The 9 May 2016 transit of Mercury : online observing session
Next 9 May 2016, the sky will offer us a truly spectacular and rare astronomical event: a transit of planet Mercury in front of the Sun. This is the first of these transits after the...
Category: Sun
20 March 2015: Partial Solar Eclipse – live event, online!
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 20 March 2015, the Sun will offer a wonderful eclipse, going to be total in a narrow strip on the...
29 April 2014 – Solar Eclipse: report and souvenir poster
It is with plenty of happiness that I’m reporting here about the amazing, recent 29 April Solar Eclipse event, which was – once again – a memorable experience. After the April lunar eclipse, we...
29 April 2014: Partial Solar Eclipse – live event, online!
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2014) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 29 April 2014, the Sun will offer a very rare, non-central annular eclipse, which will be visible as such from a...
Venus transit: 6 June 2012
The Transit of Venus in front of the Sun is a very rare event. The last one for our generation was on June 6, 2012. In Italy, it was only visible the very end...
The Sun in H-alpha
[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/sun_6april09_virtualtelescope_lr.flv”] This video was done using a large number of single images grabbed during the 100 Hours of Remote Astronomy at The Virtual Telescope. It is a amazing to see this prominence rapidly...
“Eclissi parziale di Sole 4/1/2011” – TG1
[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/video/tg1_4gen2010.flv”] Rai Uno, TG1, 4 Gennaio 2011 Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate and celebrate the ARTEMIS II mission with an EXCLUSIVE and STUNNING digital...
