The Moon, Venus and Mercury: a sublime meeting – 6 Feb. 2016
All images are © by Gianluca Masi. Do not use without permission. These mornings, as you know, there is a stunning show up in the sky: all the five, naked-eye planets are visible at a...
All images are © by Gianluca Masi. Do not use without permission. These mornings, as you know, there is a stunning show up in the sky: all the five, naked-eye planets are visible at a...
All images are © by Gianluca Masi. Do not use without permission. These nights (well, I should say these mornings!), the sky is offering an amazing and rare event: all the “historic” five, naked eye...
Last 23 Dec., we successfully shared live, online, the lunar occultation of the bright star Aldebaran. It was the last event of a very intense 2015 and we are pleased to provide here the...
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...
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...
*** Click HERE and see our images of this amazing cosmic meeting! *** Next 9 Oct. 2015, just before dawn, this sky will offer us an amazing show. The Moon, close to the end of its...
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** This 19 Sept. 2015 celebrate the International Observe the Moon Night 2015 with the Virtual Telescope! We will show...
*** See the lunar total eclipse online HERE! *** Next Sept. 28, the wonderful show of a total lunar eclipse will be back in our skies. A great opportunity for many of us to look...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 28 September 2015, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from Europe, most of the Americas and part of Africa. In addition,...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2015) *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 4 April 2015, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from the Americas,...
*** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 8 Oct. 2014, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, visible from the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and most of Asia. Following the great experience we had...
– Total Lunar Eclipse (7 Sept. 2025)