon on...
Author: Gianluca Masi
Mars meets Uranus: a planetary conjunction – live event (02 Aug. 2022)
Next 02 Aug. 2022, the red planet Mars will be in conjunction with Uranus, the first modern planet to be discovered. We will show you it live, online. Such a nice conjunction happens from...
Perseidi 2022: guida pratica all’osservazione
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 si tratta dell’evento astronomico ricorrente più atteso, capace di suscitare...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 NR very close encounter: online observation – 9 July 2022
Next 10 July 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 NR will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 383000 km from the Earth, marginally closer than the average lunar distance. The...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 NF extremely close encounter: a image – 6 July 2022
On 7 July 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 NF will have an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 90.000 km from its center. We shared it live while...
Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs: an image – 5 July 2022
Last night we captured comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs again, while it is approaching its minimum distance from the Earth. The image above comes from the average of 15, 120-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 NE very close encounter: a image – 5 July 2022
On 6 July 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 NE will have a very close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 135.000 km from its center. We captured it while approaching...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 NF extremely close encounter: online observation – 6July 2022
Next 7 July 2022, the near-Earth Asteroid 2022 NF will have an extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 89.000 km from the Earth, 23% of the average lunar distance. The Virtual...
Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs at its minimum distance from the Earth: online observation – 14 July 2022
Next 14 July, comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs will reach its minimum distance from the Earth. We will show it live: join us from the comfort of your home. Next 14 July, comet C/2017 K2...
Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs: an image – 26 June 2022
One year after our last image, last night we captured comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs again. Now this icy world is bright and ready for its minimum distance from the Earth, next month. The image...
The rare June 2022 five planets parade: a memorable experience from Rome (21, 25 & 26 June 2022)
All the five naked eye planets showed at a glance this June, at dawn, offering the rare opportunity to see all of them, in the same order of their increasing distance from the Sun....
Comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs: an image – 10 July 2021
While comet C/2017 K2 Panstarrs is reaching its minimum distance from the Earth, we manage to share this image from last year. We will show this comet live next month. The image above comes...
Asteroid Day Italia – “Il regno degli asteroidi: scienza, storia e osservazioni in diretta” – 4 luglio 2022
In occasione dell’edizione 2022 di Asteroid Day, il Virtual Telescope Project propone l’esplorazione in diretta degli asteroidi potenzialmente pericolosi. Grazie ai suoi sofisticati strumenti, sarà possibile osservare, via internet e comodamente dal proprio computer, tablet o smartphone,...
Asteroid Day Italia 2022: 30 giugno 2022
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. Comunicati Stampa Asteroid Day 2022: Comunicato Stampa (in Inglese) Asteroid Day Live 2022:...
