The June 2022 planetary parade: online observation – 27 June 2022
These days of June are bringing us a great cosmic show: all the planets of our Solar System will be visible at a glance, at dawn. The Virtual Telescope Project will show you this...
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The 13 July 2022 Supermoon: the largest full Moon of the year – online observation (13 July 2022)
Next 13 July, the Supermoon will be back, but with something special: it will be the largest full Moon of 2022. We will show it live, online, while the it rises above the legendary...
The 2022 Strawberry Supermoon – online observation – 14 June 2022
Next 14 June 2022, we will have the Strawberry full Moon, also the 2nd Supermoon of the year. Of course, the Virtual Telescope will share it live, while it will rise above the glorious...
A Tau Herculid meteor shower? Online observation – 31 May 2022
Next 31 May 2022, there are chances to see a new meteor shower, the Tau Herculids. With some luck, it could be intense. True or not? We can only wait and see: join us...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA close encounter: online observation – 26 & 27 May 2022.
Next 27 May 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (7335) 1989 JA will have a relatively close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 4 millions of km from the Earth. We will show it...
“Venus kisses Jupiter”, a spectacular conjunction – live event (01 May 2022)
Next 01 May 2022, the brightest planets Venus and Jupiter will offer us a spectacular conjunction at dawn. We will show you it live, online. Such a stunning conjunction happens from time to time...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 HB1 very close encounter: online observation – 26 Apr. 2022
Next 26 Apr. 2022, the near-Earth Asteroid 2022 HB1 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 200.000 km from the Earth, 52% of the average lunar distance. The Virtual...
16 maggio 2022, eclissi totale di “superluna”: guida all’osservazione
Il 16 maggio la Luna ci regalerà una bellissima eclissi totale. Essa sarà osservabile solo parzialmente dall’Italia, soprattutto dagli insonni, visto che si verificherà all’alba, al tramonto della Luna. Ma varrà la pena seguirla:...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 GN1 very close encounter: image around the fly-by time – 6 Apr. 2022
Early on 6 Apr. 2022, the near-Earth asteroid 2022 GN1 had a very close, but safe encounter with the Earth, coming as close as 126.000 km from its center. We imaged it around the time...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 GN1 very close encounter: online observation – 6 Apr. 2022
Next 6 Apr. 2022, the near-Earth Asteroid 2022 GN1 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 126.000 km from the Earth, 33% of the average lunar distance. The Virtual...
“Stars for All!” online cosmic journey – 27 April 2022
Join us and celebrate the beauty of our Universe together. The Virtual Telescope Project and Astronomers Without Borders bring to you this live event for Global Astronomy Month 2022. an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2022 ES3 very close encounter: online observation – 13 Mar. 2022
Next 13 Mar. 2022, the near-Earth Asteroid 2022 ES3 will have a very close, but safe, encounter with us, coming at about 334.000 km from the Earth, 87% of the average lunar distance. The...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2013 BO76 close encounter: a image – 5 Mar. 2022
Next 24 Mar. 2022, the potentially hazardous asteroid 2013 BO76 will safely come relatively close to us, at 5.1 millions of km, about 13 times the average lunar distance. Here it is our recent...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (138971) 2001 CB21 close encounter: image and video – 23 Feb. 2022
We spotted potentially hazardous asteroid (138971) 2001 CB21 again last night. Here we present our latest image and video. The image above comes from a single 120-second exposure, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″+Paramount...
