Category: Celestial Objects
Visible from the end of September. It presents different characteristics that make it a planet … fascinating! Venus, the “planet of love” will return to peep out from the glare of the Sun from September 20th. In fact, we will be able to observe the “vespers star” and the morning starting from the last decade […]
With its apparent magnitude of +7.82, the planet Neptune will remain invisible to the naked eye during the opposition. The eighth planet of the Solar System, will find itself in opposition to the Sun on September 10th. Because of its high distance, only one probe in 1989 managed to reach it … Neptune: from the […]
The most beautiful “hen tail” in the Universe It’s called “hen’s tail” (from the Arabic Dhanab to the Dajajah). Its appearance, however, resembles little that of the ruffled tail of the biped of our flowerbeds… It is Deneb, the alpha star of the Swan constellation. We reveal some curiosities about one of the stars of […]
Falling stars, visible planets, constellations… This and more on the August 2019 summer nights While waiting for the famous “Tears of San Lorenzo” to express our desires, there are many opportunities to admire the starry sky. Whether with the naked eye, or with telescopes or binoculars. From the junctions to the objects of the deep […]
The July meteor shower: the Delta Aquarids July could only end in beauty with the spectacular phenomenon of shooting stars: the most active among the meteor showers of this last part of the month is surely that of the Delta Aquarids! A mixture of “nostalgia” but also many “astronomical” memories this July 2019 has brought […]
About every year and a half, the Sun and the Moon dance in the skies giving a show. It is the total solar eclipse, which brings with it an aura of charm and emotion that is hard to forget. Armed with solar slides, filters and telescopes, inhabitants of Chile and Argentina will certainly be preparing […]
Among the other astronomical events in the sky of July, the swarm of the Delta Aquarids! The main event in the July sky will surely be the partial Lunar eclipse. It will be visible from all over Italy starting at 6.42pm. The Moon will be in the full moon phase and we can admire the […]
Spotlights and … telescopes aimed at the Summer Triangle! In the northern skies it is possible to admire, from the beginning of June until the beginning of January, the famous asterism known as the “Summer Triangle”. Main features Its isosceles triangle shape is particularly recognizable in the summer skies. Its position (almost at the zenith) […]
Don’t miss the conjunctions and the opposition of June 10th! From “phantom shooting stars” to Jupiter in opposition, here are the astronomical appointments not to be missed in June 2019. While the summer from the weather point of view is struggling to take off, the astronomical one will arrive on June 21st on time. In […]
Transit of Mercury: the next one will be in 2032 One of the most awaited astronomical events of the year 2019! The transit of the planet Mercury between the Earth and the Sun will give terrestrial spectators a rare show. It repeats itself after several years, about 13 times for century. What we will be […]