The 9 May 2016 transit of Mercury : online observing session
Next 9 May 2016, the sky will offer us a truly spectacular and rare astronomical event: a transit of planet Mercury in front of the Sun. This is the first of these transits after the...
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Record making comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs: new images with tail and a stunning video with Messier 106 (24 Mar. 2016)
While it is leaving us after making history with its flyby, at Virtual Telescope we are continuously tracking comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs. Unfortunately, there is still a Full Moon and we had to fight against...
Comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs historic close encounter: an image and podcast (22 Mar. 2016)
After several nights of coverage, waiting for its flyby, finally comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs touched its minimum distance from us: 3.5 millions of km, making it the third comet ever in history coming so close....
“Comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarrs: a historic close encounter” – online event (21 & 22 March 2016)
Next 22 March 2016, comet P/2016 BA14 Panstarss will make a truly historic close encounter with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from us of about 3,6 millions of km. While this distance is absolutely safe, it...
Online Messier Marathon – 8th edition! – 28 April 2016
an official event for Global Astronomy Month (April 2016) *** Join it here! *** Would you like to explore the many treasures of the famous Messier Catalogue from home? Would you like to see as...
ASASSN-15lh, la più luminosa supernova della storia – evento live (28 marzo 2016, ore 21:30)
In questi giorni la rivista Science ha diffuso lo studio che riguarda la straordinaria supernova ASASSN-15lh, risultata di gran lunga la più luminosa mai scoperta nella storia. Gianluca Masi, astrofisisico, fondatore e responsabile scientifico...
The Moon meets Aldebaran: online observation of the lunar occultation – 23 Dec. 2015 – animations and podcast
Last 23 Dec., we successfully shared live, online, the lunar occultation of the bright star Aldebaran. It was the last event of a very intense 2015 and we are pleased to provide here the...
The Moon meets Aldebaran: online observation of the lunar occultation – 23 Dec. 2015
Next 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: a stunning video sequence (30/31 Oct. 2015)
At Virtual Telescope, we did a great work tracking the “Halloween”, potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 while approaching us late last Oct. We obtained an early image and planned a live, online event, which...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: image and podcast from the live event (30 Oct. 2015)
As promised, at Virtual Telescope we tracked and showed you, in real time, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145, which scheduled a safe, close encounter with our planet for the Halloween! The image above is...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: an image (22 Oct. 2015)
*** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** *** See asteroid 2015 TB145 LIVE here ! *** While waiting for its minimum distance from the Earth, at Virtual Telescope we imaged potentially hazardous...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145: how to see it next 31 Oct. 2015
The potentially hazardous asteroid 2015 TB145 will put a nice show in the sky next 31 Oct. This 500-meters large minor planet will come as close as 500.000 km, that is 1.3 lunar distances,...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2015 TB145 very close encounter: live event (31 Oct. 2015)
*** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** *** Enter the LIVE event here ! *** Next 31 Oct. 2015, at 17:18 UT, the 500-meters large asteroid 2015 TB145 will made a very close, but safe approach with the...
The Moon meets Aldebaran: online observation of the lunar occultation – 29 Oct. 2015
Next 29 Oct. 2015, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience...
