New Year with the Supermoon: 1 Jan. 2018
The sky will welcome the new year with the amazing show of the Supermoon, the largest of 2018. Our satellite will reach its minimum distance from the Earth (perigee) next 1 Jan., at 21:56...
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Geminids meteor shower and Phaethon put on a great show: join it with the Virtual Telescope!
***SEE The Geminid Meteor Shower LIVE HERE!*** The Geminids meteors are ready to offer us an amazing shower, the best of this year, while their parent body, the potentially hazardous asteroid (3200) Phaethon, reaches its minimum...
The unique asteroid 3200 Phaethon: bright 2017 apparition – see it online!
***SEE asteroid Phaethon LIVE HERE!*** Among the asteroids, 3200 Phaethon stands out for a number of reasons. Discovered on 11 Oct. 1983, it was the first one to be discovered on images coming from...
Geminids 2017 meteor shower: online observation – 13 & 14 Dec. 2017.
***SEE The Geminid Meteor Shower LIVE HERE!*** Next 13-14 Dec., the Geminids 2017 meteor shower will peak under good sky conditions, likely being the most spectacular meteor shower of this year (after the Perseids show...
SuperMoon 2017: the largest Full Moon of the year – online observation – 3 Dec. 2017
Next 3 Dec. 2017 we will have the largest full Moon of the year. At Virtual Telescope we will show it live, online, while the Moon will rise above the legendary skyline of Rome....
The Moon and its magic international night: 28 Oct. 2017
The International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) 2017 was an amazing success at the Virtual Telescope Project. Our live event made possible to many thousands of people to celebrate the Moon, even if they...
International Observe the Moon Night 2017: online observation – 28 Oct. 2017
Next 28 Oct. 2017, the world will celebrate the International Observe the Moon Night 2017. Launched in 2010, it is an opportunity for all of us to look up and discover the Moon, its...
31 Jan. 2018 Super Blue Moon Total Eclipse and “SuperBlueMoon 2018” – live events, online!
*** Join it LIVE here! *** *** Join it LIVE here! *** Next 31 Jan. 2018, the Moon will offer an amazing total eclipse, well visible from Australia and western USA. As in the past, the Virtual...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4: a great show for a super event (12 Oct. 2017)
Finally,, the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 safely brushed us and at Virtual Telescope we could show it to the world, live, online, as we always do when something special happens up there in the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 extremely close encounter: image and movie (09 Oct. 2017)
While waiting for our live event covering it, last night we imaged the near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 on its journey to its safe very close approach. Be sure to be back for our live coverage!...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (3122) Florence: an image (28 Aug. 2017)
Next 01 Sept. 2017, the potentially hazardous asteroid (3122) Florence will safely come within 7 millions of km from the Earth, becoming the closest object of that size visiting us from the end of...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 3122 Florence close encounter: online event (31 Aug. 2017)
The potentially hazardous asteroid 3122 Florence will be a nice target in the sky at the end of August, offering us the closest approach, but safe, of an asteroid of this size over the...
Near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 extremely close encounter: online observations – 11 and 12 Oct. 2017
Next 12 Oct. 2017, the near-Earth Asteroid 2012 TC4 will have an extremely, but safe, close encounter with us, coming at about 44.000 km from the Earth’s surface. The Virtual Telescope Project and Tenagra...
USA 2017 total solar eclipse: online live coverage – 21 Aug. 2017
On 21 Aug. 2017, a wonderful total solar eclipse will show from the United States of America, becoming one the most admired natural events in history. At Virtual Telescope we will be sharing it...
