Next 3 Dec., the Supermoon is back: the only one visible in 2017
Next 3 Dec. 2017, one year after its last show, the Supermoon will be back again in the sky, being the only one visible in 2017. On that day, our beautiful Moon will be full...
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Venus and Jupiter kiss again: a spectacular conjunction – 13 Nov. 2017
Next 13 Nov. 2017, the sky will have a special surprise for those waking up early in the morning: a spectacular conjunction between Venus and Jupiter, coming closer than 0.3 degrees, resulting in a...
SuperMoon 2017: the largest Full Moon of the year – online observation – 3 Dec. 2017
Next 3 Dec. 2017 we will have the largest full Moon of the year. At Virtual Telescope we will show it live, online, while the Moon will rise above the legendary skyline of Rome....
The Moon and its magic international night: 28 Oct. 2017
The International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) 2017 was an amazing success at the Virtual Telescope Project. Our live event made possible to many thousands of people to celebrate the Moon, even if they...
International Observe the Moon Night 2017: online observation – 28 Oct. 2017
Next 28 Oct. 2017, the world will celebrate the International Observe the Moon Night 2017. Launched in 2010, it is an opportunity for all of us to look up and discover the Moon, its...
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 TD6 very close encounter: an image (18 Oct. 2017)
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 TD6 was discovered by the Pan-STARRS survey in Hawaii, USA, on 11 Oct. 2017. On 19 Oct. 2017, it will have a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth (about 192.000...
Supernova SN 2017gxq and NGC 4964: an image – 17 Oct. 2017
While not perfectly placed in the sky in this season, we observed the bright supernova SN 2017gxq in NGC 4964, placed at more than 100 millions light years. And we bring it down to Earth....
Supernova SN 2017eaw and NGC 6946, further follow-up – 13 Oct. 2017
Two months after our last visit, we observed again NGC 6946 and its supernova SN 2017eaw, finding it at mag. 15.1. It is slowly saying us goodbye . The image above is the average...
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 UA close encounter: an image (17 Oct. 2017)
On 17 Oct. 2017, the near-Earth asteroid 2017 UA made a close encounter with the Earth, safely coming almost as close as the Moon. At Virtual Telescope we did some nice images while it was...
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 TE5 close encounter: an image (17 Oct. 2017)
On 17 Oct. 2017, the near-Earth asteroid 2017 TE5 made a close encounter with the Earth, safely coming almost as close as the Moon. At Virtual Telescope we did some nice images while it was...
Near-Earth asteroid 2017 TG4 close encounter: an image (15 Oct. 2017)
Next 21 Oct. 2017, the near-Earth asteroid 2017 TG4 will come at about 1.8 millions of km, almost five times the distance of the Moon. We captured it and we are happy to share...
Comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN: an image (13 Oct. 2017)
Comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN was discovered last July and reached its perihelion last week, so it just started leaving the inner Solar System. Here it is an image captured via the Virtual Telescope Project....
Comet 362P / (457175) P/2008 GO98: a new image (13 Oct. 2017)
After almost two months, we observed again (457175) 2008 GO98, previously classified as an asteroid belonging to the Hilda group, which showed a clear cometary activity earlier this year. Now, it received a cometary periodic...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4: a great show for a super event (12 Oct. 2017)
Finally,, the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 safely brushed us and at Virtual Telescope we could show it to the world, live, online, as we always do when something special happens up there in the...
