The 20 July 2016 Full Moon rises above the Colosseum
On 20 July 2016 the world celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11, when the first men reached the Moon. That night the Moon was full, so I managed to grab it with our robotic...
Author: Gianluca Masi
Happy 47th birthday, Apollo 11! – 20 July 2016
On July 20, 1969, 20:18:04 UTC, the Apollo 11 lunar lander touched the Moon: for the first time, man was walking on another world. This event marked the human history. Now, 47 years are gone...
A record Venus-Jupiter conjunction: 27 Aug. 2016
The sky, once again, is ready to impress us with something unique. Next 27 August, planets Venus and Jupiter will have an extremely close conjunction: they will show very close each other, so be ready. This...
The Five Planets are back: see all of them at a glance, next August 2016
This 2016 has been, so far, particularly generous with us, considering the visibility of the planets. Last Feb., we had all the five,classic planets visible at a glance, providing a stunning planetary parade. It...
Supernova ASASSN-16fq (2016cok) in Messier 66: an image (03 July 2016)
One month after our last observations, we wanted to image this important supernova again. The image above comes from the average of five, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
The Barnard’s Star, two years later (03 July 2016)
Do you remember the famous Barnard’s Star? Probably yes. It is the star showing the highest annual proper motion (10.3″/year). In 2014 we did a few images of it, using some old plates from...
Scientists Rock – an Asteroid Day series | Episode 2
Here it is the second episode of the special series “Scientists Rock”, made for Asteroid Day 2016. At Virtual Telescope we provided the subtitles in Italian. Ecco il secondo episodio della serie speciale “Scientists Rock”, appositamente...
Scientists Rock – an Asteroid Day series | Episode 1
Here it is the first episode of the special series “Scientists Rock”, made for Asteroid Day 2016. At Virtual Telescope we provided the subtitles in Italian. Ecco il primo episodio della serie speciale “Scientists...
2016 Summer Solstice Full Moon: 20 June 2016
As we reported earlier today, This summer solstice is introduced by a Full Moon. Last time it happened was in 1967. The image below shows the Moon while rising, as seen from Rome, Italy....
“Occhi su Saturno”: evento online (25 giugno 2016)
Segui la diretta qui! Torna “Occhi su Saturno“, ormai giunto alla 5a edizione. Anche quest’anno il Virtual Telescope trasmetterà in diretta le immagini del meraviglioso Signore degli Anelli del Sistema Solare. L’appuntamento è per...
20 June 2016: summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere
Next 20 June 2016, at 22:34 Universal Time, the Sun will reach its maximum declination (angular distance from the celestial equator): this will officially be the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. In that...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 LK49 close encounter: an image (15 June 2016)
Later today, on 16 June 2016 at 13:54 UT, the 30 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 LK49 will make a close, but safe, encounter with the Earth, coming at 1.2 millions of km from...
The realm of the dwarf planets: a view from the Virtual Telescope
Our Solar System is a much more fascinating and complex place than many of us believe. Only ten years ago, astronomers decided that Pluto was indeed not a planet, but a dwarf one, creating...
Near-Earth Asteroids: some images and videos from the Virtual Telescope Project for Asteroid Day.
The amazing Asteroid Day is approaching and, as you know, the Virtual Telescope will offer several great online events, with amazing guests and more. But not only we want to offer our own activities...
