The ISS tool bag: a new image – 29 Nov. 2023
We imaged again the tool bag went lost in space early in Nov. by astronauts of the International Space Station. See our new image and video. The image above comes from a single 1-second...
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The Moon and Venus, a bright meeting in the sky – 23 Apr. 2023.
Despite the clouds, we could admire the Moon and Venus, the two brightest objects in the night sky, shining in the same spot of the sky, sharing the view with the world. We simply...
Venus and the Pleiades: what a stunning show! – 9 & 10 Apr. 2023
We managed to capture Venus and the Pleiades while they are offering a memorable show at sunset. Enjoy these images, ready to join our live, online feed! The image above comes from the average...
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...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (65803) Didymos waits for the NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact: a image – 5 Sept. 2022
In just three weeks, we will see the NASA’s DART mission at work to test asteroid deflection by kinetic impactor. We imaged the target, the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos. The image above comes 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....
Asteroids (2171) Kiev and (787) Moskva: a image – 01 Mar. 2022
As a message of hope, we observed asteroids (2171) Kiev and (787) Moskva on the same night, within a few minutes and in the same spot of the sky. Here we share their images....
La Stazione Spaziale Internazionale vola nel cielo del Colosseo: una visione unica al mondo
In occasione della prima Giornata Nazionale dello Spazio, abbiamo avuto il privilegio di condividere un’esperienza unica al mondo: l’osservazione del transito della Stazione Spaziale Internazionale tra gli astri che sovrastano il Colosseo. Ecco alcuni...
The International Space Station flies above the Colosseum: a once-in-a-lifetime view
For the First National Space Day in Italy, we had the privilege to bring to the community worldwide a once-in-a-lifetime experience: the flight of the International Space Station across the sky above the legendary...
Godspeed, Michael Collins (1930-2021): here it is your asteroid (6471)
Yesterday, we received the very sad news that astronaut Michael Collins, one of the three heroes of the legendary Apollo 11 lunar mission, passed away. We imaged asteroid (6471) named after him, to celebrate...
Asteroid (15006) Samcristoforetti: an image – 30 Mar. 2021.
We imaged asteroid (15006) Samcristoforetti, named after Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman in space. The image above comes from the average of seven, 300-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely taken with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″+Paramount ME+SBIG...
Sette secoli dalla morte di Dante: un’osservazione astronomica davvero speciale – 2 Feb. 2021
Un’osservazione celeste del tutto particolare, nell’anno che celebra Dante Alighieri a VII secoli dalla morte. Un viaggio con gli occhi alle stelle, alla ricerca di un puntino speciale. Vi è un viaggio che, credo,...
Asteroid (2999) Dante: an image to start celebrating the Poet, 700 years after his death – 02 Feb. 2021
This year, Italy and the world will celebrate one of the greatest poets ever: Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321). He wrote the “Divina Commedia” (“Divine Comedy”), one of the greatest work of world literature....
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE and globular cluster M 53 – 6 Aug. 2020.
While slowly leaving the inner Solar System, comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE is surfing our skies making very interesting “encounters”: last night, we caught it with globular cluster Messier 53. The image above comes from...
