* Astronomy

Title: Annular Solar Eclipse, Sept. 18, 1857 Authors: Tennant, J. F. Read more

Tuesday 18th September 2012 at 7pm Doors open 6.45pm. Tate South Lambeth Library, 180 South Lambeth Road. Free entry. Refreshments available with donations to Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library. Read more

Orbital elements: 2012 RU16 Earth MOID = 0.0031 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 12.70032 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25085767 Peri. 357.43890 +0.62099147 +0.78379914 a 2.4899146 Node 310.94961 -0.71901265 +0.56692429 e 0.6132372 Incl. 0.40494 -0.31207435 +0.25348718 P 3.93 H 25.5...

Kowa Pure Fluorite Crystal Flagship Model with a Large 88mm Diameter Lens The flagship of Kowa spotting scopes with an extremely large 88mm objective lens. The enthusiasm behind Kowas 60 years of spotting scope development is manifested in this supreme model. Its optical performance and user fri...

Orbital elements: 2011 TC4 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0146 AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC M 286.27783 (2000.0) P Q n 0.55118023 Peri. 307.69503 -0.85627627 -0.51617688 a 1.4732404 Node 201.24872 +0.48870466 -0.79786740 e 0.7057354 Incl. 2.96900 +0.16720858 -0.31139851 P 1.79 H 2...

White Dwarf Binary Stars Make Merger Plans Just like corporations, stars, too, can engage in mergers and acquisitions: a new study has identified a pair of white dwarf stars heading toward a merger. White dwarfs are the hot, superdense remnants of spent stars. In a binary system called J0651, two wh...

Orbital elements: 2012 RW16 Earth MOID = 0.0525 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 2.70282 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25585471 Peri. 357.33806 +0.99936069 +0.03573648 a 2.4573882 Node 0.61691 -0.03072746 +0.87360664 e 0.5701229 Incl. 5.61688 -0.01827647 +0.48531880 P 3.85 H 25.2 G 0....

Moscow Planetarium is under threat. The late 1920s were a time of optimism about science and space travel. Two architects, Mikhail Barshch and Mikhail Sinyavsky captured the spirit of the era with their futuristic silver-domed design for the new Moscow Planetarium. On Nov. 5, 1929, the two archit...

Indonesia's Mount Gamalama volcano erupts showering nearby Ternate with ash Indonesia's Mount Gamalama volcano erupts showering nearby Ternate with ash from a cloud that stretched 1,000m above the peak. Report by Mark Morris.

Orbital elements: 2012 RM15 Earth MOID = 0.0105 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 76.47731 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86137346 Peri. 89.39003 -0.16010373 +0.98687611 a 1.0939775 Node 171.31165 -0.95197232 -0.14873763 e 0.2496966 Incl. 8.00315 -0.26098945 -0.06287015 P 1.14 H 24.5 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 RG15 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0233 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 80.72555 (2000.0) P Q n 0.86954505 Peri. 248.02823 -0.58344085 +0.75428149 a 1.0871129 Node 336.60524 -0.09304854 -0.43037170 e 0.4563735 Incl. 49.31415 -0.80680775 -0.49582218 P 1.13...

Orbital elements: 2012 RF15 Earth MOID = 0.2243 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 10.62869 (2000.0) P Q n 0.34266112 Peri. 297.63536 +0.83722994 +0.54496358 a 2.0225200 Node 29.40910 -0.46348923 +0.75120811 e 0.3983671 Incl. 5.30437 -0.29021329 +0.37242593 P 2.88 H 19.7 G...

Top-secret spacecraft set for launch Top-secret surveillance spacecraft and several smaller research satellites will be launched aboard an Atlas 5 rocket scheduled for blastoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base early Thursday. The United Launch Alliance rocket is sitting at Space Launch Comple...

Orbital elements: 2012 RP15 Earth MOID = 0.0880 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 357.78755 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23768876 Peri. 220.11448 +0.92937153 -0.36835305 a 2.5810532 Node 161.45622 +0.35517442 +0.87442783 e 0.5842571 Incl. 4.36016 +0.10059669 +0.31574040 P 4.15 H 23....

Orbital elements: 2012 RK15 Earth MOID = 0.0046 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 350.33435 (2000.0) P Q n 0.27580093 Peri. 26.53291 +0.45011441 -0.89295929 a 2.3374315 Node 36.71656 +0.81792568 +0.41023561 e 0.6653223 Incl. 0.43632 +0.35832193 +0.18528481 P 3.57 H 23.4 G...