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...
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Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 close encounter: online observation – 1 Nov. 2022
Next 1 Nov. 2022, the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2022 RM4 will have a close, but safe encounter with us, coming at about 2.3 millions of km from the Earth, six times the average lunar distance....
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...
25 ottobre 2022, eclissi di Sole: guida e strumenti utili all’osservazione
Il Virtual Telescope propone una guida all’eclissi parziale di Sole del prossimo 25 ottobre, che sarà visibile anche dall’Italia. Si ricorda che la visione del Sole senza protezioni appositamente realizzate è pericolosa e rischia...
“25 October 2022 Partial Solar Eclipse” – live event, online!
Next 25 Oct. 2022, the Sun will offer us an interesting partial eclipse, also visible from Europe. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring to you the event, showing the eclipse live from Rome, Italy....
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...
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...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF: a new image – 12 Sept. 2022.
We continue tracking comet C/2022 E3 ZTF as it slowly approaches its perihelion: here it is our latest image. The image above comes from the average of 21, 180-second exposures, unfiltered, remotely collected with the...
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,...
Comet 9P/Tempel and Deep Impact: fond memories waiting for DART crashing on Didymos/Dimorphos
On 4 July 2005, the Nasa’s Deep Impact spacecraft impacted on comet 9P/Tempel to investigate the interior of that icy world, pioneering the idea to deliberately hit another astronomical body. While we wait for DART...
Supernova SN 2022prv in IC 1132 galaxy: a image – 20 Aug. 2022.
We observed the supernova SN 2022prv in the spiral galaxy IC 1132, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of four, 180-second exposures,...
Supernova SN 2022qku in NGC 7065A galaxy: a image – 20 Aug. 2022.
We observed the supernova SN 2022qku in the spiral galaxy NGC 7065A, as part of our supernova follow-up program: here it is our image. The image above comes from the average of five, 180-second exposures,...
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...
