Comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas: analysis of the 7 Apr. 2020 images
We managed to analyze our 7 Apr. 2020 images of comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas, to follow-up the possible disruption event of its nucleus. The images used in the panel above come from the median...
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“Super Pink Moon”: the largest full Moon of the year – images
We managed to share the Supermoon live from Rome, despite the clouds. Here they are a few images. Support The Virtual Telescope Project! Support us! Please, donate and receive an EXCLUSIVE image of the stunning...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: new image – 4 Apr. 2020
Despite the very bright Moon, we captured new images of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: it is safely coming as close as 6.3 millions of km late this April. We will show...
The International Space Station joins the cosmic hug between Venus and the Pleiades – 3 Apr. 2020
While planet Venus and the Pleiades star cluster were at the best of their conjunction, the International Space Station had a very bright pass above Rome: here it is our image. I’m always amazed...
Venus and the Pleiades, a cosmic hug of rare beauty – images from 1 Apr. 2020
While waiting for the climax, the Venus & Pleaides conjunction is already a stunning sight up there. Here they are a few images from last evening, showing this celestial hug. Tomorrow, 3 Apr., the...
NGC 5154 and supernova SN 2020bcq: a image – 25 Mar. 2020
We captured supernova SN 2020bcq and its host galaxy NGC 5154, as part of our supernova follow-up program, with a number of other galaxies all around. Here it is our image. The image above comes...
NGC 5157 and supernova SN 2020ees: a image – 25 Mar. 2020
We captured supernova SN 2020ees and its host galaxy NGC 5157, as part of our supernova follow-up program, with a number of other galaxies all around. Enjoy our cosmic postcard. The image above comes...
C/2019 Y4 Atlas, a close-up image (24 Mar. 2020)
We present a new image of comet C/2019 Y4 Atlas, lookingbrighter and brighter. Le’s hope it will amaze us next months. The image above comes from the average of 16, 300-seconds exposures, unfiltered, remotely...
“Le Pleiadi abbracciano Venere”: uno splendido incontro celeste – 1/5 aprile 2020
Il pianeta Venere, l’astro più brillante di queste sere, transita tra le Pleiadi, il più celebre ammasso stellare del cielo, per una visione indimenticabile. Il Virtual Telescope Project vi mostra la spettacolare, rara congiunzione...
NGC 5371 and supernova SN 2020bio: an image – 24 Mar. 2020
We imaged supernova SN 2020bio and its host galaxy NGC 5371, as part of our supernova follow-up program, two months after its discovery. Enjoy this superb view! The image above comes from the average...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: new image – 24 Mar. 2020
We are happy to share with you a new image of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: it is safely coming as close as 6.3 millions of km next 29 April. We will...
SuperMoon 2020: the largest Full Moon of the year – online observation – 7 Apr. 2020
Next 8 April, the SuperMoon will be back, but with something special: it will be the largest full Moon of 2020. At Virtual Telescope we will show it live, online, while the Moon rises...
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2: image and video – 20 Mar. 2020
We present here a new image and movie of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, coming as close as 6.3 millions of km next 29 April. Quite a large distance, telling us it will...
Vernal Equinox: the Jupiter-Mars conjunction welcomes the new season – 20 Mar. 2020
Today (exactly on 20 March 2020, at 03:50 UTC) our Sun, in its apparent motion along the Ecliptic, crossed the Celestial Equator from South to North: for this reason, we celebrate the Vernal Equinox....
