Venus, Jupiter and S. Peter in Rome: 28 June 2015
While waiting for their close conjunction next 30 June, we managed to capture a nice image of planets Venus and Jupiter, hanging above an amazing skyline. In fact, there is Saint Peter Dome well...
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Venus and Jupiter spectacular conjunction: 30 June / 1 July 2015 (online event)
*** “Venus-Jupiter conjunction”: see it online! *** Between 30 June and 1 July, the bright planets Venus and Jupiter will offer an amazing show in the sky: they will be in close conjunction, reaching a minimum angular distance...
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter: a nice meeting in the sky
Last evening, soon after sunset, there was a very special sight looking west. A very young, crescent Moon was hanging above the horizon with a couple of amazing companions: planets Venus and Jupiter were...
“Shadows around Jupiter: Callisto eclipses Ganymede“ online event: podcast and results
Finally, Global Astronomy Month 215 arrived. Another full month, for the 7th year in a row, to celebrate the wonders of the sky, both at night and day, looking up into the Universe, without...
Io eclipses Europa: report of another mutual event among Galilean satellites (30 Mar. 2015)
After the very successful coverage of the 11 Mar. 2015 mutual event, at Virtual Telescope we planned to cover another one happening among Jupiter’s satellites on 30 Mar. 2015, in order to contribute to...
Europa eclipses Io: report of a “foreign” eclipse (11 Mar. 2015)
While we are all waiting for the next 20 Mar. solar eclipse, another world is showing amazing shadow plays: Jupiter and its satellites. While eclipses on Jupiter by its moons are quite common, what...
“Shadows around Jupiter: Callisto eclipses Ganymede” – online event (2 April 2015)
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2015) *** Join it LIVE here! *** These months, thanks to favorable geometrical conditions, we are enjoying mutual occultations and eclipses among the Galilean satellites. Some of these events...
Jupiter and Ganymede: image and movie (16 Mar. 2014)
Jupiter is always a rewarding sight. Its magnificent size, its continuously fast evolving atmosphere and its satellites make it a dynamic experience. Last night, while we were preparing the Celestron C14 robotic unit for...
Jupiter: 19 Oct. 2012
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...
The Moon, Jupiter and Aldebaran: 8 Sept. 2012
Early on 8 Sept. 2012, the Moon was meeting a few very beautiful objects, like Jupiter and the bright, orange star Aldebaran. All around the Iades, the well-known open cluster in Taurus. It was...
The Moon, Jupiter and Taurus meet in the sky: 8 Sept. 2012
Moon, Jupiter and Taurus: 8 Sept. 2012, 02:30UT It is not rare that, with all the beauties up there, something more special than usual happens in the sky. Early on Sept. 8, 2012, observers...
The Moon, Venus and Jupiter
This wonderful “meeting among the Moon, Venus and Jupiter happened on 26 March 2012. Pleiades are also easily visible. This image was grabbed by Gianluca Masi from Rome, Italy, using a 55/f2.8 lens. Back...
Venus and Jupiter from EUR, Rome
During its last month of spring, 2012 saw a wonderful meeting in the sky, between Jupter and Venus, the brigthest and easiest to see planets of our Solar System. The picture above was...
Jupiter occultation by the Moon (14 July 2012)
On July 15, 2012, the Moon occulted planet Jupiter. The event was visible from Italy just before dawn. We managed to observe it from the Gianicolo, a very nice part of Rome (Italy) with...
