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Expand (207kb, 800 x 600) Expand (207kb, 800 x 600) Sunspot 11525 captured with a 100mm f6 refractor + Vesta pro webcam + solar filter + green filter. (Test for a Front mounted green filter - No other correcting filter used.)

An international project to make the world's most productive ground-based telescope 10 times more capable has reached its halfway mark and is on schedule to provide astronomers with an extremely powerful new tool for exploring the Universe. The National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (V...

The Kanopus V (Russia) and BelKA-2 (Belorussia) satellites is scheduled for April 2011 from Plesetsk booster site. The satellites will be launched together by the Rokot booster into the circular sun-synchronous orbit with the altitude of 510 - 540 km. The space vehicles are identical by their cha...

Sambalpur to get a planetarium soon After state capital of Bhubaneswar, second planetarium of Odisha is all set to come up at a cost of Rs 12 crore in Sambalpur shortly. Five acres of land had been selected for the construction of the planetarium near Jyoti Vihar and Hirakud dam at Burla town. [url=htt...

Orbital elements: 2012 NJ Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 2.17743 (2000.0) P Q n 0.02029283 Peri. 339.75978 +0.65508922 +0.30553901 a 13.3119286 Node 316.08265 -0.47978147 -0.53830052 e 0.9021756 Incl. 85.03429 -0.58366759 +0.78541611 P 48.57 H 13.3 G 0.15 U 8 MPEC 2012 - N1...

Georg Wilhelm Richmann (July 22, 1711 - August 6, 1753 (old style: July 11, 1711 - July 26, 1753)) was a German physicist who lived in Russia. He did pioneering work on electricity and atmospheric electricity, and also worked on calorimetry, in doing so collaborating with Mikhail Lomonosov. He was...

Gustav Ludwig Hertz (22 July 1887 - 30 October 1975) was a German experimental physicist and Nobel Prize winner, and a nephew of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. Read more

Pi Approximation Day is on the 22/7 - that is, July 22. The fraction 227 is a common approximation of Pi. Read more

Orbital elements: 2012 OD1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0362 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 200.99873 (2000.0) P Q n 1.28986571 Peri. 224.93817 -0.82118384 -0.01970416 a 0.8358077 Node 304.56724 +0.46417347 -0.60443183 e 0.5054459 Incl. 43.83574 -0.33196398 -0.79641315 P 0.76...

Orbital elements: 2012 OC1 Earth MOID = 0.3101 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 49.06182 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21261314 Peri. 110.88291 -0.80955463 +0.57048834 a 2.7801996 Node 104.14875 -0.57757362 -0.73184228 e 0.5403377 Incl. 8.20795 -0.10502386 -0.37275989 P 4.64 H 17.5 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 OB1 Earth MOID = 0.1962 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 15.82175 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28616410 Peri. 31.29533 +0.80399258 +0.58431310 a 2.2806534 Node 292.55012 -0.56727729 +0.69803966 e 0.4741951 Incl. 6.86155 -0.17830428 +0.41390679 P 3.44 H 20.5 G 0...

Orbital elements: 2012 OA1 Earth MOID = 0.0915 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 26.25963 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31839814 Peri. 357.92146 +0.38405557 +0.91620326 a 2.1240058 Node 294.64741 -0.84529509 +0.29907955 e 0.4786979 Incl. 7.22685 -0.37145326 +0.26668899 P 3.10 H 21.4 G...

Orbital elements: 2012 OZ Earth MOID = 0.3405 AU Epoch 2012 Sept. 30.0 TT = JDT 2456200.5 MPC M 3.13945 (2000.0) P Q n 0.31446853 Peri. 224.74162 +0.93751249 +0.15600223 a 2.1416636 Node 123.78600 -0.10379692 +0.97855049 e 0.3998405 Incl. 21.97600 -0.33210922 +0.13454461 P 3.13 H 20.1 G 0...

Henry Moore sculpture stolen in Hertfordshire is found Police have recovered a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, valued at up to £500,000, which had been stolen from the grounds of a Hertfordshire museum. The Sundial, 1965, was taken from The Henry Moore Foundation in Much Hadham on 10 July. [url=h...

Sunspot 11525 captured with a 100mm f6 refractor + Vesta pro webcam + solar filter + green filter. (Test for a Front mounted green filter - No other correcting filter used.) [video=...