Ceres “meets” NGC 4654: online event – 26 Feb. 2023
On 26 Feb. 2023, the dwarf planet (1) Ceres will shine apparently close to the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 4654, offering a nice view. We will show this cosmic “meeting” live, online. + Updates:...
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The Moon, Venus and Jupiter show – live event (22 Feb. 2023)
Next 22 Feb. 2023, the Moon, Venus and Jupiter, the three brightest objects in the night sky, will put a nice show up there, soon after sunset. We will admire them above the legendary skyline of...
Venus meets Neptune: a planetary conjunction – live event (15 Feb. 2023)
Next 15 Feb. 2023, planet Venus, the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, will have a close conjunction with Neptune, the farthest, hence the faintest, known planet in the Solar System. We...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: image, video and podcast – 26 Jan. 2023
Here it is the near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU while it was around its minimum distance from our planet, captured during our very successful live observing session. The image above comes from a single, 60-second...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: a image – 24 Jan. 2023
On 27 Jan. 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 BU will have an extremely close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 10.000 km from its center. We captured it while it...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU extremely close encounter: online observation – 26 Jan. 2023
Next 27 Jan. 2023, the near-Earth Asteroid 2023 BU will have an extremely close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at less than 10.000 km from the Earth’s center, about 25% of the geostationary satellites...
The Full Snow Moon 2023: online observation – 5 Feb. 2023
The Full Snow Moon is coming next 5 Feb. and the Virtual Telescope is ready to show it live, while it rises above Rome. Join us online, from the comfort of your home. At the...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: a new image and live feed – 14 Jan. 2023
Soon after its perihelion, we imaged comet C/2022 E3 ZTF again, while it continues to slowly brightening. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 30, 60-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the “Elena”...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF, flyby with the Earth: online observation – 2 Feb. 2023
Next 1 Feb. 2023, comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will have its flyby with the Earth, reaching the minimum distance from our planet. We will show it live, online: join us from the comfort of...
The 2023 Quadrantid meteor shower: online observation – 4 Jan. 2023
Next 4 Jan. the Quadrantid meteor shower will reach its peak of activity and we will share it live, online: join us from the comfort of your home! * Because of a very hazy...
Grand Tour of the Solar System, all the planets at a glance – online observation (28 Dec. 2022)
At the end of the year, the sky offers us the opportunity to see all the planets of our Solar System at the very same time. Join us for a unique journey from the...
The Moon occults Mars at opposition: online observation – 8 Dec. 2022
Next 8 Dec. 2022, we will have an occultation of Mars by the Moon. While already very rare, it will be even more special, as it happens on the night the Red Planet will be...
Mars 2022: the Red Planet at its closest to Earth, online observation – 30 Nov. 2022
Planet Mars is back and it is showing at its best. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring to you the beauty of the Red Planet on the night of its minimum distance from our Earth:...
Lucy close fly-by with the Earth: online observation – 16 Oct. 2022
Next 16 oct. 2022 the Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, will have a close fly-by with the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring it to you live, online! The...
