The Horsehead and Flame nebulae: an image – 8 Nov. 2023
The Horsehead in Orion is for sure the most famous dark nebula in the sky. We captured it under very good sky conditions, together with the Flame nebula, see the image below. The image...
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The Pleiades (Messier 45) star cluster: an image – 8 Nov. 2023
We captured the legendary Messier 45 star cluster, better known as the Pleiades. After careful processing, the resulting image is below. The image above comes from the average of 15, 120-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon: a image – 8 Nov. 2023
We observed comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon, showing a nice, faint tail. The image is available below. The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of 9, 120-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 13 Oct. 2023
We observed comet 12P/Pons-Brooks again, to track its evolution after its 5 Oct. bright outburst. As with the July one, the coma expanded significantly. The image above comes from the median combination of 31,...
Il Virtual Telescope Project identifica un probabile blazar nel campo della Galassia di Andromeda.
Il Virtual Telescope Project identifica un probabile blazar nel campo della Galassia di Andromeda. È stato individuato lo scorso 15 agosto, grazie al ritrovamento di una sorgente ottica dalla luminosità notevolmente variabile, nel corso...
Discovery of a new variable star in the field of Messier 33
We report the discovery of a new variable star in the field of Messier 33, part of an ongoing survey program. As part of our survey of the Messier 33 galaxy, we spotted a...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks again in bright outburst: an image – 8 Oct. 2023
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was spotted again in a bright outburst on 5 Oct., after the one in July. Three days later, we captured it under good sky conditions and we see the same horseshoe shape....
Supernova SN 2023ixf in the Messier 101 spiral galaxy: a image – 08 Oct. 2023.
We imaged again supernova SN 2023ixf, still shining in Messier 101, while it is slowly fading five months after its explosion. The image above comes from the average of three, 120-second, unguided exposures, unfiltered,...
International Observe the Moon Night 2023: online observation – 23 Oct. 2023
The International Observe the Moon Night is back: are you ready? The Virtual Telescope Project – official supporter/key partner of this Nasa event since 2019 – will share with you the beauty and the...
28 Oct. 2023 partial lunar eclipse: online observation
Next 28 Oct. 2023, the Moon will offer us a beautiful show: a partial eclipse. While not total, it will be nice to see. At Virtual Telescope we will show it live, online, from...
The 14 Oct. Annular Solar Eclipse: a live, international event
Next 14 Oct., the Sun will amaze us with a wonderful annular eclipse. We will bring the show to you live, thanks to an international team. *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 14 Oct....
Il Virtual Telescope Project scopre un’esplosione stellare nella Galassia di Andromeda.
Il Virtual Telescope Project scopre un’esplosione stellare nella Galassia di Andromeda. Individuata una probabile “nova” nella galassia sorella maggiore della Via Lattea, risultato delle attività di ricerca condotte dal progetto a Manciano (GR), sotto...
Discovery of a probable nova in Messier 31 – 01 Oct. 2023.
We report the discovery of a probable nova in Messier 31, found during our survey work on this galaxy. Updates 3 Oct.: 3.7776 Oct. 2023, R= 17.4 2 Oct.: 2.7636 Oct. 2023, R= 17.8...
“Una Notte tra le Stelle”: esplorazione del cielo più buio dell’Italia peninsulare – 5 ottobre 2023
In occasione delle “100 Ore di Astronomia” dell’International Astronomical Union, il Virtual Telescope Project propone in diretta streaming l’osservazione delle meraviglie del cielo di Manciano (GR), il più stellato della penisola, l’ultimo rimasto, oggi...
