Venus meets the Pleiades: 3 April 2012
On April 3, 2012, Venus met Pleiades, a wonderful open cluster of young stars, also known as Messier 45. Over the last few weeks, Venus gave a wonderful show together with Jupiter (often...
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The Moon, Venus and Jupiter
This wonderful “meeting among the Moon, Venus and Jupiter happened on 26 March 2012. Pleiades are also easily visible. This image was grabbed by Gianluca Masi from Rome, Italy, using a 55/f2.8 lens. Back...
The Moon and Venus
This wonderful conjunction between the Moon and Venus happened on 26 March 2012. It was imaged by Gianluca Masi from Rome, Italy, using a 200/f2.8 lens. Back to “Earth and Sky” page ...
Venus and Jupiter from EUR, Rome
During its last month of spring, 2012 saw a wonderful meeting in the sky, between Jupter and Venus, the brigthest and easiest to see planets of our Solar System. The picture above was...
Venus approaches the Pleiades
After meeting planet Jupiter, On 1 April 2012, at the beginning of Global Astronomy Month, Venus approached the wonderful Pleiades (M45), a well-known star cluster in Taurus. The picture above was obtained by Gianluca...
Jupiter occultation by the Moon (14 July 2012)
On July 15, 2012, the Moon occulted planet Jupiter. The event was visible from Italy just before dawn. We managed to observe it from the Gianicolo, a very nice part of Rome (Italy) with...
The Colosseum and the Stars
This image shows the stars trailing above the Colosseum, in Rome. Orion and surrounding should be easy to recognize. Airplanes are joining the view, too. With this image we want to show that looking...
Jupiter: rotation
[hana-flv-player video=’https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/jupiter_26nov2011.flv’/ width=”640″ height=”” autoplay=”true” /] Jupiter is the largest planet orbiting our Sun and its rotational period is less than 10 hours. On Nov. 26, 2011, G. Masi obtained almost 1.000 CCD images...
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...
Saturn
Saturn is one the best objects visible up there. Its view is always breathtaking. Seeing its giant gaseous globe surrounded by its marvelous systems of rings is an unforgettable experience. This image was captured...
The Moon: mosaic
The Moon is the only known natural satellite of our planet. With its distance of less than 400.000 km from the Earth, it is also the first step when climbing the cosmic ladder and...
The Moon: Teophilus, Catharina and Cyrillus
The Moon is the only known natural satellite of our planet. With its distance of less than 400.000 km from the Earth, it is also the first step when climbing the cosmic ladder...
The Moon: Tycho and Gassendi
The Moon is the only known natural satellite of our planet. With its distance of less than 400.000 km from the Earth, it is also the first step when climbing the cosmic ladder...
