Mars occulted by the Moon: images (8 Dec. 2022)
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,...
Category: planets
Grand Tour of the Solar System, all the planets at a glance – online observation (28 Dec. 2022)
At the end of the year, the sky offers us the opportunity to see all the planets of our Solar System at the very same time. Join us for a unique journey from the...
The Moon occults planet Uranus: a sequence – 5 Dec. 20022
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...
The Moon occults Mars at opposition: online observation – 8 Dec. 2022
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...
Mars 2022: the Red Planet at its closest to Earth, online observation – 30 Nov. 2022
Planet Mars is back and it is showing at its best. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring to you the beauty of the Red Planet on the night of its minimum distance from our Earth:...
The Moon and Jupiter meet in the sky – 8 Oct. 2022
Last night, the Moon and planet Jupiter had a nice conjunction. Despite an almost cloudy sky, we could capture them from Rome and here we share our image. I used a Canon 5D mark...
The International Space Station and a colourful Jupiter corona – 2 Oct. 2022
The sky always amazes us much more than our expectations. This also happened earlier this month, when we spotted the International Space Station moving into the Earth shadow while planet Jupiter was showing a...
The Moon occults planet Uranus: online observation – 14 Sept. 2022
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...
Saturn 2022, the Ringed Planet at opposition: online observation – 16 Aug. 2022
On 14 Aug. 2022, Saturn, the Ringed Planet, will be at opposition, being visible at its best. We will show it live, online. Saturn is one of the most beautiful gems of the natural...
Mars and Uranus meet in the sky: images from a planetary conjunction – 2 Aug. 2022.
We spotted the beautiful the Mars-Uranus conjunction and shared it with the world. Here they are our images. This morning, we spotted the awaited Mars-Uranus conjunction: the two planets were within 1.5 degrees (three lunar...
The Moon, Uranus and Mars meet at dawn
On 22 July 2022, the Moon had a nice conjunction with Uranus, helping to locate the otherwise largely missed first planet of modern era. Mars was not far from them, enriching the view. I...
Mars meets Uranus: a planetary conjunction – live event (02 Aug. 2022)
Next 02 Aug. 2022, the red planet Mars will be in conjunction with Uranus, the first modern planet to be discovered. We will show you it live, online. Such a nice conjunction happens from...
The rare June 2022 five planets parade: a memorable experience from Rome (21, 25 & 26 June 2022)
All the five naked eye planets showed at a glance this June, at dawn, offering the rare opportunity to see all of them, in the same order of their increasing distance from the Sun....
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...
