* NB: Versione in Italiano qui! * Gianluca Masi, astrophysicist and photographer, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project, has been sharing his stunning images with the world for a long time. He has just released...
Earth and Stars / event / free / the Moon
The Moon did it again. Its “International Observe the Moon Night” (InOMN 2018) was a huge planetary success and we could share its view from Rome with the world, facing the glory of the Roman...
The International Space Station (ISS) is always ready to capture our imagination, especially when it flies above the glorious monuments of Rome. Last night we caught it just above Castel Sant’Angelo. On 7 Oct....
Among the artificial satellites up there, the Tiangong-2 Chinese space station is one of the most important. It hosted a manned mission only one time, in 2016, being unmanned since then. Here it is...
Earth and Stars / event / free / planets
Planet Venus offered a stunning view at sunset, setting above Rome and its monuments. We shared the experience live, with the planet showing beside the St. Peter’s Basilica. We have been keeping an eye...
After shining for months at sunset, Venus is ready to leave the evening sky, back to early morning shows. We captured the planet from Rome, while it set beside the St. Peter’s Dome and...
On the evening of Sept. the 5th, 2018, the Iridium 45 satellite made a very bright (mag. -7.5) above Rome. We captured it above the glory of the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, providing...
The Orion constellation is always a splendid sight up there, especially at the end of Northern Summer, when it rises at dawn, announcing the hot season is leaving. Here it is the Hunter majestically...
I have been thinking about this for decades: see and hopefully image all the planets of our Solar System in one night, from sunset to dawn. And I did it, last night, in a...
With its light flooding the sky and covering everything else up there at night, the full Moon is not the best friend of an astronomer, unless it offers something unique. Living in Rome, this...
In our tireless effort to bring to you the wonders of the sky and those of our planet, we are happy to share this new view, with the International Space Station (ISS) flying above...
On 21 July 2018, early in the morning, the Iridium 35 satellite made a very bright (mag. -7.5) above Rome. We captured it from a stunning location and proudly share the view with you....
These nights, four planets plus the Moon are visible at sunset: Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn plot the Zodiacal avenue up there, with our satellite joining the parade. Seeing four planets or more at...
Earth and Stars / event / free / meteors
Amazing: this is what I can say after the stunning show of the Perseids 2018, as we enjoyed it from Castel Santa Maria, in the province of Perugia, Italy, under very dark skies. We saw...
