A Tau Herculid meteor shower? Online observation – 31 May 2022
Next 31 May 2022, there are chances to see a new meteor shower, the Tau Herculids. With some luck, it could be intense. True or not? We can only wait and see: join us...
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a new image, at its maximum brightness – 25 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is almost at its minimum distance from us and right now reached its peak in brightness. We will share it live soon, but here it is our last image....
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a new image – 24 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is now entering the Southern sky, while still safely approaching. We will share it live soon, meantime enjoy our last image below. See asteroid (7335) 1989 JA live here!...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a new image – 23 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is almost at its safe, minimum distance from us, being now very bright. While waiting to share it live, we captured it again. See asteroid (7335) 1989...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: online observation – 26 & 27 May 2022.
Next 27 May 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA will have a relatively close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 4 millions of km from the Earth. We will show it...
The Virtual Telescope Project and Telescope Live partner to bring the whole Universe to the world
The whole Universe live, online and just a click away – From the North Star to the Southern Cross. This press release is available in pdf here Versione in Italiano qui The Virtual Telescope...
Il Virtual Telescope Project e Telescope Live collaborano per portare l’intero universo sulla Terra
Dalla Stella Polare alla Croce del Sud: tutto l’Universo in diretta, online, a portata di click. Questo comunicato è anche disponibile in pdf English version here Il Virtual Telescope Project e Telescope Live annunciano...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: image and animation – 18 May 2022
The potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA is still on its way, safely approaching us. While waiting for its fly-by next week, we imaged it again. See asteroid (7335) 1989 JA live here! The...
“The Moon meets Venus, a stunning conjunction” – live event (27 May 2022)
Next 27 May 2022, the Moon and Venus, the brightest planet, will have a spectacular conjunction at dawn, shining very close to each other. We will show you it live, online. Such a close...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: image and animation – 11 May 2022
We imaged the large (1.8 km in diameter) potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA again, while it is safely approaching us. Here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 300-second exposure,...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: a image – 27 Apr. 2022
While waiting for its safe, relatively close approach next 27 May 2022, we imaged again the large (1.8 km in diameter) potentially hazardous asteroid (7335) 1989 JA. Here it is our image. The image above...
Venus kisses Jupiter: a stunning conjunction at dawn – 1 May 2022
On Labor Day, the sky asked for an extra work: Venus and Jupiter were meeting up in the sky and we wanted to enjoy it. The view was superb and we share it with...
The Moon, Mercury and the Pleiades: a precious sight – 2 May 2022
The Moon, planet Mercury and the Pleiades met in the evening sight, soon after sunset. The vision was awesome, here we share a couple of images. The sky is keeping us very busy, recently....
“Venus kisses Jupiter”, a spectacular conjunction – live event (01 May 2022)
Next 01 May 2022, the brightest planets Venus and Jupiter will offer us a spectacular conjunction at dawn. We will show you it live, online. Such a stunning conjunction happens from time to time...
