The Jan. 2025 Planetary Parade: images and podcast
We are pleased to share some images of the ongoing planetary parade, with six planets visibile at a glance, taken from our robotic facility in Italy. We also provide the podcast of our live...
Tagged: Mars
Mars 2025: the Red Planet at its closest & opposition: online observation – 12 & 16 Jan. 2025.
Mars, the legendary Red Planet, is back, right now showing at its best and brightest. The Virtual Telescope Project will show it live: join us online, from the comfort of your home! Next 12...
Jupiter and Mars meet in the sky: images of a superb conjunction – 12 & 14 Aug. 2024.
We admired the amazing conjunction between Jupiter and Mars, capturing its stunning colors and the richness of the sky on the background. The image above comes from the combination of 10, 120-second images, remotely...
Jupiter and Mars meet in the sky: online observation (14 Aug. 2024)
Next 14 and 15 Aug. 2024, Jupiter and Mars will shine very close in the sky, at dawn. We will show this stunning conjunction live, online. In mid-August 2024, Jupiter and Mars will shine...
Mars in the Beehive: the Red Planet meets Messier 44 – online observation (2 June 2023)
Next 2 June 2023 Mars, the Red Planet, will shine perfectly aligned with the famous Messier 44 open star cluster, also known as the Beehive (and Praesepe). We will share this beautiful vision with...
Five Planets at a glance – online observation (28 Mar. 2023)
These evenings, at sunset, we can spot five planets at a glance: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter by naked eye, Uranus with modest binoculars. We will be showing all of them live, online. From...
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF “meets” Mars, the Red Planet: online observation – 11 Feb. 2023
Next 11 Feb. 2023, comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will be in the same spot of the sky where planet Mars is shining: we will show you this cosmic meeting live, online. While it moves...
The Dec. 2022 planetary parade: a stunning show – 28 Dec. 2022
We could see all the planets of our Solar System at a glance and shared the experience with the community worldwide. Here we present our best images. From time to time, we can see...
Mars occulted by the Moon: images (8 Dec. 2022)
On the very night of its opposition Mars, the Red Planet, was occulted by the Moon. We covered this event, sharing it live with the community. A lunar occultation of a bright planet is,...
The Moon occults Mars at opposition: online observation – 8 Dec. 2022
Next 8 Dec. 2022, we will have an occultation of Mars by the Moon. While already very rare, it will be even more special, as it happens on the night the Red Planet will be...
Mars 2022: the Red Planet at its closest to Earth, online observation – 30 Nov. 2022
Planet Mars is back and it is showing at its best. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring to you the beauty of the Red Planet on the night of its minimum distance from our Earth:...
Mars and Uranus meet in the sky: images from a planetary conjunction – 2 Aug. 2022.
We spotted the beautiful the Mars-Uranus conjunction and shared it with the world. Here they are our images. This morning, we spotted the awaited Mars-Uranus conjunction: the two planets were within 1.5 degrees (three lunar...
The Moon, Uranus and Mars meet at dawn
On 22 July 2022, the Moon had a nice conjunction with Uranus, helping to locate the otherwise largely missed first planet of modern era. Mars was not far from them, enriching the view. I...
Mars meets Uranus: a planetary conjunction – live event (02 Aug. 2022)
Next 02 Aug. 2022, the red planet Mars will be in conjunction with Uranus, the first modern planet to be discovered. We will show you it live, online. Such a nice conjunction happens from...
