We are very pleased to host and publish this wonderful article by Michael Schwartz, astronomer, Director of Tenagra Observatories, in sight of the great American Eclipse next August. A total solar eclipse is a...
At last, the 10 Feb. 2017 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse putted its show in the sky. While it was not the best eclipse possible, it still was a worthy sight. An image of the eclipse at...
Next 10 Feb. 2017 the Moon will enter Earth’s penumbra, offering a penumbral lunar eclipse. It will be perfectly visible from Italy. At Virtual Telescope we will broadcast it live, online, for free. To live...
The near-Earth asteroid 2016 VA was discovered by the Mt. Lemmon Sky Survey in Arizona (USA) on 1 Nov. 2016 and announced later the same day by the Minor Planet Center. The object was going...
*** See the lunar total eclipse online HERE! *** Next Sept. 28, the wonderful show of a total lunar eclipse will be back in our skies. A great opportunity for many of us to look...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 28 September 2015, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from Europe, most of the Americas and part of Africa. In addition,...
The sky did not fail, once again, to amaze all of us, last 4 April. That day, a lunar eclipse was expected. It was mainly announced as a grazing total one: the full coverage...
Finally, Global Astronomy Month 215 arrived. Another full month, for the 7th year in a row, to celebrate the wonders of the sky, both at night and day, looking up into the Universe, without...
The image above shows a simulated view of the upcoming 20 March 2015 solar eclipse as seen from Rome, Italy. Below, a video of the eclipse is provided, too. The center of the video...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2015) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 4 April 2015, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from the Americas,...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 20 March 2015, the Sun will offer a wonderful eclipse, going to be total in a narrow strip on the...
Below is the podcast of our live coverage of the 8 Oct. lunar eclipse, an international, very successful campaign hosted by the Virtual Telescope Back to “podcasts” page Support The Virtual...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 8 Oct. 2014, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, visible from the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and most of Asia. Following the great experience we had...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 8 Oct. 2014, the Moon will offer once again one of the most beautiful natural shows: a very nice total eclipse, the second one of the year. Of...
– “The Realm of Near-Earth Asteroids: online observing session for Asteroid Day 2017“ – 30 June 2017, starting at 22:00
