The June 2022 planetary parade: online observation – 27 June 2022
These days of June are bringing us a great cosmic show: all the planets of our Solar System will be visible at a glance, at dawn. The Virtual Telescope Project will show you this...
Author: Gianluca Masi
The 13 July 2022 Supermoon: the largest full Moon of the year – online observation (13 July 2022)
Next 13 July, the Supermoon will be back, but with something special: it will be the largest full Moon of 2022. We will show it live, online, while the it rises above the legendary...
The 2022 Strawberry Supermoon – online observation – 14 June 2022
Next 14 June 2022, we will have the Strawberry full Moon, also the 2nd Supermoon of the year. Of course, the Virtual Telescope will share it live, while it will rise above the glorious...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 KO3 very close encounter: a image – 29 May 2022
On 30 May 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 KO3 will have a very close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 284.000 km from its center. We captured it while approaching...
A Tau Herculid meteor shower? Online observation – 31 May 2022
Next 31 May 2022, there are chances to see a new meteor shower, the Tau Herculids. With some luck, it could be intense. True or not? We can only wait and see: join us...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a new image, at its maximum brightness – 25 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is almost at its minimum distance from us and right now reached its peak in brightness. We will share it live soon, but here it is our last image....
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a new image – 24 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is now entering the Southern sky, while still safely approaching. We will share it live soon, meantime enjoy our last image below. See asteroid (7335) 1989 JA live here!...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a new image – 23 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is almost at its safe, minimum distance from us, being now very bright. While waiting to share it live, we captured it again. See asteroid (7335) 1989...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: online observation – 26 & 27 May 2022.
Next 27 May 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA will have a relatively close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 4 millions of km from the Earth. We will show it...
The Virtual Telescope Project and Telescope Live partner to bring the whole Universe to the world
The whole Universe live, online and just a click away – From the North Star to the Southern Cross. This press release is available in pdf here Versione in Italiano qui The Virtual Telescope...
Il Virtual Telescope Project e Telescope Live collaborano per portare l’intero universo sulla Terra
Dalla Stella Polare alla Croce del Sud: tutto l’Universo in diretta, online, a portata di click. Questo comunicato è anche disponibile in pdf English version here Il Virtual Telescope Project e Telescope Live annunciano...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: image and animation – 18 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is still on its way, safely approaching us. While waiting for its fly-by next week, we imaged it again. See asteroid (7335) 1989 JA live here! The...
“The Moon meets Venus, a stunning conjunction” – live event (27 May 2022)
Next 27 May 2022, the Moon and Venus, the brightest planet, will have a spectacular conjunction at dawn, shining very close to each other. We will show you it live, online. Such a close...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: image and animation – 11 May 2022
We imaged the large (1.8 km in diameter) potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA again, while it is safely approaching us. Here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 300-second exposure,...
