The Sturgeon Blue Supermoon 2024: online observation (19 Aug. 2024)
Next 19 Aug., we will have the 1st Supermoon of the year, the Sturgeon full Moon. It also is the 3rd full Moon of the four ones this season will show, a so-called Blue...
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Comet 13P/Olbers: a new image – 8 Aug. 2024
We spotted comet 13P/Olbers again, admiring its amazing tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 11, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available as part of the...
The Moon occults Saturn: online observation – 21 Aug. 2024.
Next 21 Aug. 2024, the Moon will occult Saturn, the ringed planet, offering an amazing show. The Virtual Telescope Project will share this wonderful event live, online. We are pleased to offer to the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 KH3 close encounter: an image – 31 July 2024.
We imaged again the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 KH3, which will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth on 10 Aug. 2024, coming as close as 5.6 million of km...
V615 Vul = Nova Vulpeculae 2024 (PNV J19430751+2100204), image and spectroscopy: a classic nova – 01 Aug. 2024
We did follow-up observations of Nova Vulpeculae 2024, now classified as V615 Vul and discovered on 29 July 2024, doing both photometry and spectroscopy. The image above comes from a single 120-second exposure, unfiltered,...
Supernova SN 2024pxl in the NGC 6384 galaxy: an image – 1 Aug. 2024.
We photographed supernova SN 2024pxl in the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 6384 and are pleased to share it here. The image above comes from the average of 7, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely...
Comet 13P/Olbers: a couple of images – 31 July 2024
Here we present new images of comet 13P/Olbers, while leaving the inner Solar System, after its perihelion. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 7, 120-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with...
Comet 13P/Olbers: an image – 25 July 2024
Here it is a new image comet 13P/Olbers, showing the first part of its ion tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 10, 120-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with the...
Comet 13P/Olbers: an image – 24 July 2024
We imaged again comet 13P/Olbers, while it recedes from its recent perihelion. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 11, 120-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″ +...
The Buck full Moon 2024: online observation (21 July 2024)
The Buck Full Moon is back next 21 July 2024: the Virtual Telescope Project is ready to share it live with the world, thanks to its robotic telescopes. At the Virtual Telescope Project, we love...
Perseid meteor shower 2024, online observation – 12 & 13 Aug. 2024
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a wonderful show up there. We will share it live, online, around their peak: join us from the comfort of your home. This year, the...
Perseidi 2024: guida pratica all’osservazione
Puntuale come ogni anno, ritorna l’appuntamento con le celebri meteore di agosto, le popolari “Lacrime di San Lorenzo”, meglio note come Perseidi. Senza dubbio si tratta dell’evento astronomico ricorrente più atteso, capace di suscitare...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2011 AM24 close encounter: online observation – 26 July 2024.
Next 26 July 2024, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2011 AM24 will have a relatively close and obviously safe encounter with us, coming at about 6.5 million of km from the Earth, 16.7 times the...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 KH3 close encounter: an image – 15 July 2024.
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2024 KH3 will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth on 10 Aug. 2024, coming as close as 5.6 million of km from us. We imaged it...
