Sky of the Month – star charts: Feb. 2017
Above is a star chart showing the whole sky of the month as visible on Dec. 15, 2016, at 20:30 pm local time, from a location placed at (13°E;42°N). Of course, it is valid...
Above is a star chart showing the whole sky of the month as visible on Dec. 15, 2016, at 20:30 pm local time, from a location placed at (13°E;42°N). Of course, it is valid...
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 BH30 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona (USA) on 29 January 2017 and announced later the same day by the Minor Planet Center: it was going to have a very close encounter...
Earlier this month astronomers reported that stars in KIC 9832227, a contact binary system, are going to collide in a few years, with a resulting, huge visible effect, making it a bright object in...
While 2016 approached its end, ready to welcome 2017, the sky putted a marvelous great show out there, with the sharp Moon crescent and a planetary parade with the very bright Venus, the palely red...
Last 5 Sept. 2016, asteroid (17473) Freddiemercury has been officially named by the International Astronomical Union after Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the epic rock band Queen. It was announced on...
Above is a star chart showing the whole sky of the month as visible on Jan. 15, 2017, at 20:30 pm local time, from a location placed at (13°E;42°N). Of course, it is valid...
Nei prossimi giorni, gli ultimi dell’anno, ricorre un avvenimento di straordinaria importanza per l’Osservatorio Astronomico “Bellatrix”, che ospita il Virtual Telescope Project e che al tempo si apprestava ad operare come struttura permanente a Ceccano...
Me la ricordo come se fosse oggi, quella lontana mattina del 16 dicembre 1984. Una fredda e umida domenica ormai invernale, con il cielo che lasciava trapelare appena la luce del Sole in un mare...
The 13/14 December 2016 Supermoon was another great show in Rome. Here we share some images captured during the live feed provided by the Virtual Telescope. [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he December 2016 supermoon and its show, once...
ASASSN-15lh, l’eccezionale transiente astrofisico di cui Gianluca Masi del Virtual Telescope è co-scopritore, non cessa di stupire. Un nuovo studio suggerisce che all’origine dell’epocale emissione di energia ci sia un evento ancora più estremo e...
In qualità di Coordinatore Nazionale per l’Italia di Asteroid Day, è con indicibile emozione che condivido con voi questa notizia epocale: le Nazioni Unite hanno appena dichiarato il 30 giugno “Giornata Internazionale degli Asteroidi...
Among the many wonderful cosmic objects out there, the intermediate spiral galaxy IC 342 is one of the most considered. Placed at about 10 millions of light years from us, it is outside our...
The year is slowly ending, we start looking into 2017 to look for nice astronomical events and the first one we find, a very close Mars and Neptune conjunction. It will show across the...
Lo scorso 14 novembre abbiamo ammirato la più grande Luna piena tra il 1948 e 2034, chiamata popolarmente Superluna. Ma il prossimo 14 dicembre 2016 avremo l’ultima Luna piena dell’anno, che sarà di nuovo...
– The interstellar object A11pl3Z (3 July 2025)