Almost one year and half after its launch, we imaged the ESA’s Juice spacecraft, having a fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it...
conjunction / event / planets
Next 14 and 15 Aug. 2024, Jupiter and Mars will shine very close in the sky, at dawn. We will show this stunning conjunction live, online. In mid-August 2024, Jupiter and Mars will shine...
Next 19 Aug., we will have the 1st Supermoon of the year, the Sturgeon full Moon. It also is the 3rd full Moon of the four ones this season will show, a so-called Blue...
We spotted comet 13P/Olbers again, admiring its amazing tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 11, 120-second unfiltered exposures, taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit available as part of the...
event / occultations / planets
Next 21 Aug. 2024, the Moon will occult Saturn, the ringed planet, offering an amazing show. The Virtual Telescope Project will share this wonderful event live, online. We are pleased to offer to the...
We imaged again the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 KH3, which will have a relatively close, but obviously safe encounter with the Earth on 10 Aug. 2024, coming as close as 5.6 million of km...
We did follow-up observations of Nova Vulpeculae 2024, now classified as V615 Vul and discovered on 29 July 2024, doing both photometry and spectroscopy. The image above comes from a single 120-second exposure, unfiltered,...
We photographed supernova SN 2024pxl in the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 6384 and are pleased to share it here. The image above comes from the average of 7, 300-second exposures, unfiltered and unguided, remotely...
Here we present new images of comet 13P/Olbers, while leaving the inner Solar System, after its perihelion. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 7, 120-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with...
Here it is a new image comet 13P/Olbers, showing the first part of its ion tail. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 10, 120-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with the...
We imaged again comet 13P/Olbers, while it recedes from its recent perihelion. The image above comes from the sigma clipping combination of 11, 120-second unfiltered exposures, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″ +...
The Buck Full Moon is back next 21 July 2024: the Virtual Telescope Project is ready to share it live with the world, thanks to its robotic telescopes. At the Virtual Telescope Project, we love...
The Perseid meteor shower is back, ready to put a wonderful show up there. We will share it live, online, around their peak: join us from the comfort of your home. This year, the...
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 si tratta dell’evento astronomico ricorrente più atteso, capace di suscitare...
– Christmas with the Comet: online observation (23 Dec. 2024)
– The Moon meets Venus (3 Jan. 2025)
– The 2025 Quadrantid meteor shower (3 Jan. 2025)
– The Moon occults Saturn (4 Jan. 2025)
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