After six years of operations, the Virtual Telescope is now a real international “star”. More than 1.500.000 individuals from 200 Countries discovered the Cosmos through our robotic telescope system, guided by professional astronomers devoted...
On 15 Sept. 2012, at 19.30 UT, the Virtual Telescope will offer a free, last minute live view of potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QG42. To join, you just need to enter, at the given date and time,...
Now that asteroid 2012 QG42 is leaving us after the close approach, I would like to share with you some thoughts about this experience, which is truly a record in the Virtual Telescope history....
After asteroid 2012 QG42, on 9 Oct. 2012, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2012 QE50, discovered on 28 Aug. 2012 by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, will approach our planet with a minimum (safe!) distance...
event / free / Monthly Skies
Our monthly description of the night sky, month after month, is back with a new series. As always, it will be a live broadcast, with Gianluca Masi, from the Virtual Telescope Project. Discover what...
On Sept. 11 we offered the first online, live event to show asteroid 2012 QG42 to the world. About 1.000 viewers joined the online session, mainly from Italy, as it was the Italian version...
Last update: 6 Sept. 2012 You can read a report about this amazing live event. We hosted more than 100.000 individuals from about 160 different Countries. A planetary success! 2012 QG42 – 6 Sep....
[hana-flv-player video=”http://virtualtelescope.bellatrixobservatory.org/wotm2011.flv” width=”350″ height=”” description=”Walking on the Moon – GAM2011″ player=”4″ /] “Walking on the Moon”, online event, 12 April 2011 Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us!...
[hana-flv-player video=”http://virtualtelescope.bellatrixobservatory.org/starsforall2011.flv” width=”350″ height=”” description=”Stars for All – GAM2011″ player=”4″ /] “Stars for All!”, online event, 9 April 2011 Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate...
asteroid / event / near Earth
Early in November 2011, asteroid 2005 YU55 brushed our planet, coming closer than the Moon! With a diameter of about 400 meters, it was at that time the largest object that was seen passing...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
** LIVE VIEW of asteroid 2012 DA14: click here! ** The Virtual Telescope Project is proud to invite you to a very spectacular online event, almost a once in a lifetime chance. On 15...
On April 2012 the Virtual Telescope offered again its most important event: the Online Messier Marathon. This year it was the 4rd edition and, as since 2010, it was included as an official event...
Asteroid 2012 OQ was discovered on July 17, 2012 by “La Sagra” survey, in Spain. The Virtual Telescope team contributed to confirm its existence and their observations were included in the discovery circular (MPEC 2012-O13). It turned out...
After quite a long absence, an interesting comet was coming again, its name being C/2009 P1 (Garradd). Discovered by the australian astronomer Gordon J. Garradd on 13 aug 2009, this comet will be interestingly...
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