On the night of 29 Dec. 2024, an extremely bright fireball was visible from Italy, we luckily captured it with our allsky camera. The image above comes from our allsky camera, light was collected...
Here it is the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 WY70, going to have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth next 18 Jan., coming as close as 6.3 millions of km from...
We observed the near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YC on its way to a safe close encounter with the Earth on 22 Dec., when it came as close as 461.000 km from us, 160% of the...
While it is fading and leaving the inner Solar System, we imaged comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS again, now that the dense Milky Way on the background is making it harder to see. The image...
conjunction / event / planets / the Moon
Next 3 Jan. 2025 the Moon and Venus, the brightest objects in the night sky, will meet at sunset, offering a stunning view. We will share this show live, online! The Moon and Venus...
Next 3 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! Next 2-3 Jan. 2025 the Quadrantid...
Next 4 Jan. 2025, the Moon will offer us an amazing show: the occultation of Saturn, the ringed planet. The Virtual Telescope Project will share this wonderful event live, online. We are proud to...
After putting on a stunning show, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now a fond memory. We will look at it for Christmas, sharing images in real-time! We had a great time with this comet,...
On 11 Dec. 2024, the near-Earth asteroid 2024 XS16 safely came extremely close to our Earth, coming as close as 48.000 km from its center, a bit more than geostationary satellites. We captured it...
event / satellite / spacecraft
Next 13 Dec. 2024 the Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, will have its second, close fly-by with the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will show the probe to you live,...
Next 13-14 Dec. 2024, the Geminid meteors will be back. This year, the Moon will be almost full, so it will significantly spoil the show. Nonetheless, we will share the experience live, to show...
Here it is a new image of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 XR, going to have a close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth next 4 Dec., coming as close as 2.2 millions...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is constantly fading and now it is getting harder to spot, because of the dense Milky Way on the background. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of...
We release a new image of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2020 XR, ready to have a close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth next 4 Dec., coming as close as 2.2 millions of...
– Asteroid Day 2025, 10th Anniversary (30 June 2025)
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