Perseid meteor shower 2020, online observation – 11 Aug. 2020
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a nice show up there. At Virtual Telescope, we will share its peak live, online: join and and enjoy the show from the comfort of...
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Perseidi 2020: guida pratica all’osservazione
*** Le meteore di San Lorenzo in diretta web! *** Puntuale come ogni anno, ritorna l’appuntamento con le celebri meteore di agosto, le popolari “Lacrime di San Lorenzo”, meglio note come Perseidi. Senza dubbio...
Near-Earth asteroid 2020 OY4 extremely close encounter: a image – 27 July 2020
Earlier today, near-Earth asteroid 2020 OY4 had a extremely close, but safe, approach with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from the Earth of about 42000 km, 0.11 times the average distance of the...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE and the lake – 22 July 2020.
While slowly fading, we could admire comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE again, this time framed by the wonderful scenario of lake Bracciano, North of Rome. The comet was not alone: a sharp Moon crescent, the...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE: a wide filed image – 18 July 2020.
We imaged Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE under a dark sky and we were impressed with its magnificence. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of 6, 30-seconds exposures taken...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE: a new close-up, with dust waves expansion – 19 July 2020.
New hi-res images of comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE continue to show the amazing dust wave structures we first reported on 15 July. Imaging the comet 90 minutes apart, we recorded expansion of the shells....
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE: a new close-up – 17 July 2020.
After our past observations, revealing a dramatic pattern of dust waves in the inner coma of comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, we managed to capture new images, still showing that prominent feature. As for our...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE: a close-up – 15 July 2020.
After imaging it with large field-of-view lenses, we could finally capture a close-up of comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. Images show a dramatic structure of dust waves, resembling those observed in comet Hale-Bopp in 1997....
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE debuts in the evening sky, offering a superb view from Rome: 14 July 2020.
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is now also visible at sunset, offering the best view so far. We imaged it again from Rome, capturing the unique sight of such a wonder above one of the...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE pops up above the legendary St. Peter’s Dome in Rome: 10 July 2020.
We observed comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE from Rome again, this time capturing it above the St. Peter’s Basilica: another unique view, we hope you will enjoy our images. After our first meeting with this...
“The Glory of Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at its minimum distance from Earth”: online observing session – 23 July 2020
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is giving a superb show in the sky: the Virtual Telescope Project will show it to you live, online, next 23 July, when the comet will be at its closest...
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE shines above the glory of Rome, with the Intl. Space Station: 7 July 2020.
Many years are gone since the last time we spotted a naked eye comet from the city of Rome. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was a joy to look for, an emotion to stare at,...
Supernova SN 2020nlb in Messier 85 still on the rise! Image and animation – 05 July 2020
Supernova SN 2020nlb in the galaxy Messier 85 is tirelessly rising: for the 10th night in a row, its brightness increased significantly. Now it is within the capabilities of a small telescope. We share...
Supernova SN 2020nlb in Messier 85 brighter, again! 01 July 2020
Supernova SN 2020nlb in the galaxy Messier 85 is still rising: for the 6th night in a row, we have found it brighter! The image above comes from the average of five, 120-seconds exposures,...
