The astronomical community is waiting for the predicted outburst of T Coronae Borealis (T CrB, dubbed the Blaze Star), the brightest recurrent nova out there. Should the prediction turn out to be correct, what...
A true iconic deep sky gem, the “Helix” (NGC 7293) planetary nebula is a superb view in this recent image captured by our facility. The image above comes from the average of 22, 120-second...
We managed to capture the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft again and also create a time-lapse from our first night data. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with the Celestron C14+Paramount ME+SBIG...
Next 13 Apr. 2023, the European Space Agency will launch the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft, going to greatly improve our knowledge of the Jupiter’s environment and its Ganymede, Callisto and Europa moons....
We tracked the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft again, looking forward to show it live soon. We share here new image and video. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with...
We did again: after taking a record image of Orion at its farthest from the Earth, we captured it now that it is coming back, but still as distant as the Moon. The image...
We imaged the large (1.8 km in diameter) potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA again, while it is safely approaching us. Here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 300-second exposure,...
Inspired by the idea to capture images of those dwarf planets still missing in the Virtual Telescope Project’s archives and after having success with Haumea last night, we wanted to try with (136472) Makemake....
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At Virtual Telescope we wish to thank for such a memorable year. We wish you a wonderful Christmas, with plenty of stars. No other times, as this Holiday Season, bring this magic atmosphere to...
Since 2006 the Virtual Telescope has been showing the real cosmos, live, to millions of individuals from more than 200 Countries. Something never seen before in the field of science communication and public outreach....
The Messier Marathon brings to you the real sky, directly at your home! This is an unprecedented offer to try and enjoy our prestigious larger telescope: a PlaneWave 17″ on Paramount ME robotic mount....
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