Full Snow Moon 2021: online observation – 27 Feb. 2021
The Full Snow Moon is coming next 27 Feb. and the Virtual Telescope will show it live, while it rises above Rome. Join the show online, from the comfort of your home. Looking at the...
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Supernova SN 2020nlb in Messier 85: a new image after five months – 2 Feb. 2021
Five months since our last visit, we observed supernova SN 2020nlb in Messier 85 again, of course finding it much fainter than last Aug. We also updated our lightcurve. The image above comes from...
Sette secoli dalla morte di Dante: un’osservazione astronomica davvero speciale – 2 Feb. 2021
Un’osservazione celeste del tutto particolare, nell’anno che celebra Dante Alighieri a VII secoli dalla morte. Un viaggio con gli occhi alle stelle, alla ricerca di un puntino speciale. Vi è un viaggio che, credo,...
Asteroid (2999) Dante: an image to start celebrating the Poet, 700 years after his death – 02 Feb. 2021
This year, Italy and the world will celebrate one of the greatest poets ever: Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321). He wrote the “Divina Commedia” (“Divine Comedy”), one of the greatest work of world literature....
Wolf Full Moon 2021: online observation – 28 Jan. 2021
The Wolf Full Moon is coming next 28 Jan. It will be the first full Moon of the year and the Virtual Telescope will show it live, while it rises above Rome. Join the...
Farewell, mini-moon: 2020 SO very close approach, online observation – 01 Feb. 2021
After its extremely close fly-by last Dec., 2020 SO is safely coming very close again, this time to say farewell. As we know, it is the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission, which...
Jupiter and Saturn’s great conjunction: images of a historic event – 21 Dec. 2020
Last week, we witnessed something unique: a very close conjunction between the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn. More than one million individuals worldwide joined our live feed, here we share our best images. We...
Jupiter and Saturn are closer and closer – 19 Dec. 2020
Two days before their historic conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn were a stunning sight, despite the poor and bright sky. Here it is our latest view. The image above comes from a single 1-second, blue...
Jupiter and Saturn prepare their epic show – 16 Dec. 2020
While waiting for their epic conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn are slowly approaching each other up there. Here we present a few images we did. Over the past few days, I managed to get a...
“14 Dec. 2020 Total Solar Eclipse” – live event, online!
Next 14 Dec. 2020, the sky will offer an amazing total solar eclipse, well visible from South America. As in the past, the Virtual Telescope Project will partner with a couple of institutions there...
Near-Earth object 2020 SO: rotation and time-lapse – 01 Dec. 2020
We present a time-lapse and a lightcurve of 2020 SO, very likely the booster involved in the launch of the Surveyor 2 spacecraft to the Moon in 1966. See how it was blinking! After...
Near-Earth object 2020 SO extremely close encounter: image and rotation – 01 Dec. 2020.
Earlier today, we managed to capture 2020 SO, likely the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission. We could also detect evidence of its spin rate and we share our imagery with you. The...
Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann: evolution after a bright outburst (21, 22 and 23 Nov. 2020)
After a couple of years since our previous visit, we imaged comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann again, covering its evolution for a couple of nights, after one of its typical outbursts. Each of the three images above...
Near-Earth object 2020 SO extremely close encounter: a image – 22 Nov. 2020
Next 1 Dec. 2020, the near-Earth object 2020 SO will safely have a extremely close encounter with our planet, coming as close as 50000 km (13% of the average lunar distance). Curiously, it is...
