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Title: The cool magnetic DAZ white dwarf NLTT 10480 Authors: AAdela Kawka, Stephane Vennes We have identified a new, cool magnetic white dwarf in the New Luyten Two-Tenths (NLTT) catalogue. The high proper-motion star NLTT 10480 (mu=0.5"/year) shows weak Zeeman-split lines of calcium, as...
A magnitude 8.4 Nova in the constellation Sagittarius (VSX J180558.8-271356) was discovered on April 19, by the Macedon Ranges Observatory. It is currently at magnitude 6, and brightening. Position(2000): RA 18:05:58.90 Dec -27:13:56.3
Joan George Erardus Gijsbertus Voûte (June 7, 1879-August 20, 1963) was a Dutch astronomer. In 1913 he gained a post at the Cape Observatory in South Africa, where he worked on double stars and parallax measurements. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1917. His preliminary account of the para...
The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7, at exactly 11:43 a.m., according to a stopped pocket watch found in the harbour in the 1950s. Port Royal was then the unofficial capital of Jamaica, and one of the busiest and wealthiest ports in the West Indies. Read more
ESA's 51st Parabolic Flight Campaign took place this week in Bordeaux, France. Fourteen scientific experiments were conducted by European scientists under microgravity conditions on the modified Airbus A300 aircraft. Four of the experiments were conducted by student teams as part of ESA's 'F...
Ancient world dictionary finished after 90 years It was a monumental project with modest beginnings: a small group of scholars and some index cards. The plan was to explore a long-dead language that would reveal an ancient world of chariots and concubines, royal decrees and diaries and omens that c...
Skywatcher Explorer 200mm (8") f/1000 Parabolic Newtonian Reflector The short tube length telescope is an excellent balance between light gathering power and portability. The Skywatcher f/5 Newtonian Reflector features a high-quality parabolic primary mirror. The parabolic mirro...
Orbital elements:
2011 LY2 Earth MOID = 0.1919 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 112.21660 (2000.0) P Q
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e 0.2827516 Incl. 12.53088 +0.37476421 -0.31258272
P 1.79 H 21.1 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2011 LZ2 Earth MOID = 0.0023 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 73.99839 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.61282118 Peri. 318.04772 -0.84585970 +0.52726795
a 1.3727145 Node 253.94364 -0.46434680 -0.80231327
e 0.3010984 Incl. 4.81616 -0.26249460 -0.27978906
P 1.61 H 25.2 G 0...
Bushnell ARES 5 inch Compact Truss Tube Dobsonian Telescope OpticsPlanet Edition Bushnell ARES 5" Truss Tube Dobsonian Telescope 785000 is available exclusively from OpticsPlanet.com. The Bushnell Compact ARES 5 Dobsonian Telescope is a simple, easy to use, non-technical telescope th...
Russell Crowe to tour Duncarron Fort in Scotland Hollywood star Russell Crowe is to make his first trip to Scotland this weekend and will spend it deep in a forest in the Carron Valley, near Stirling. He is due to visit Duncarron Fort, a replica medieval village being built by heritage charity the Clan...
