Next 5 Oct. 2019, the International Observe the Moon Night is back and it will be a special one. This year we celebrate the 50th Anniversary since the Apollo 11 historic landing and this...
*** 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...
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a nice shows up there, this year. At Virtual Telescope, we will share it live, online, for you to enjoy it from the comfort of...
It is always special to look for the dwarf planet Pluto. Here it is this unique world, while it slowly move across the sky. The animation above comes from two 180-seconds exposures, remotely collected...
Needless to say: the recent lunar eclipse was superb. We could enjoy it from Rome, under a great sky, sharing it with almost one-hundred thousand of people, both locally and online. Just perfect to...
Next 16 July 2019, the Moon will offer us a super show: a partial eclipse. While not total, it will be wonderful to see. At Virtual Telescope we will show them live, online, above...
During our supernova follow-up program, we imaged supernova SN 2019hyk and its host galaxy IC 4397: now we are pleased to share our image. The image above comes from the average of four, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered,...
On 2 July 2019, a wonderful total solar eclipse will show from Chile, Southern America, in particular from the Atacama desert. At Virtual Telescope we will be sharing it live, online, to show it...
We want to wish “Happy Asteroid Day 2019” to everyone on Earth and have thought that the best way to do this is sharing images we did of asteroids (52665) Brianmay and (8664) Grigorijrichters,...
L’iniziativa ufficiale per l’Italia per celebrare insieme l’Asteroid Day! Un’iniziativa per curiosi del cielo, singoli appassionati e associazioni culturali! Partecipate numerosi. ** NB: Comunicato Stampa Asteroid Day 2019 ** Il prossimo 30 giugno si terrà la...
As part of our supernova follow-up program, we imaged supernova SN 2019ehk and its host galaxy Messier 100 again, finding the transient marginally fainter than earlier this month. Here it is our image. The image...
After six weeks since our previous visit, we observed supernova SN 2019ein again, finding it significantly fainter. We are pleased to share our latest image. The image above comes from the average of four,...
We have been tracking the Barnard’s Star since 2014, enjoying its fast proper motion across the sky, telling us that stars are moving, despite the apparent calm we see up there. Here it is...
It is always great to see two planets sharing the same spot in the sky. A few days ago, just after sunset, it was possible to admire a Mercury – Mars close conjunction, with...
– Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at its closest to the Earth (20 Dec. 2025)
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