December 2020 - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0

Jupiter and Saturn imaged at the climax of their historic 2020 conjunction. 21 Dec. 2020.

12/29/2020

Jupiter and Saturn’s great conjunction: images of a historic event – 21 Dec. 2020

Last week, we witnessed something unique: a very close conjunction between the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn. More than one million individuals worldwide joined our live feed, here we share our best images. We...

Jupiter and Saturn, about 1/4th of a degree apart. 19 Dec. 2020.

conjunction / planets

12/20/2020

Jupiter and Saturn are closer and closer – 19 Dec. 2020

Two days before their historic conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn were a stunning sight, despite the poor and bright sky. Here it is our latest view. The image above comes from a single 1-second, blue...

Jupiter shows its principal, four satellites in this image, while pairing with Saturn.

conjunction / planets

12/17/2020

Jupiter and Saturn prepare their epic show – 16 Dec. 2020

While waiting for their epic conjunction, Jupiter and Saturn are slowly approaching each other up there. Here we present a few images we did. Over the past few days, I managed to get a...

"14 December 2020 Total Solar Eclipse" - poster of the event

eclipse / event / Sun

12/13/2020

“14 Dec. 2020 Total Solar Eclipse” – live event, online!

Next 14 Dec. 2020, the sky will offer an amazing total solar eclipse, well visible from South America. As in the past, the Virtual Telescope Project will partner with a couple of institutions there...

asteroid / satellite / spacecraft

12/02/2020

Near-Earth object 2020 SO: rotation and time-lapse – 01 Dec. 2020

We present a time-lapse and a lightcurve of 2020 SO, very likely the booster involved in the launch of the Surveyor 2 spacecraft to the Moon in 1966. See how it was blinking! After...

Near-Earth asteroid 2020 SO: tracked and trailed images - 01 Dec. 2020.

asteroid / satellite / spacecraft

12/01/2020

Near-Earth object 2020 SO extremely close encounter: image and rotation – 01 Dec. 2020.

Earlier today, we managed to capture 2020 SO, likely the booster of the Surveyor 2 space mission. We could also detect evidence of its spin rate and we share our imagery with you. The...