Sunspots 11438, 11433, 11434 and 11435 captured with a 100mm refractor (stopped down to ~90mm) and Vesta pro webcam. (DIY) Solar filter + Baader contrast filter + IR-cut filter + 2X Barlow lens.
FO Persei is in outburst. Date: 2008 10 19 Magnitude: 11.8 - 16 V Period: 11.02 days Satellite period: ? ype: UG Position(2000): RA=04 08 34.99, Dec=+51°14'48.3" Read more
Orbital elements:
2007 DS84 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0297 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 334.32430 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.38664778 Peri. 172.78889 -0.91665848 +0.39178302
a 1.8660604 Node 30.65766 -0.37399407 -0.77111776
e 0.4467500 Incl. 8.91439 -0.14094559 -0.50187993
P 2.55 H 2...
Title: Spitzer Observations of MF 16 Nebula and the associated Ultraluminous X-ray Source Authors: Ciprian T. Berghea, Rachel P. Dudik We present Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) observations of the ultra-luminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 6946 X-1 and its associated nebula MF 16. This ULX has...
Title: Cool dwarfs in wide multiple systems: Paper 2: A distant M8.5V companion to HD 212168 AB Authors: J. A. Caballero, D. Montes DENIS J222644.3-750342 is a nearby, very-low-mass, M8.5 V-type star that has been repeatedly targeted by kinematic and activity studies. Thought to be an isolated st...
Spoiler How was a British educational television show created by Jack Hargreaves. It was produced from 1966 by Southern Television, for whom Hargreaves was a presenter and Deputy Programme Controller. It lasted until 198...
Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religion based in San Diego, California, founded and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931-1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1928-1985). On March 26, 1997, in a period when Comet Hale-Bopp was at its brightest, police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group who had com...
The Emerald Buddha is the palladium of the Kingdom of Thailand, a figurine of the sitting Buddha, made of green jadeite (rather than emerald), clothed in gold, and about 45 cm tall. It is kept in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. In 1779, the T...
Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (born April 27, 1942) is a former Russian cosmonaut. He holds the record for the longest spaceflight in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months (437 days 18 hours) during one trip On January 9, 1995, after 366 days in space, Polyakov...
It's been nearly 20 years since Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted, but that time of tranquillity might end. Recent seismic activity could be a prelude to an eruption, "perhaps within hours to days," said geologists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. The 10,197-foot peak sits about 50 m...
Expedition to Undersea Mountain Yields New Information About Sub-Seafloor Structure Scientists recently concluded an expedition aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution to learn more about Atlantis Massif, an undersea mountain, or seamount, that formed in a very different way than the m...
Title: Broad [OIII] in the globular cluster RZ 2109: X-ray ionized nova ejecta? Authors: E. Ripamonti (1), M. Mapelli (2) ((1) Universita' di Milano-Bicocca, (2) INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova) We study the possibility that the very broad (~1500 km/s) and luminous (L_5007 ~ 1.4e37 erg...
Survey reveals cluster of ancient cairns Seven massive Neolithic cairns and 300 new Bronze and Iron Age sites have been found in Caithness following the first large-scale survey of its kind to be undertaken in Scotland. The £100,000 archaeological project was funded by the developers of the Baill...
Meteor Cam (Dome) - Sat Mar 03 21-40-53 2012 Large fireball captured with my meteor cam 3rd March 2012 9.40, camera is south east facing. Location is the North East of England
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