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...
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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...
The 8 Nov. 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse: a live, international event
Next 8 Nov, the Moon will offer us a superb total eclipse. We will bring the show to you live, thanks to an international team. *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 8 Nov. 2022,...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: online observation – 1 Nov. 2022
Next 1 Nov. 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 will have a close, but safe encounter with us, coming at about 2.3 millions of km from the Earth, six times the average lunar distance....
“25 October 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse” – live event, online!
Next 25 Oct. 2022, the Sun will offer us an interesting partial eclipse, also visible from Europe. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring to you the event, showing the eclipse live from Rome, Italy....
DART slams into Dimorphos: online, live observation of the impact – 26 Sept. 2022.
Next 26 Sept. 2022, after a 10-month long journey, the Nasa’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft will reach the climax of its mission. It will impact on Dimorphos, the satellite of asteroid (65803) Didymos,...
Artemis I: a new adventure begins – online observation of the Orion spacecraft on the day it will reach the Moon (21 Nov. 2022).
The launch of Artemis I is much more than us going to the Moon again. It is the beginning of a new era. Because of the historic importance of this event, we decided to...
International Observe the Moon Night 2022: online observation – 1 Oct. 2022
Next 1 Oct. 2022, the International Observe the Moon Night will be back. The Virtual Telescope Project – official supporter/key partner of this Nasa event since 2019 – will offer you the opportunity to...
