Peter Capaldi to leave Doctor Who Actor Peter Capaldi is stepping down from the lead role in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. Capaldi shocked fans by making the announcement during a BBC Radio 2 show with presenter Jo Whiley. He said he will leave Doctor Who at the end of the year. "I feel its time to move...
Title: GALEX Ultraviolet photometry of NGC 2420: searching for WDs Authors: C. De Martino, L. Bianchi, I. Pagano, J. Herald, D. Thilker We present colour-magnitude diagrams of the open cluster NGC 2420, obtained from Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) ultraviolet images in FUV and NUV bands and S...
Title: LCDM Satellites and HI Companions - The Arecibo ALFA Survey of NGC 2903 Authors: J. A. Irwin, G. L. Hoffman, K. Spekkens, M. P. Haynes, R. Giovanelli, S. M. Linder, B. Catinella, E. Momjian, B. S. Koribalski, J. Davies, E. Brinks, W. J. G. de Blok, M. E. Putman, W. van Driel We have conducted a deep...
Epsilon Hydrae is difficult to split binary star. Epsilon Hydrae has a period of 1000 years and is 135 light-years from Earth. The primary is a yellow star of magnitude 3.4 and the secondary is a blue star of magnitude 6.7. Epsilon Hydra and Rho Hydra.
The 13 - 29 metre wide asteroid 2017 BJ30 will make a close pass (1.0 LD, 0.0026 AU) travelling at 5.89 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 31st January 2017 @ 02:36 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
90 million laser shots bring wind satellite back on track Developing new ways of monitoring Earth is always demanding, but ESA's Aeolus mission has faced some particularly difficult technical challenges. However, with the success of intense high-energy tests on its novel laser there is now ligh...
We recently looked at Castor, the second brightest star in Gemini and a fine multiple star. Not far away, you'll find the remnants of a dying star, the beautiful planetary nebula NGC 2392. This is one of the youngest-known planetary nebula - only 1,000 years old - and it's easily visible in a small te...
NGC 2174 (also known as Monkey Head Nebula and CED 67A) is a magnitude +6.8 H II emission nebula associated with the open star cluster NGC 2175 located 6,400 light-years away in the constellation Orion, near the border of Gemini. The nebula covers an area of sky larger than the full Moon. Narrow-band...
Title: SDSS J105754.25+275947.5: a period-bounce eclipsing cataclysmic variable with the lowest-mass donor yet measured Author: M. J. McAllister, S. P. Littlefair, V. S. Dhillon, T. R. Marsh, B. T. Gänsicke, J. Bochinksi, M. C. P. Bours, E. Breedt, L. K. Hardy, J. J. Hermes, S. Kengkriangkrai, P...
January HighlightsThe Beehive Cluster Otherwise known as M44. This is an open cluster and is a wonderful object for binoculars or a small telescope. It contains nearly 200 stars. At a magnitude of 3.7, the cluster should be visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch of light, and as such was known to the...
The 5 - 10 metre wide asteroid 2017 BH30 will make a close pass (0.1 LD, 0.0003 AU) travelling at 15.45 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 30th January 2017 @ 04:50 UT ±00:01. See more The Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.00256 AU).
T Aurigae (Nova Aurigae 1891) was a nova discovered at magnitude 5.0 on January 31, 1892, by Thomas David Anderson. Read more Ed~ The nova was observed by Dr. T. D. Anderson on the morning of the 24th January 1892, but he mistook it for the star 26 Aurigae.