23 Dec. 2015, the Moon occults Aldebaran: how to see it?
On 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult for the 12nd time in 2015 the star Aldebaran. This is the second one accessible from Italy, after the 29 Oct. event. Such an occultation of...
On 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult for the 12nd time in 2015 the star Aldebaran. This is the second one accessible from Italy, after the 29 Oct. event. Such an occultation of...
Next 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience...
Next 29 Oct. 2015, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience...
Recently, a lot of rumors circulated around a strange start name, called KIC 8462852 and resembling a car plate more than a star in our Galaxy. A paper by T. Boyajian at al. recently appeared on ar...
A couple of weeks after the magnificent multiple conjunction, which involved some planets and the Moon, our natural satellite is ready to offer us another great event, this time “meeting” a star, actually occulting it,...
There are so many amazing things up there in the sky, able to take your breath away with their timeless beauty. But the Cosmos has some very special occasions where it overwhelms us with awe, elegance...
We recently installed for testing an all-sky camera at the Virtual Telescope site, with the intention to monitor the sky both for clouds and meteors/fireballs. Fist tests were very promising and last night we...
A quick glance to the starry sky will often leave the casual stargazer with the impression that nothing is changing up there. Since the ancient times, man was captured by the motionless, fixed stars,...
comets / conjunction / Stars
While heading toward the Sun, comet Ison is harder and harder to catch now in the morning twilight. These are likely the last hours to spot it before it will brushes the Sun,...
Spectrum of Mu Cephei, obtained at the Virtual Telescope The Virtual Telescope is very proud to announce that a new option will be available soon for our online users: stellar spectroscopy! We have just...
Early on 8 Sept. 2012, the Moon was meeting a few very beautiful objects, like Jupiter and the bright, orange star Aldebaran. All around the Iades, the well-known open cluster in Taurus. It was...
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