Euclid Space Telescope imaged! – 7 July 2023
We were able to capture the European Space Agency’s Euclid Telescope, on its way to the L2 point. Here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of three, 180-second exposures,...
Category: satellite
Juice on its way to Jupiter: online observation – 13 Apr. 2023
Next 13 Apr. 2023, the European Space Agency will launch the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft, going to greatly improve our knowledge of the Jupiter’s environment and its Ganymede, Callisto and Europa moons....
Artemis I: Orion spacecraft image and video: 8 Dec. 2022
We tracked the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft again, looking forward to show it live soon. We share here new image and video. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with...
Artemis I: Orion spacecraft spotted again: 7 Dec. 2022
We did again: after taking a record image of Orion at its farthest from the Earth, we captured it now that it is coming back, but still as distant as the Moon. The image...
Artemis I – Orion: back to Earth – online observation (10 Dec. 2022)
After taking a record making image, showing the spacecraft close to its farthest distance from Earth, we will show you live, via our telescopes, the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft ready to splashdown in the Pacific...
Ripresa la navetta Orion di Artemis I: ecco un’immagine da record – 27 novembre 2022
L’astrofisico Gianluca Masi, fondatore e Responsabile Scientifico del Virtual Telescope Project, è riuscito nell’impresa di fotografare la navetta Orion della Missione Artemis I, in orbita attorno alla Luna, mentre si avvicinava alla massima distanza...
Artemis I: Orion spacecraft imaged: 27 Nov. 2022
We did something epic: we imaged the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft with our robotic telescopes, while it is orbiting the Moon. We are proud and pleased to share this unique image with the...
Lucy Mission 16 Oct. 2022 flyby: an image
On 16 Oct. 2022, one year after launch, the Nasa’s Lucy probe had a spectacular flyby with the Earth. We imaged it 12 hours later and showed it in real-time to the world. The image...
Lucy close fly-by with the Earth: online observation – 16 Oct. 2022
Next 16 oct. 2022 the Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, will have a close fly-by with the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring it to you live, online! The...
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...
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted on Didymos/Dimorphos… and it was a huge show!
It is hard to comment the stunning experience we had last night: we saw in real-time, with our very own eyes, the effects of DART slamming into its target asteroid Didymos, making it much...
The James Webb Space Telescope: new image – 16 Sept. 2022
After eight months, we wanted to spot the James Webb Space Telescope again and here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 300-second exposure, unfiltered, remotely collected with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″+Paramount...
DART slams into Dimorphos: online, live observation of the impact – 26 Sept. 2022.
Next 26 Sept. 2022, after a 10-month long journey, the Nasa’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft will reach the climax of its mission. It will impact on Dimorphos, the satellite of asteroid (65803) Didymos,...
Four Planets, the Moon and two space stations: a stunning view above Rome – 27 Apr. 2022
This morning, I could really enjoy the wonderful planetary parade visible at dawn, plus the Moon. And a very special bonus were the transits of both the International Space Station and the Chinese Tianhe-1...
