Perseid meteor shower 2017: online observation – 12 Aug. 2017
The Perseid meteor shower is ready to put its show up there. At Virtual Telescope, we will share it live, online, so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your home. Next 12...
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Partial Lunar Eclipse in Rome above the Colosseum: 07 Aug. 2017
Last night, the partial lunar eclipse was a unique show in Rome. Seeing the Moon climbing the heaven above the Colosseum and the Forum made the sight priceless. Here they are some of our...
Supernova SN 2017eaw and NGC 6946, further follow-up – 02 Aug. 2017
Supernova SN 2017eaw continues to shine in its wonderful host galaxy, NGC 6946, at mag. 13.0, assuming our CCD images. And it is going to celebrate its three months since its was discovered. The...
Galactic nova ASASSN-17hx updates: new images from 01 and 02 Aug. 2017
After its peak, the galactic nova ASASSN-17hx continues to slowly fade, still being an easy target. Here are CCD images and data captured on 01 & 02 Aug. via the Virtual Telescope Project. Both...
07 Aug. 2017 Partial Lunar Eclipse – online observations
Next 07 Aug. 2017 the Moon will enter the Earth’s umbra, offering a partial lunar eclipse. It will be partly visible from Italy. It is a precious “appetizer” before the stunning total solar eclipse...
Supernova SN 2017fms in IC 1371: an image (28 July 2017)
Supernova SN 2017fms was discovered on 17 July 2017 in the galaxy IC 1371 and here they are in a recent image captured by the Virtual Telescope. The image above is the average of three, 180-seconds...
Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: new observations (01 Aug. 2017)
We continue monitoring the intriguing Hilda-type asteroid (457175) 2008 GO98, after it was found to show cometary activity early last July. Before the Moon will be too invasive, we checked it and it is...
Galactic nova ASASSN-17hx likely at its peak: new images from 29 and 31 July 2017
We have been following galactic nova ASASSN-17hx quite intensively these days and we likely observed its maximum of light. Here they are our 29 and 31 July CCD images. Both the images in the composed panel...
Near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 coming very close this October: we are ready to show it to you
The near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 will safely come very close to us next 12 Oct. 2017. We already captured it last time, in 2012, when this 20 meters large object was discovered, and we are...
Supernova SN 2017fgc in NGC 474: an image (28 July 2017)
A bright supernova, SN 2017fgc, was recently discovered in the galaxy NGC 474, making a nice pair with NGC 470. Of course, we had a quick look. The image above is the average of...
Galactic nova ASASSN-17hx at its maximum? New images from 27 and 28 July 2017
Perhaps we are there: the galactic nova ASASSN-17hx might be sitting right now on its maximum of light, after a long and slow rising march, but faster these last nights. Here they are our...
Cometary activity in (457175) 2008 GO98: follow-up image (27 July 2017)
After a few days, we imaged the intriguing (457175) 2008 GO98, the Hilda-type object again, to check if its cometary activity was still ongoing. And it was, of course, as this image clearly. The...
Guess what? Nova ASASSN-17hx is brighter than ever – 26 July 2017
The galactic nova ASASSN-17hx continues to amaze us: it is now continuously brightening, day after day, making observers happy to have such an easy-to-see erupting star out there. We have just found it at...
The Moon and Mercury shine above Rome at sunset – 25 July 2017.
The Moon and Mercury, the innermost planet of our Solar System, had a great meeting these past hours. Here I present some shots capturing this exclusive show, hanging over the skyline in Rome. Clouds...
