Next 4 Jan. 2025, the Moon will offer us an amazing show: the occultation of Saturn, the ringed planet. The Virtual Telescope Project will share this wonderful event live, online. We are proud to...
We are happy to present the time-lapse showing the 21 Aug. 2024 lunar occultation of Saturn, at the time shared live one our platform. The Virtual Telescope Project shared the 21 Aug. 2024 lunar...
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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...
Next 12 Dec., the sky will offer us a rare event: the occultation of the very bright star Betelgeuse by the asteroid (319) Leona. We will bring to you this event, live, online. *...
On the very night of its opposition Mars, the Red Planet, was occulted by the Moon. We covered this event, sharing it live with the community. A lunar occultation of a bright planet is,...
Last night, the almost full Moon occulted planet Uranus. We could observe the start of the event, before clouds covered the sky. Here it is an interesting animation. I managed to capture a sequence...
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Next 8 Dec. 2022, we will have an occultation of Mars by the Moon. While already very rare, it will be even more special, as it happens on the night the Red Planet will be...
On the night of 14 Sept. 2022, our Moon will move in front of planet Uranus, occulting it. We will bring the show to you, at home! We will see planet Uranus disappearing behind...
On 8 Aug. 2020, the Trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS4 occulted the star UCAC4 419-096262, offering to astronomers a unique opportunity to unveil its precious physical features. Our observing site was exceptionally close to...
Next 5 Feb. 2017 the Moon will occult the star Aldebaran. This is the second time that such Aldebaran occultation happens this year. Lunar occultations of a star are quite frequent, while the Moon travels across the...
On the morning of 9 April 2016, in broad daylight, a rare lunar occultation of Venus will be visible from most of Europe, Russia, Part of Northern Africa and part of Asia. The Moon...
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...
On 23 Dec. 2015, the Moon will occult for the 12nd time in 2015 the star Aldebaran. This is the second one accessible from Italy, after the 29 Oct. event. Such an occultation of...
A couple of weeks after the magnificent multiple conjunction, which involved some planets and the Moon, our natural satellite is ready to offer us another great event, this time “meeting” a star, actually occulting it,...
– The Moon occults Saturn (4 Jan. 2025)
– Mars 2025 live (12 & 16 Jan. 2025)
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