Less than 24 hours after its launch, we imaged the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2C satellite, under difficult conditions. Here it is our picture. The image above comes from the average of five, 2-second exposures,...
We imaged comet 13P/Olbers one month after our last visit. While it is significantly fainter, it still is a beautiful object. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 18, 120-second unfiltered exposures,...
On 12 Oct. 2024, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (363027) 1998 ST27 will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth, coming as close as 3.6 millions of km from us. Here...
On 18 Sept. 2024, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 FW13 will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth, coming as close as 3.2 millions of km from us. Here it...
About one month after its eruption, we imaged V615 Vul = Nova Vulpeculae 2024 again, finding it much fainter. The panel above consists of two images, both coming from a single 15-second, V-filtered exposure,...
Next 18 Sept. 2024, the second Supermoon of the year will offer us a partial eclipse. While not total, it will be nice to see. The Virtual Telescope Project we will show it live,...
We spotted the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 ON again, on its way to the safe close encounter it will have with our planet next 17 Sept. 2024, coming as close as one million of...
We are happy to present the time-lapse showing the 21 Aug. 2024 lunar occultation of Saturn, at the time shared live one our platform. The Virtual Telescope Project shared the 21 Aug. 2024 lunar...
We imaged the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 ON while it was safely approaching our planet, going to have an interesting encounter with our planet, next 17 Sept. 2024, coming as close as one million...
Next 17 Sept. 2024, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 ON will have a close and obviously safe encounter with us, coming at about 1 million of km from the Earth, 2.6 times the average...
The International Observe the Moon Night is back: are you ready to celebrate? The Virtual Telescope Project – official supporter/key partner of this Nasa event since 2019 – will bring to you the beauty...
We spotted the ESA’s Juice spacecraft again, ready to its fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it in 2031. We present our image...
We admired the amazing conjunction between Jupiter and Mars, capturing its stunning colors and the richness of the sky on the background. The image above comes from the combination of 10, 120-second images, remotely...
Almost one year and half after its launch, we imaged the ESA’s Juice spacecraft, having a fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it...
– Asteroid 1997 NC1 (26 & 27 June 2026)
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