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Maxima of long period variable RU Scorpii on the 16th January, 2012. Magnitude: 9.0-13.0 Period: 370.75 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 17 42 25.2 | Dec. -43° 45' 01.2''

Stargazy pie is a Cornish dish made of baked pilchards and five other kinds of seafish, covered with a pastry crust. The pilchards are arranged with their tails toward the centre of the pie and their heads poking up through the crust around the edge, so that they appear to be gazing skyward. It is tradit...

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Date of outbreak: 9th June 2010 Magnitude: 12.9 - 16.62 V Period: 0.2008 days Orbital period of satellite: days Type: UGZ Position(2000): RA=23 40 23.70, Dec=+12°37'41.7"

Orbital elements: 2012 AQ10 Earth MOID = 0.0055 AU Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC M 17.47098 (2000.0) P Q n 0.45646435 Peri. 207.49081 -0.75632909 -0.65183796 a 1.6705705 Node 291.71781 +0.61063394 -0.67302550 e 0.4235072 Incl. 3.42121 +0.23471792 -0.34949099 P 2.16 H 26.5 G...

A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred at 13:40:17 (UTC) on Sunday, January 15, 2012, in the South Shetland Islands region, 539 km West of Coronation Island, at a depth of 10 km. Location 60.755°S, 55.473°W

In 1996, the Isle Of Man Astronomical Society purchased 4½ acres of land with a view to building an observatory. The site is an excellent one for astronomical observation, with good, dark skies, and an elevation of 195 metres above sea level. Construction of the observatory began in April 1999. [url...

Helios Refractor - Startravel (102mm (4") F/500) Refractor Telescope The Helios 102 (now Sky-Watcher) compact rich field scope features an excellent 102mm fully multi-coated objective lens. The short tube Startravel-102 provides 62.5% greater light gathering capability than 80mm t...

Lunar terminator 15_01_2012 06_08_07. The Lunar terminator at Mare Vaporum captured with a 100mm refractor and Vista pro webcam. Light Yellow filter + IR-cut filter Mare Vaporum (the "sea of vapours") is a lunar mare located b...

Test moon capture with Vixen pro webcam and 60mm refractor (Baader contrast booster filter used)

Montes Apenninus 15_01_2012 06_03_45. The moon captured with a 100mm refractor and Vista pro webcam. Light Yellow filter + IR-cut filter Montes Apenninus are a rugged mountain range on the northern part of the Moon's near side. They are na...

Australian scientists have found the world's first fish hooks in East Timor. Today in the journal Science, they say the research shows people who crossed the open oceans to colonise Australia were also effective at deep-sea fishing. The remains of pelagic fish such as tuna were 42,000 years old, pu...

Chagan was a Soviet underground nuclear test conducted at the Semipalatinsk Test Site on January 15, 1965. Read more

Maxima of long period variable Z Velorum on the 15th January, 2012. Magnitude: 9.0-14.3 Period: 411.4 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 09 52 54.28 | Dec. -54° 10' 47.8'' Google earth file: Z Velorum.kmz (1kb, kmz)

A researcher from The University of Western Ontario has helped solve a 37-year-old space mystery using lunar images released yesterday by NASA and maps from his own atlas of the moon. Phil Stooke, a professor cross-appointed to Western's Departments of Physics & Astronomy and Geography, pub...