10 Feb. 2017 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: images and podcast
At last, the 10 Feb. 2017 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse putted its show in the sky. While it was not the best eclipse possible, it still was a worthy sight. An image of the eclipse at...
At last, the 10 Feb. 2017 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse putted its show in the sky. While it was not the best eclipse possible, it still was a worthy sight. An image of the eclipse at...
Next 10 Feb. 2017 the Moon will enter Earth’s penumbra, offering a penumbral lunar eclipse. It will be perfectly visible from Italy. At Virtual Telescope we will broadcast it live, online, for free. To live...
On 05 Feb. 2017, the Moon will occult the bright star Aldebaran, the most luminous one in Taurus. It will be a spectacular sight and here at Virtual Telescope we will bring the experience to...
Next 5 Feb. 2017 the Moon will occult the star Aldebaran. This is the second time that such Aldebaran occultation happens this year. Lunar occultations of a star are quite frequent, while the Moon travels across the...
Above is a star chart showing the whole sky of the month as visible on Dec. 15, 2016, at 20:30 pm local time, from a location placed at (13°E;42°N). Of course, it is valid...
The near-Earth asteroid 2017 BH30 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona (USA) on 29 January 2017 and announced later the same day by the Minor Planet Center: it was going to have a very close encounter...
Earlier this month astronomers reported that stars in KIC 9832227, a contact binary system, are going to collide in a few years, with a resulting, huge visible effect, making it a bright object in...
While 2016 approached its end, ready to welcome 2017, the sky putted a marvelous great show out there, with the sharp Moon crescent and a planetary parade with the very bright Venus, the palely red...
Last 5 Sept. 2016, asteroid (17473) Freddiemercury has been officially named by the International Astronomical Union after Freddie Mercury, the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the epic rock band Queen. It was announced on...
Above is a star chart showing the whole sky of the month as visible on Jan. 15, 2017, at 20:30 pm local time, from a location placed at (13°E;42°N). Of course, it is valid...
Nei prossimi giorni, gli ultimi dell’anno, ricorre un avvenimento di straordinaria importanza per l’Osservatorio Astronomico “Bellatrix”, che ospita il Virtual Telescope Project e che al tempo si apprestava ad operare come struttura permanente a Ceccano...
Me la ricordo come se fosse oggi, quella lontana mattina del 16 dicembre 1984. Una fredda e umida domenica ormai invernale, con il cielo che lasciava trapelare appena la luce del Sole in un mare...
The 13/14 December 2016 Supermoon was another great show in Rome. Here we share some images captured during the live feed provided by the Virtual Telescope. [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he December 2016 supermoon and its show, once...
ASASSN-15lh, l’eccezionale transiente astrofisico di cui Gianluca Masi del Virtual Telescope è co-scopritore, non cessa di stupire. Un nuovo studio suggerisce che all’origine dell’epocale emissione di energia ci sia un evento ancora più estremo e...
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