Galaxies come in a variety of shapes, but most fit into one of just a few categories - simple spheroids or ellipses, flattened discs, elegant spirals like the Milky Way or irregularly shaped blobs. But Hoag's object is so bizarre that when astronomer Arthur Hoag first spotted it in 1950, he wasn't eve...
Star hopping is a technique that is often used by amateur astronomers to locate objects in the night sky. Star hopping uses bright stars as a guide to finding fainter objects. A knowledge of the relative positions of bright stars and target objects is essential. After planning the star hop with the ai...
Forteviot is known to have been inhabited in the 9th century. It was a residence of the Pictish kings of Fortriu. King Cináed mac Ailpín (Kenneth mac Alpin or Kenneth I of Scotland) (d. 858), is said to have died in the 'palace' (palacio) there, and his successors. The palace formerly stood on Haly Hill...
Sacred stones of the outback This Landsat image takes us to the Amadeus Basin in the heart of the Australian outback. Two large rock formations are visible on the lower section of the image. Sacred to the local Aboriginal people, the Anangu, these sandstone 'bornhardts' are the main features of the...
Space Systems/Loral, a provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide two high-power satellites to Intelsat for Direct-to-Home (DTH) television service in Latin America. The two satellites will be operated by Intelsat, which will provide the...
Title: Discovery and Atmospheric Characterisation of Giant Planet Kepler-12b: An Inflated Radius Outlier Authors: Jonathan J. Fortney, Brice-Olivier Demory, Jean-Michel Desert, Jason Rowe, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Howard Isaacson, Lars A. Buchhave, David Ciardi, Thomas N. Gautier, Natalie M. B...
ARS Rocket No. 4 launched at Marine Island, Staten Island, New York. It reached 130 m altitude and crashed into New York Bay 407 meters downrange. It featured a single thrust chamber with four canted nozzles. Read more This is the American Rocket Society's ARS Rocket Motor No. 4. It was used in the flig...
Luigi Alyisio Galvani (September 9, 1737 - December 4, 1798) was an Italian physician and physicist who lived and died in Bologna. In 1791, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs legs twitched when struck by a spark. Read more
William Cranch Bond (September 9, 1789 - January 29, 1859) was an American astronomer, and the first director of Harvard College Observatory. Read more
John Henry Poynting (9 September 1852 - 30 March 1914) was an English physicist. He was a professor of physics at Mason Science College (now the University of Birmingham) from 1880 until his death. Read more
Goosfest is a week-long series of events held each year in October designed to enhance the cultural life of our small Cheshire village of Goostrey. With a number of day-time and evening events at different venues in and around the village, Goosfest promises to offer something for everyone. Tuesday...
Participez à la Science en profane Vendredi 30 septembre et Samedi 1er octobre LPNHE 4 place Jussieu - Tour 12 RdC salle 08 - 75005 Paris En astronomie, il existe une très ancienne tradition de participation des amateurs à la recherche, mais cette pratique est-elle ouverte à tous les amateurs et est-...
Orbital elements:
2011 RH1 Earth MOID = 0.1301 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 12.25398 (2000.0) P Q
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e 0.2207807 Incl. 6.95466 -0.21519273 +0.39811683
P 1.76 H 23.0 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2011 RJ1 PHA, Earth MOID = 0.0433 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 355.76785 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.24344966 Peri. 345.53312 +0.99215008 +0.12412662
a 2.5401728 Node 7.38692 -0.09974903 +0.85880163
e 0.5900613 Incl. 6.78613 -0.07542116 +0.49704360
P 4.05 H 21....
The Dinosaur Gallery: Exploring Lost Worlds Now Open! Gallery 2 & 3, New Walk Museum & Art Gallery The Rutland Dinosaur is back! The Dinosaur, a Cetiosaurus, is taking centre stage in the new exhibition that shows extinct animals were not 'prehistoric monsters' but living and breathing cr...
