Next 13 Apr. 2023, the European Space Agency will launch the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft, going to greatly improve our knowledge of the Jupiter’s environment and its Ganymede, Callisto and Europa moons....
conjunction / event / open cluster / planets
Next 11 Apr. 2023, the bright planet Venus will shine less than three degrees from the wonderful Pleiades star cluster. On the same evening, Mercury will be at its easternmost elongation from the Sun....
The Pink Full Moon is coming next 6 Apr. and the Virtual Telescope is ready to share it live, while it sets in Rome. Join us online, from the comfort of your home. At the...
These evenings, at sunset, we can spot five planets at a glance: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter by naked eye, Uranus with modest binoculars. We will be showing all of them live, online. From...
Early this morning, we captured a unique image, showing together the wonderful spiral galaxy Messier 100 and the famous dwarf planet (1) Ceres. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the...
While waiting to show it live, online later today, we share this time-lapse of the near-Earth asteroid 2023 DZ2 while safely coming very close . Images used in the time-lapse come single, 30-second exposures,...
While waiting to show it live, online, we captured the near-Earth asteroid 2023 DZ2 while safely coming very close and getting brighter. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the average...
On 25 Mar. 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 DZ2 will have a very close, but safe encounter with our Earth, coming as close as 173.000 km from its center. We captured it while approaching...
asteroid / event / near Earth
Next 25 Mar. 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 DZ2 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 173000 km from the Earth, less than one-half of the average lunar distance....
asteroid / event / near Earth
Next 17 Mar. 2023, the near-Earth asteroid 2023 EY will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 238000 km from the Earth, 62% of the average lunar distance. The Virtual...
On 27 Mar. 2023, the dwarf planet (1) Ceres will shine apparently extremely close, actually superimposed, to the stunning spiral galaxy Messier 100, offering a unique view. We will show this cosmic “meeting” live,...
The Worm Full Moon is coming next 7 Mar. and the Virtual Telescope is ready to share it live, while it rises above Rome. Join us online, from the comfort of your home. At the...
– The Beaver Supermoon 2024: online observation (15 Nov. 2024)
– Asteroid 2020 XR: online observation (3 Dec. 2024)
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