The 8 Apr. 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: a live, international event
Next 8 Apr., the Sun will amaze us with a stunning total eclipse. We will bring the show to you live, thanks to an international team. *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 8 Apr....
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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a new image – 14 Mar. 2024
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks continues to show a stunning tail, as in this new image we are happy the share. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 9, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with...
Supernova SN 2024btj in the NGC 3780 galaxy: an image – 14 Mar. 2024.
We imaged supernova SN 2024btj in NGC 3780 and we share it here. The image above comes from the average of three, 180-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the C14+Paramount ME+ST8-XME robotic...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a stunning view at different resolutions – 12 Mar. 2024
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks showed amazing details, both in wide filed and close up images, offering a mind-blowing view. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 7, 120-second unfiltered exposures, unguided, taken with...
Supernova SN 2024gy in the NGC 4216 spiral galaxy: a image – 7 Mar. 2024.
We observed supernova SN 2024gy in the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 4216.Please find our image below. The image above comes from the average of 5, 300-second exposures, unfiltered & unguided, remotely taken with the...
Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: a new image – 8 Mar. 2024.
We continue monitoring comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, while slowly approaching the Sun (perihelion on 27 Sept. 2024). The image above comes from the sigma-clipping combination of seven, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the Great Andromeda galaxy: a stunning view – 7 Mar. 2024
We captured a very beautiful image of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and the Great Andromeda Galaxy, aka Messier 31, sharing the same spot of the sky. The image above comes from the combination of ten, 120-second...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, new images with dust waves – 7 Mar. 2024
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks continues to amaze us, showing stunning details both in its tail and inner coma. We are pleased to share these new images. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of...
Comet 12P/Pons Brooks: online observation – 12 Mar. 2024
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is putting right now a superb show up there, soon after sunset: the Virtual Telescope Project will share the view with you live, online! We will show comet 12P to you in...
Multiscale imaging of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: pictures and time-lapse – 5 Mar. 2024
We managed to capture very spectacular images of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, using optics with very different fields of view. One of them shows the great Andromeda Galaxy, too. The image above comes from the combination...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: a careful look at its inner structures – 2 Mar. 2024
We managed to perform a careful wavelet analysis on our 2 Mar. images of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, getting a super view on the many features of this awesome object. The image above comes from the...
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: two stunning images – 2 Mar. 2024
After more than two weeks of rain and clouds, we could spot comet 12P/Pons-Brooks for a few minutes and we captured a stunning close up and a wider view on its marvelous tail. The...
Quasar 3C 273 and its relativistic jet: an image – 14 Feb. 2024.
We managed to capture the brightest quasar in the sky, 3C 273, and its relativistic jet. The image above comes from the average of five, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely taken with the...
The Virtual Telescope Project captures the famous LRG 3-757 Einstein Ring, an extraordinary gravitational lensing phenomenon also known as Cosmic Horseshoe.
We are very excited and pleased to share with you this unique image, bringing you very far away, back in space and time, with the “Cosmic Horseshoe”. There are events happening in the universe...
