Next 20 Oct. 2018, the world will celebrate the International Observe the Moon Night 2018. After the huge, international success of the 2017 edition, the Virtual Telescope Project will make possible again for you...
We continue observing comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner after its perihelion, while it leaves the inner Solar System. The comet is slowly fading. The image above comes from the average of 22, 180-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected “Elena”...
After shining for months at sunset, Venus is ready to leave the evening sky, back to early morning shows. We captured the planet from Rome, while it set beside the St. Peter’s Dome and...
While both at its perihelion and about at its minimum distance from the Earth, we imaged comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, under good sky conditions. Here it is what we saw. The image above comes from the...
On the evening of Sept. the 5th, 2018, the Iridium 45 satellite made a very bright (mag. -7.5) above Rome. We captured it above the glory of the Roman Forum and the Colosseum, providing...
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner made a nice conjunction early this morning, to celebrate both its perihelion (minimum distance from the Sun) and its large flyby with the our Planet. While surfing the skies, the comet met...
The Orion constellation is always a splendid sight up there, especially at the end of Northern Summer, when it rises at dawn, announcing the hot season is leaving. Here it is the Hunter majestically...
We imaged comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner again, under less than ideal conditions. The comet is always a stunning view, now ready to reach its perihelion. We will keep an eye on it. The image above comes...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
We shared live the near-Earth asteroid 2018 RC while it was close to its minimum distance from our planet. It was a great experience, with many thousands of viewers connected from all around the...
While it approaches its perihelion, we imaged comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner crossings the Northern sky, close to the visibility by naked eye. We will track it for the the upcoming weeks, meantime we are pleased to...
asteroid / event / free / near Earth
Next 9 Sept. 2018, the near-Earth Asteroid 2018 RC will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 220.000 km from the Earth’s surface, 50% of the lunar distance. The Virtual...
Next 9 Sept. 2018, the near-Earth asteroid 2018 RC will safely have a very close encounter with our planet, coming at about 220.000 km from us, about half of the average lunar distance. We...
We observed supernova SN 2017eaw in the spiral galaxy NGC 6946, 17 months after its discovery. Of course it faded really a lot, but it could be detected. Here it is our image. The...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 FP118 will have a relatively close encounter with our planet next 3 Sept. 2018, coming at about 4.7 millions km from us, 12 times the average lunar distance. We imaged...
– Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS at its closest to the Earth (20 Dec. 2025)
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