Total Lunar Eclipse, 8 Oct. 2014: maps and simulation
*** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 8 Oct. 2014, the Moon will offer once again one of the most beautiful natural shows: a very nice total eclipse, the second one of the year. Of...
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Comet C/2011 J2 Linear splitting: a new image (24 Sept. 2014) and animation
As previously reported, at Virtual Telescope we provided a precious follow-up to confirm the nucleus splitting of comet C/2011 J2 Linear. Eleven days after our last observations, we managed to slew again the 17″ robotic...
NGC 7293 – Aqr
Among the most famous deep sky objects, NGC 7293 is the closest (and one of the largest) planetary nebulae in the sky . Discovered in 1824 by K. L. Harding, it is nicknamed “Helix”...
C/2011 J2 Linear: nucleus splitting
Late last August, several observers (F. Manzini, V. Oldani, and A. Dan, Stazione Astronomica di Sozzago, Italy; R. Crippa, Osservatorio di Tradate, Italy; and R. Behrend, Geneva Observatory) noted that comet C/2011 J2 Linear was apparently showing...
New Frontiers for the Virtual Telescope: online event (24 Sept. 2014)
At Virtual Telescope we have a dream, a big dream. After eight years of amazing work and dedication, bringing the beauty of the Cosmos to more than 6 millions of individuals from more than...
Crowd-funding campaign launched for funding a new, advanced CCD camera
In eight years, we presented the Universe to millions. Now you can help us to do it much better. Important Note: following the input from several of you, we had to restart the campaign,...
PGC 13880 and PSN J03481978+7007545: an image
There are so many wonders out there, in the Universe, that is simply impossible for us to see all of them. To the point that sometimes we unexpectedly discover something very beautiful just by...
Inquinamento Luminoso: intervista a Gianluca Masi (8 e 9 settembre 2014) su “La Provincia” di Frosinone
In questa pagina sono disponibili le quattro pagine dell’intervista a Gianluca Masi che il quotidiano di Frosinone “La Provincia” ha ospitato l’8 e 9 settembre 2014. E’ anche disponibile il documento completo in formato...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 RC very close encounter: an image and podcast
The live coverage to show live the extremely close approach of asteroid 2014 RC went very well and we were able to spot this little rock while it was flying across the stars. Above...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 RC very close encounter: star map
While asteroid 2014 RC is approaching us for a spectacular close encounter, we wanted to provide here a map showing its path across the stars around the time of its minimum distance from us....
International Observe the Moon Night: 6 Sept. 2014
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** This 6th Sept. 2014 celebrate the International Observe the Moon Night 2014 with the Virtual Telescope! We...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 RC very close encounter: online event (6 Sept. 2014)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 7 Sept. 2014, at 18:19 UT, the 20-meters large asteroid 2014 RC will made a very...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (31 Aug. 2014)
At Virtual Telescope we ended August observing comet C/2014 E2 Jacques on 31 Aug. 2014. The image above comes from 9, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with the 17″ robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope. They were...
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques: a new image (30 Aug. 2014)
Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques was observed again on 30 Aug. 2014. The image above comes from 7, 180-seconds exposures, remotely taken with the 17″ robotic unit part of the Virtual Telescope. They were median combined to remove...
