Category: Celestial Objects

The Moon eclipse of 16 July 2019 will be visible throughout Italy The Moon returns to show! After the total eclipse of 21 January 2019, in which the most daring witnessed the “Red Moon”, this time the Earth’s cone of shadow will partially cover our natural satellite, on July 16, 2019. The partial eclipse of […]

The rains of stars not to be missed during 2019! Spectacular and fascinating phenomena, we can admire the “shooting stars” in clear nights of new Moon, when the sky is darker, possibly far from the lights of the cities… From January there are already numerous meteor showers that have illuminated our skies. What are shooting […]

Between conjunctions and meteor showers, the “surprises” of the May sky The M87 galaxy is the star of the sky in May. Inside it houses the super massive black hole photographed on 10 April by the Event Horizon Telescope. Even if the astronomical night gets shorter as summer approaches, there will be many heavenly shows […]

The Sun and its wonders… On the occasion of the World Day of the Sun, we celebrate our star with a series of curiosities concerning the “king” of the Solar System…  “From the Sun derives our first idea of God” (Emilio Bossi) The Sun, star celebrated by practically all the ancient civilizations such as “God […]

Jupiter, a planet of a thousand surprises! Perhaps not everyone knows that Jupiter has special features that make it unique. On these spring nights, in many will have noticed a bright dot rising in the east, towards the constellation of Ophiuchus and the star Antares… In the night between 22 and 23 April, Jupiter and […]

The meteor shower of the Lyrids is the oldest ever observed. From April 15th to 25th we will be able to admire the Lyrids, falling stars of spring. The oldest meteor shower ever observed is preparing to draw light trails in the spring sky. Among the celestial phenomena observable in the April sky there are […]

[:it]Alcune curiosità sulla stella Vega, una delle stelle più brillanti del cielo estivo e tra le più visibili ad occhio nudo dalla Terra.[:]

[:it]Nel cielo estivo un Cigno spiega le sue ali mostrando il suo cuore: è Sadr, la stella più brillante e affascinante della costellazione del Cigno![:]

[:it]L'Ammasso dell'Attaccapanni è un brillante asterismo visibile nella costellazione della Volpetta che ricorda per la sua forma un appendiabiti.[:]

[:it]Una stella unica formata da due stelle di colori diversi che la rendono uno degli oggetti celesti più affascinanti del cielo estivo.[:]