15 April 2014 – Total Lunar Eclipse: report and souvenir poster
It is hard to comment last night event, covering the first eclipse of 2014, a total lunar one. Perhaps the best thing to say is that it was something we will not forget. For...
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“Vesta Watch”: a spectacular sight of a bright asteroid
The “Vesta Watch” live event was intended to show live, online images of the bright asteroid (4) Vesta during its favorable 2014 apparition, just in April 2014, by chance overlapping with Global Astronomy Month...
Vesta Watch: online observation of the asteroid – 10 April 2014
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Join us as we observe the asteroid Vesta. Vesta is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. At the time...
15 April 2014: Total Lunar Eclipse – live event, online!
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 15 April 2014, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from the US, Central America, Chile, Australia and...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 GN1 very close encounter: images and movie (6 April)
The scheduled, last minute event covering the very close approach of the Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 GN1 went very well. The sky was great and the object was observed for several hours. Above is an image...
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The Virtual Telescope Project provides free online events to the world community. In addition, we developed an exclusive service, making possible for you to get a still better experience! Impossible? not, really! For just...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 GN1 very close encounter: online event (6 Apr. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 6 Apr. 2014, at 10:25 UT, the 50-meters large asteroid 2014 GN1 will made a very...
The Night of the Red Planet: 8 April 2014 at 23:00
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Mars, the red planet, will be at opposition on 8 April 2014. That very same night, we will explore...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (143649) 2003 QQ47: a new image (23 Mar. 2014)
While waiting for the relatively close (and safe) encounter of the potentially hazardous asteroid 2003 QQ47, a new image was captured via the Virtual Telescope, even if the sky conditions were far from the ideal. ...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (143649) 2003 QQ47: online event (26 Mar. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 26 Mar. 2014 at 12:36 UT, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (143649) 2003 QQ47 will reach a minimum distance from...
Online Messier Marathon – 6th edition! – 1 April 2014
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Would you like to explore the many treasures of the famous Messier Catalogue from home? Would you like to...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EM: a new image (14 Mar. 2014)
The Virtual Telescope hosted a live event to observe near-earth asteroid 2014 EM while approaching our planet. Despite the almost full Moon and plenty of haze above the southern horizon, we succeed recording and...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EM: an image (12 Mar. 2014)
On 15 Mar. 2014 at 04:59 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EB25 will be at 1.6 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 40-meters large body...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 EB25: an image (12 Mar. 2014)
On 14 Mar. 2014 at 09:58 UT, the near-Earth asteroid 2014 EB25 will be at 1.1 millions of km from the Earth. It will be a nice chance to detect this 15-meters large body...
