SkyWatcher ED 80 Skywatcher is one of today's most prominent brands for telescopes and accessories. Production "made in China", intensive quality control and a reduction of organisation overhead result in an excellent value for money and competitive prices which are this brand's ke...
The 620 - 1400 metre wide asteroid 1999 XP35 will make a close pass (77.5 lunar distances, 0.1991 AU), travelling at 11.15 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 20th December, 2011 @ 03:25 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Dis...
Orbital elements:
2011 PS PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0269 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 336.98805 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.40559425 Peri. 26.28555 +0.69861551 -0.71517038
a 1.8074857 Node 19.42338 +0.64446813 +0.61584510
e 0.5144956 Incl. 3.72875 +0.31080091 +0.33055429
P 2.43 H 20.1...
The Planetarium and Observatory are located on the popular Wynyard Woodland Park (formerly the Castle Eden Walkway Country Park) near Thorpe Thewles, Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside in the North-East of England. The park is just outsi...
'Quantum of Solace' locations are as thrilling as the action As the new Bond film bursts onto a cinema screen near you, it introduces a whole new generation to the landscapes of Latin America. The films villain, Dominic Greene, has his hideout at an eco-hotel in the mountains of Bolivia. The "ho...
Spartacus (c. 109-71 BC) was a famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. The ancient sources agree that Spartacus was a Thracian. Plutarch describes him as "a Thracian of Nomadic stock". [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Title: LSPM J1112+7626: detection of a 41-day M-dwarf eclipsing binary from the MEarth transit survey Authors: Jonathan M. Irwin, Samuel N. Quinn, Zachory K. Berta, David W. Latham, Guillermo Torres, Christopher J. Burke, David Charbonneau, Jason Dittmann, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Robert P. Stef...
Title: KOI-126: A Triply Eclipsing Hierarchical Triple with Two Low-Mass Stars Authors: Joshua A. Carter, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Darin Ragozzine, Matthew J. Holman, Samuel N. Quinn, David W. Latham, Lars A. Buchhave, Jeffrey Van Cleve, William D. Cochran, Miles T. Cote, Michael Endl, Eric B. Ford,...
Storm from Hurricane Katia set to hit Scotland Scotland is braced for severe gales as the remnants of Hurricane Katia hit the country. The Met Office has issued an amber alert, warning of disruption to commuters and the possibility of damage to trees and structures. The strongest winds are expected...
Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (September 12, 1725 - October 22, 1792) was a French astronomer. He discovered what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes kn...
Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur von Auwers (September 12, 1838 - January 24, 1915) was a German astronomer. He specialized in astrometry, making very precise measurements of stellar positions and motions. He detected the companion stars of Sirius and Procyon from their effects on the main star's m...
Amateur-built rocket launches off the Mull of Galloway 1st September, 2011 The Mull of Galloway has been the backdrop for an attempt to set a new UK height record for an amateur-built rocket. The 4m-long missile was built by sixth-form stud...
New all-sky astrophysics research centre to tackle the big questions Some astronomical questions can only be answered by looking at the whole sky all at once but the technology to do that doesn't exist yet. Enter the new ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), which launched t...
Surveyor 5 was the fifth lunar lander of the American unmanned Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon. Launched September 8, 1967; landed September 11, 1967 Weight on landing: 303 kg (668 lb) Surveyor 5 landed on Mare Tranquillitatis. A total of 19,049 images were transmitted to Ea...
