Mars: an image (11 Apr. 2014)
Last night, seeing was quite good, as typical at the observing site, and some images of planet Mars were planned. Mars was just south, so at its best. Above is the average of 50...
Category: planets
Jupiter and Ganymede: image and movie (16 Mar. 2014)
Jupiter is always a rewarding sight. Its magnificent size, its continuously fast evolving atmosphere and its satellites make it a dynamic experience. Last night, while we were preparing the Celestron C14 robotic unit for...
Ganymede eclipses Europa (12 Aug. 2009): truly rare!
This amazing movie was made using a great number of images collected with the Celestron C14 robotic unit available as part of Virtual Telescope Project, at dawn on Aug 12, 2009. It shows Ganymede...
2012: the non-end of the world
On this website you will not find any mention to the so called 2012 end of the world other than this post. This because the world is not going to end and if you were disappointed...
Jupiter: 19 Oct. 2012
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...
The Moon, Jupiter and Aldebaran: 8 Sept. 2012
Early on 8 Sept. 2012, the Moon was meeting a few very beautiful objects, like Jupiter and the bright, orange star Aldebaran. All around the Iades, the well-known open cluster in Taurus. It was...
The Moon, Jupiter and Taurus meet in the sky: 8 Sept. 2012
Moon, Jupiter and Taurus: 8 Sept. 2012, 02:30UT It is not rare that, with all the beauties up there, something more special than usual happens in the sky. Early on Sept. 8, 2012, observers...
Venus transit: 6 June 2012
The Transit of Venus in front of the Sun is a very rare event. The last one for our generation was on June 6, 2012. In Italy, it was only visible the very end...
“Pianeti e Mercurio” – “Cose dell’altro Geo”
[fvplayer src=”https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/video/geo_1nov2010.flv” width=”640″] Rai Tre, “Cose dell’altro Geo”, 1 Novembre 2010 Back to “Podcast” page Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate and receive an EXCLUSIVE image of the stunning COMET C/2023...
Venus and Mercury above St. Peter Dome in Rome
Venus and Mercury were giving a great show at sunset, early in the in 2010 spring. Here they were captured while hanging above Saint Peter Dome and other buildings in Rome. Back to...
Jupiter: rotation
[hana-flv-player video=’https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/wordpress/jupiter_26nov2011.flv’/ width=”640″ height=”” autoplay=”true” /] Jupiter is the largest planet orbiting our Sun and its rotational period is less than 10 hours. On Nov. 26, 2011, G. Masi obtained almost 1.000 CCD images...
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...
Jupiter
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System. It is surrounded by a huge number of satellites, the biggest ones were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. It is always a very rewarding...
Saturn
Saturn is one the best objects visible up there. Its view is always breathtaking. Seeing its giant gaseous globe surrounded by its marvelous systems of rings is an unforgettable experience. This image was captured...
