Bulgarian team finds new asteroid A new asteroid has been discovered by students at the Varna Astronomy Club in the Bulgarian Black Sea city. The discovery was made while the team was working on a project that is supported by Nasa, Bulgarian National Television said. [url=http://www.sofiaecho.c...
A Total lunar eclipse occurs at 12:45:24 UT, 10th December, 2011. The eclipse is visible throughout most of Europe, eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and the North America. The western U.S. will get to see the first half of a total eclipse of the moon. Lunar Eclipse Event for Dec. 10...
The variable star FN Andromedae is in outburst. Date: 17th July 2011. Magnitude range: 12.9 - 19.3 V Period: ? Satellite period: ? Type: UGSS Position (2000): RA 01 11 57.55 | Dec +35°17'24.3"
Orbital elements:
2011 XC2 Earth MOID = 0.0006 AU
Epoch 2012 Mar. 14.0 TT = JDT 2456000.5 MPC
M 47.18032 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.34120580 Peri. 306.65895 +0.85960875 -0.22874462
a 2.0282669 Node 70.74761 +0.45920700 +0.73797013
e 0.5869906 Incl. 28.94405 -0.22405742 +0.63488265
P 2.89 H 22.6 G 0...
Orbital elements: 2010 CO1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0224 AU Epoch 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5 MPC M 252.42155 (2000.0) P Q n 0.96835898 Peri. 252.69488 -0.42056777 +0.90536006 a 1.0118399 Node 351.68201 -0.59859227 -0.32552172 e 0.2173975 Incl. 23.93957 -0.68176979 -0.27268805 P 1.02 H 21.5 G 0.1...
The 1400 - 3200 metre wide asteroid 1999 RD32 will make a close pass (57.9 lunar distances, 0.1488 AU), travelling at 18.80 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 14th March, 2012 @ 10:40 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distan...
Maxima of long period variable W Coronae Borealis on the 11th December, 2011. Magnitude: 8.5-13.5 Period: 238.4 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 16 15 24.552 | Dec. +37° 47' 44.82'' Google earth file: W Coronae Borealis.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Maxima of the long period variable R Pavonis (HD 165961) on the 25th August, 2010. Magnitude: 8.5-13.0 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 18 12 52.94503, Dec -63 36 57.2667
The Septimontium was a Roman festival of the seven hills of Rome. It was celebrated in September (or, according to late calendars, on 11 December). They sacrificed seven animals at seven times in seven different places within the walls of the city near the seven hills. Read more
Maxima of long period variable X Librae on the 11th December, 2011. Magnitude: 11.0-13.5 Period: 164.38 days Type: Mira Position (J2000): R.A. 15 36 12.71 | Dec. -21° 09' 03.6'' Google earth file: X Librae.kmz (1kb, kmz)
Sir David Brewster KH PRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSSA MICE (11 December 1781 - 10 February 1868) was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal. Read more
A Pegasus XL rocket body that was launched on the 15th April, 2005, from a location over the Pacific Ocean approximately 100 miles offshore from Vandenberg Air Force Base, for the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on t...
It's been a little over 17 years ago when the Sprignet Butte Fire burned across those hills, scorching almost 1,200 acres. State fire investigators at first thought it was an arsonist that started those fires. Now there's a chance that the stones that were found by Tony Guillios could've been meteor...
The 54 - 120 metre wide asteroid 2004 JN1 will make a close pass (57.5 lunar distances, 0.1476 AU), travelling at 8.97 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 1st December, 2011 @ 05:13 UT ±06:11. See moreThe Lunar Dista...
Maxima of long period variable RS Ursa Majoris on the 3rd July, 2010.
Magnitude: 9.0-14.3
Type: Mira
Position (2000): RA 12 38 57.5437, Dec +58 29 00.319
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