Asteroid (52665) Brianmay: an image – 02 Sept. 2016
For many of us Brian May is, for many good reasons, a legend. Founder and guitarist of the epic rock band Queen, Brian also attained a PhD in Astrophysicist and co-founded Asteroid Day in 2014....
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Venus kisses Jupiter: an exceptional planetary conjunction (27 Aug. 2016)
It happened, at last. Venus and Jupiter put on an epic show at sunset, with the closest conjunction we will see for several decades to come. Next kiss will be in 2065. In the realm of...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2016 QA2 extremely close encounter: an exceptional image and movie (28 Aug. 2016)
On 28 Aug. 2016, at 01:26 UT, the 35 meters large near-Earth asteroid 2016 QA2 made an exceptionally close encounter with our home planet. At the flyby time, the asteroid was at about 84.000 km from the Earth surface! That...
Perseidi 2018: Guida pratica all’Osservazione
*** 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 20 July 2016 Full Moon rises above the Colosseum
On 20 July 2016 the world celebrated the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11, when the first men reached the Moon. That night the Moon was full, so I managed to grab it with our robotic...
Happy 47th birthday, Apollo 11! – 20 July 2016
On July 20, 1969, 20:18:04 UTC, the Apollo 11 lunar lander touched the Moon: for the first time, man was walking on another world. This event marked the human history. Now, 47 years are gone...
A record Venus-Jupiter conjunction: 27 Aug. 2016
The sky, once again, is ready to impress us with something unique. Next 27 August, planets Venus and Jupiter will have an extremely close conjunction: they will show very close each other, so be ready. This...
The Five Planets are back: see all of them at a glance, next August 2016
This 2016 has been, so far, particularly generous with us, considering the visibility of the planets. Last Feb., we had all the five,classic planets visible at a glance, providing a stunning planetary parade. It...
Supernova ASASSN-16fq (2016cok) in Messier 66: an image (03 July 2016)
One month after our last observations, we wanted to image this important supernova again. The image above comes from the average of five, 60-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG STL-6303E robotic...
The Barnard’s Star, two years later (03 July 2016)
Do you remember the famous Barnard’s Star? Probably yes. It is the star showing the highest annual proper motion (10.3″/year). In 2014 we did a few images of it, using some old plates from...
Scientists Rock – an Asteroid Day series | Episode 2
Here it is the second episode of the special series “Scientists Rock”, made for Asteroid Day 2016. At Virtual Telescope we provided the subtitles in Italian. Ecco il secondo episodio della serie speciale “Scientists Rock”, appositamente...
Scientists Rock – an Asteroid Day series | Episode 1
Here it is the first episode of the special series “Scientists Rock”, made for Asteroid Day 2016. At Virtual Telescope we provided the subtitles in Italian. Ecco il primo episodio della serie speciale “Scientists...
2016 Summer Solstice Full Moon: 20 June 2016
As we reported earlier today, This summer solstice is introduced by a Full Moon. Last time it happened was in 1967. The image below shows the Moon while rising, as seen from Rome, Italy....
“Occhi su Saturno”: evento online (25 giugno 2016)
Segui la diretta qui! Torna “Occhi su Saturno“, ormai giunto alla 5a edizione. Anche quest’anno il Virtual Telescope trasmetterà in diretta le immagini del meraviglioso Signore degli Anelli del Sistema Solare. L’appuntamento è per...
