Orbital elements:
2012 KO18 Earth MOID = 0.0308 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 323.37250 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29628417 Peri. 94.95978 +0.72087163 +0.68986394
a 2.2284202 Node 221.44384 -0.66905544 +0.66761214
e 0.6608974 Incl. 5.77254 -0.18085603 +0.27996745
P 3.33 H 22.1 G...
A magnitude 16.0 supernova, 2006bc, was discovered on the 24th March 2006 by the Perth Observatory in the spiral galaxy (Sb) NGC 2397, (z +.004436), in the constellation Volans.
It is located 49" west and 43" north of the centre of NGC 2397
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The Sun captured with an 80mm refractor + Vesta Po webcam. (Solar filter + IR-cut filter). Sunspot 11486 captured with an 80mm refractor + Vesta Po webcam. (Solar filter + IR-cut fi...
Hubble Sees A Spiral Within a Spiral NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the spiral galaxy known as ESO 498-G5. One interesting feature of this galaxy is that its spiral arms wind all the way into the center, so that ESO 498-G5's core looks like a bit like a miniature spiral galaxy. Th...
The LARI program hopes to engage the ever-growing and technically sophisticated amateur astronomy community in some exciting research projects with Lowell astronomers. A passionate researcher, Percival Lowell always sought to communicate new ideas and the joy of astronomy research to the pu...
Hurricane Bud (02E) is forecast to strike land to make landfall in Mexico probability for CAT 1 or above is 45% currently probability for TS is 100% currently
Orbital elements:
2012 KP24 Earth MOID = 0.0004 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 287.86220 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.61175347 Peri. 230.84971 +0.43908939 +0.84946875
a 1.3743112 Node 67.57123 -0.69530571 +0.52752639
e 0.3302086 Incl. 18.45285 -0.56899075 +0.01089755
P 1.61 H 26.1...
The Sun captured wuth an 80mm refractor + Vesta Po webcam. (Solar filter + IR-cut filter). The Imperial stormtrooper marching music was generated on a vintage Amiga 1200
Outburst of the symbiotic Mira V407 Cygni Date: 10th March 2010 Outburst: 6.8 V Mira variable: 13.3 - >17.0 V Period: 745 days Position (2000): RA= 21h 02m 09.85s, Dec=+45° 46' 33.0"CBET 2199 (Subscription...
Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (born c. 1600 - died May 26, 1647) of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person in the records executed for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies. Read more
The 670 - 1500 metre wide asteroid 2002 VX94 will make a close pass (72.8 lunar distances, 0.1869 AU), travelling at 13.62 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 26th May, 2012 @ 06:10 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance...
With two months to go before he is hurled into space, Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has been told to get his will in order.
"It isn't so simple to sort out your will here in the USA and it is a requirement that we must do so after the Columbia accident" - Fuglesang in his latest newslett...
Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known A bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave was carved some 35,000 years ago and is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists say, offering the latest evidence that early modern humans in Europe had established a compl...
Researchers at Duke University, who developed a material that can "cloak" an item from detection by microwaves, report that they have expanded the number of wavelengths they can block. In 2006 the team reported they had developed so-called metamaterials that could deflect microwave...